Evaluate by Joseph Timmons: Music Journalist

Blues Guitarist, Vocalist and Keyboardist Katie Henry is the embodiment of the fashionable feminine artist and with the discharge of her album Get Goin she brings ahead the power and energy of her skills and flexibility in music.

Katie Henry, as a part of a brand new era of proficient and passionate younger artists at present reshaping the blues panorama. The New Jersey-born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist broke out with On My Approach, the critically acclaimed launch that earned her a spot-on Blues Rock Evaluate’s record of the High 20 Albums of 2022. However that file, looking back, merely scratched the floor.

Henry’s thrilling new undertaking Get Goin’ presents way more of what this clever and charismatic blues singer can do. Katie Henry exhibits no limits reaching for the highest whereas being backed by the crack band of celebrated blues rocker Bernard Allison (whom produced the album and contributed a pair of songs), Henry actually raises her sport and delivers her best performances up to now.

Katie Henry mentioned “Working with Bernard Allison and his band was a blessing,” beams Henry as she recollects the chemistry she felt on the recording periods within the fall of 2023. “Not solely are they wonderful prime notch gamers, they’re additionally good individuals with massive hearts. They actually assist and imagine in me, which suggests a lot to me and my development as an artist.  I used to be impressed by them all through the entire course of.”

Album In Evaluate: “Get Goin’” By Katie Henry

This album begins off with a excessive kick, Love Like Kerosenemassive, vivid and bouncy, a track of a sizzling and heavy romance that’s on the verge of being uncontrolled, a lady’s doom, onerous to withstand however the temptation is there.

This high-power observe is adopted by Leap, a sultry, smoking and velvet tone observe, this can be a slower and jazzy piece, easy and alluring. A Doll’s Coronary heart is romantic and bitter candy, a track of affection that’s unmeasured, when the position of a favourite toy shouldn’t be ok anymore, as if it ever can be.

Clear Imaginative and prescient follows the well-known blues composition, however Katie Henry takes time to fireplace it up and makes her level. Voodoo Girl, has a 70’s funk feels, however digs down deep and is fireplace, scorching sizzling visions of the French quarter swim by way of the thoughts whereas this observe sounds out. The Lion’s Den takes it again to the rhythmics trembling, a track of beginning over, however not going to get damage once more.

Wake Up Time is one other bittersweet love track, the dream is over, when the rose-colored glasses break, when the prince was actually a pauper in disguise, was all of it a lie, or simply guarantees that may by no means come true. Whereas the track Get Goin’ Get Gone, while you notice that the man as simply obtained to be gone, she realizes that the “one” was truly the “none”. Good bye to unhealthy garbage!

Bayou Boogie is again to the massive and bouncy fashion, a brief and candy instrumental that shine and brings it on again dwelling!

Attempting is my “favourite choose” track on the album, there’s a rhythm that pulls you in. on this observe I really feel Katie Henry is doing a few of her finest vocals. There’s a particular one thing about her voice, it resonates with the listeners feelings and maintain you want a lovers embrace. And musically the instrumental efficiency, the band it tight. I particularly just like the guitar work within the final measure.

Katie Henry brings her album to an in depth with the somber No person’s Fault However Mine, in life you play the hand you’re delt, no pointing fingers, no shedding blame, the narration is certainly one of an individual accepting their selections, and for higher or worse, the mirror by no means lies.

Whereas doing this evaluation I researched Katie Henry’s website and obtained the backstory on this actually fantastic artist…

 Initially from New Jersey, this songwriter began out banging on doorways, braving New York’s blues golf equipment, enjoying piano till her fingers bled, and profitable over town one present at a time. However recently, the multi-instrumentalist has raced by way of profession milestones at a rocket tempo. Whether or not slinging her trusty Gibson SG, hammering the keys, or hollering up a storm, these ten unique songs, co-written with bassist and slide-guitar maestro Antar Goodwin, introduced her as “an alchemist who creates gems from the bottom metals of American roots”. With fiery guitar chops and pure charisma, she was quickly a New York Metropolis jam scene favourite. Those that have been there, bear in mind songs of many genres, blues, rock, R&B, funk, pop, soul, and nation, and her stage presence evoked Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin at their most magnetic.

Fin and Observe Katie Henry On-line at any of the hyperlinks under, “Get Goin’” By Katie Henry is now obtainable on RUFF Data

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