On "Dumb It Down", one can enjoy electric organ. "The Dolls Are Sleeping" is an acoustic ballad (with Oliver Wood on acoustic guitar). She returns back to a country piece with "Fell in Love With a Honky". "Barefoot in Heaven" is already characteristic Copeland RnB with soloing from Will Kimbrough's electric guitar. Shemekia returns to heavy blues-rock on the title song, a duet with guitarist and singer Cedric Burnside. "Fried Catfish and Bibles" is pure Americana, with banjo and fiddle again, really danceable. "Gullah Geeche" is an acoustic country-blues with banjo and fiddle on the front, and "Why Why Why" is an old-fashioned ballad.
"The Talk", strongest album's blues, demonstrates how great a blues singer she really is. From the very first sounds of the new album, she offers simply, groovy pieces, which blow listener's hats away from their heads. Still with strong blues roots, she bravely moves towards high-energy blues-rock. With "Done Come Too Far", Copeland explores the new territories even deeper. Shemekia's previous album, "Uncivil War", released in 2020, offered faster and a more rhythmic touch on blues, still being a mixed bag containing some top-songs and fillers as well. Her voice is easy recognizable, and her straight-to-face, often naïve lyrics, are both her strong trademarks.
On his new album Bring Backs the producer, self-taught pianist and rapper takes us on a sonic trip back to his beat-making past on the streets of East London, through the depth and musicality he discovered composing and playing jazz.
Alfa Mist is one of the driving forces behind a young and vibrant scene of UK musicians, who’ve taken on jazz as their musical narrative.
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