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Joanne Shaw Taylor At The Flynn Center For The Performing Arts
by Doug Collette
Joanne Shaw Taylor Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Burlington, Vermont November 16, 2023 Around the mid-point of Joanne Shaw Taylor's near two-hour single set on the main stage of the Flynn Center, she and her hirsute band of musicianly brothers spent almost ten minutes working up a head of steam that, upon its rousing conclusion, brought most of the select attendees to their feet in ovation. It was a remarkable juncture in ...
read moreJoanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live
by Doug Collette
Joanne Shaw Taylor Blues From the Heart Live KTBA Records 2022 The title of Joanne Shaw Taylor's Blues From The Heart Live is no more redundant than the one assigned to her last studio release. On The Blues Album (KTBA Records, 2021), the British blueswoman revealed the roots and influences of her previous works that consist mostly of original material, and in doing so, she dramatically elevated the authenticity of her modern take on ...
read moreJoanne Shaw Taylor: Reckless Heart
by Doug Collette
In marked contrast to Joanne Shaw Taylor's somewhat constrained approach on Wild (Silvertone/Sony, 2018), this 'girl with the big voice from the Black Country' of Britain wastes no time on the aptly-titled Restless Heart. The hell-bent-for-leather abandon with which she leads “In The Mood" lives up to its suggestive title, and packs all the more punch because she and her accompanying musicians play with the unity of a genuine band, not just an ad-hoc group of sessioneers. The ...
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