VizzTone artist: Erin Harpe - Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt, by Erin Harpe and it's a super tribute to Mississippi John Hurt featuring Jim Countryman. Opening with Candy Man, a classic John Hurt track, and Erin Harpe is enthusiastic about Hurt's music and guitar styling. A modified Piedmont styling requiring a great thumb, she asked Jim Countryman to join on acoustic bass to assist with the sound. With precise finger picking and unique vocal quality, this is solid blues. On title track, Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me, the track has a definite Jimmie Rogers feel and cool guitar vocal exchange. Richland Woman has a cool, laid back feel with understated guitar accompaniment and easy lead vocals. My favorite track on the release is Hurt's classic, Stagolee and Harpe hits the perfect stride with just the right blend of vocal and guitar. Very nice. Wrapping the release is Jimmie Davis' track, You Are My Sunshine. Played with similar Hurt style picking style Harpe 

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OA2 Records artist: Kate Olson - So It Goes - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, So It Goes, by Kate Olson and it's full of life. Opening with energetic, bebop track, Bumbling Thumbs Blues, Kate Olson on soprano sax and Conner Eisenmenger on trombone lay the framework for this ultra cool track with it's eccentric melody. Eisenmenger stretches the melody in a great way, chased by Evan Woodle on drums and Olson follows with concentrated melodic extensions of her own. Tim Carey on bass shows his nimble chops and the 4 some sounds like a morphing big band/ Dixieland quartet wrapping it back down tight. Solid opener.  All Pear-Shaped has a searing bottom line and a jagged but coherent melody feeding into Eisenmenger's inciteful trombone solo. Olson on sax lays back in the groove feeding the flames with a solid bottom by Carey and Woodle. Another extended bass solo by Carey and rotating lines by Eisenmenger, Olson and Woodle make for fun work. Soulful ballad, So It Goes, really fills the air with hand in hand dual lead by Olson and Eisenmenger, trading lead lines and followed by bell like piano soloing by Wayne Horvitz. Very sweet track. Another track with a soulful melody is Afterthoughts led off with a beautiful melody forged by Olson on sax and footed by Horvitz on piano. Eisenmenger joins with harmony on trombone elaborating the melody as Olson fades back. This track has a lush exchange between the parties making it one of my favorites on the release. Wrapping the release is Weigh Out, a super track with muscular efforts by Olson and Eisenmenger. With it's driving bop rhythm and athletic melodic contributions, this is an excellent closer. 

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