New Joanne Shaw Taylor cd! (Page 2 of 3)

I am not swayed.........he offered his opinion and i respect it as well as yours......i have already pre ordered the cd, so i will listen for myself when i get it........i know i will get some heat for this....but i just hope she doesnt sway away from blues in general........i realize the artist has to do what they have to do.........wish there were a slow blues number or 2 on there...but at the same time im excited to hear the disc...............and as i said...........regardless of whether i like the new cd...i will certainly go see her again when she comes back to Callahans........she is AWESOME live.

Hmm, interesting comments. For the record, I don't think anyone here has made any extremely negative comments about the album. For me it's good to read a bit of discussion, if anything it makes me more interested to hear the album. Sometimes it's better to approach an album with realistic expectations than the simple "it's great". I'll look forward to getting my own copy in Hartlepool. Lynn

That's very good news! I love her first album and I will definitely give the new album a listen. Thanks for the info.

@mbcl: Martin, please say hello to Joanne from me and tell her I would love to see her perform in Germany.
I'd say that Germany is a very good stomping ground for blues/rock musicians. If Joanne could get a slot at one of the many German blues or rock festivals, I'm sure she would win lots of new fans.

Rusty

Received my copy of Blues Review magazine yesterday and not only is Joanne on the front cover with a very nice article about her inside, but she is also on the cover of the Blues Sampler CD that came with the magazine. Her song, "Can't Keep Living Like This", off her new album is included on the sampler. 

In the story about her, our own Joe Bonamassa expressed his positive support of Joanne. Joe is quoted as saying,

"What I see in Joanne that sets her apart from the rest is the ability to write a great song. Not only is she a killer guitarist and singer, but find yourself walking away from her shows singing her songs as well."

That's very high praise coming from someone who is riding the peek of the Blues/Rock music scene.

In addition to all of this is the fact that on the back cover of the magazine both Joanne and Oli Brown's newest releases are advertised under the heading "The Brits Are Back!"

Roy

Well i have listened one time through........so keep that in mind.........I like it...its good,,,definately a bit harder than the first cd....you can really feel Jo's "angst" is guess for lack of a better word,,,and where she was in life when recording this.
I think it will make for some good live music...........HOWEVER..........i do miss the slow blues number....it think this cd needed it............someone said she had enough slow blues songs on her last one and this will mix well for live performances........well thats all great but to me its also about each cd itself.........and i definately miss that...hope she returns next cd with some slowed down blues like in the first cd.

I do like it,,,,just feel like something missing on this cd.  by the way,,,,after seeing Joanne 2x i will not miss another local performance..........highly recommend go see her live!!!!!!!!  its kinda shocking to watch her play that guitar!!!! shocking in a good way!!!!!!!!

Joanne's new tour has been booked by the Gig Cartel who are a London based promoter. They really should do some research before they book gigs though. My local promoter has booked Larry Miller on 19th May and Oli Brown on 21st May in the same venue. A check by the Gig Cartel could have established this, instead they risk each of the three shows having poorer turnouts because the local blues rock fans choose to go to only one or two of these shows rather than all three in three days. So while I'm glad to see that's she's coming back to my city, I'm disappointed at the date and will have to consider which of these acts I'm most keen to see. 

Yes maybe, certain the common link was the venue owner, he probabaly just saw the £££ without thinking that three shows of the same genre in three days might lead to reduced attendences at each.

The Gig Cartel is good for nationwide publicity (magazines, newspapers ect), but weaker in localities. An example was Philip Sayce's Newcastle show, which only had a crowd of 40 due to nearby shows by Joanne and Matt Schofield on the same night...

Good comments Martin. Hopefully people will be pleased with the great music in one weekend and go to see all the shows. Atleast in this case there is no direct clashes. Ha, I'd even see Grace wotsit before watching an England game.