The Blues Album - Joanne Shaw Taylor - 2021

DavidR

Dear me this is excellent fun. JST and a lot of good musicians' lockdown music.

Got it yesterday having waited for it on vinyl. She's good. How can anyone be given the talent to play like BB King and sing as well as Dusty Springfield! 

Might seem a little dated to younger ears but give it a whirl. For those of us brought up on the 1960's Blues Revival, and all the subsequent brilliant music it spawned, this sounds very good.

Top track - If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody.

Ossyrocks

I’ve got this too. I’ve only given it one spin so far, but I liked what I heard. I’ll give it another listen.

koneguitarist

It’s quite good, played a few tracks on my Album show, does a good cover of a Little Village song, but can’t think of title at moment. 

EricTheWeary

I like JST but the promotion for this just seems to have her sucked into the world of Joe Bonamassa rather than recognising her as an interesting artist in her own right. Having said that I haven’t heard any of it as yet so I need to give it a spin. 

monquixote

Just had a quick listen. 

It's not really my genre, but she's clearly a superb guitarist and singer and the production is pretty decent.

EricTheWeary

I’m halfway through and went back and put on the White Sugar album. I think I just prefer that guitar riff/ small group set up which is more how she has been live. 

But yes it sounds good as an album. 

rlw

Good album but could have more blues on it.  What there is is very good though.

EricTheWeary

https://youtu.be/o0W82vKJHk0

Interview/ rig rundown from 2018. Very much the sound she had on record at that time. Her Tubescreamer tone is so much gnarlier than I think a TS is going to be (clicks them on from around 3:30) - although, obviously, it may be exactly the sound you have in your head when someone says Tubescreamer!