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"This is a mature crossover blues album that will surely appeal to a wider audience, but there's still room for some fiery solo's and real intense playing" ***** (5/5)
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(2010 'Ruf Records') (45:23/10) Die britische Sängerin, Songschreiberin und Gitarristen zählt zu den größten Entdeckungen auf Ruf Records. Sie schreibt spannende Songs (die Texte sind abgedruckt), singt stark und mit großem Volumen und spielt Gitarre mit teils explosiver Energie. Bluesrock auf ganz hohem Niveau, spieltechnisch exzellent. Produziert und aufgenommen von Jim Gaines in Tennessee. Ein ganz dicker Tipp! / Great follow-up album to her Ruf debut. She's a great singer/songwriter, and an expressive, powerful guitar player. Rockin' blues at its best! Produced by Jim Gaines, recorded in the US. Strongly recommended. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - gtr/voc, RICK STEFF -kbds, DAVID SMITH - bass, STEVE POTTS - drums. (2010 'Ruf Records') (45:23/10) Die britische Sängerin, Songschreiberin und Gitarristen zählt zu den größten Entdeckungen auf Ruf Records. Sie schreibt spannende Songs (die Texte sind abgedruckt), singt stark und mit großem Volumen und spielt Gitarre mit teils explosiver Energie. Bluesrock auf ganz hohem Niveau, spieltechnisch exzellent. Produziert und aufgenommen von Jim Gaines in Tennessee. Ein ganz dicker Tipp! / Great follow-up album to her Ruf debut. She's a great singer/songwriter, and an expressive, powerful guitar player. Rockin' blues at its best! Produced by Jim Gaines, recorded in the US. Strongly recommended. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - gtr/voc, RICK STEFF -kbds, DAVID SMITH - bass, STEVE POTTS - drums.
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28 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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'Diamonds In The Dirt' is the second stunning album by spiraling blues star Joanne Shaw Taylor who is again given licence to thrill on her Fender Telecaster at Bessie Blue Studios in Tennessee with legendary producer Jim Gaines who records 10 new breathtaking original gems featuring Steve Potts on drums, Dave Smith on bass, Rick Steff on keyboards.
'Diamonds In The Dirt' captures Joanne Shaw Taylor on fire with a collection of love songs expressing her hopes and fears forged from crash and burn experiences on her journey through life since her widely acclaimed debut album White Sugar. Cue acoustic guitar and deep smoky vocals like the quiet before a storm on 'Can't Keep Living Like This' and wait for the whirlwind to follow that emanates straight from her scorching Fender Telecaster and thunderous rhythm section that simply blow you away! Nearly two years on from her last outing and this young lady needs to get a lot off her chest as she exorcises the past with 'Dead And Gone' and sings of finding "New life in this fight" on 'Same As It Ever Was' before moving into overdrive and telling of a brave new world on 'Jump That Train' that is a real bone shaker! 'Who Do You Love' delivers some her finest guitar licks to date leading into the title track 'Diamonds In The Dirt', a love song which brings her smoky voice to the fore that is winning awards like Best British Female Vocalist at the 2010 British Blues Awards and it's fair to say adding female musician and songwriter to that accolade wouldn't be far from the truth!
Joanne Shaw Taylor attributes the heavier sound on this album largely to her now living in Detroit and 'Let It Burn' and 'World On Fire' aptly demonstrate that influence rocking you to the core with the latter using a similar baseline to the chord structure found on 'Kiss The Ground Goodbye' off her previous album White Sugar. 'Lord Have Mercy' is perhaps the defining moment here though as Taylor presses the self destruct button crying out... "I'm going down so slow" and "It's hope that deserts me" while exploding into some of the heaviest virtuoso lead guitar we have come to witness from her yet, that may provide a clue as to which direction she is heading musically... amazing stuff! Having survived the storm... Taylor shows her acceptance of 'The World And It's Way' in a slow soulful tune that softly brings this session to a satisfying close.
'Diamonds In The Dirt' goes a long way to fulfilling the hype and expectation surrounding Joanne Shaw Taylor who continues to fascinate her audience by remaining natural and true to herself (which is part of her appeal), although one can't help but sense that the best is still to come and no doubt somewhere down the road she will make the cut and shine like the diamond she truly is... bring it on!
'Diamonds In The Dirt' captures Joanne Shaw Taylor on fire with a collection of love songs expressing her hopes and fears forged from crash and burn experiences on her journey through life since her widely acclaimed debut album White Sugar. Cue acoustic guitar and deep smoky vocals like the quiet before a storm on 'Can't Keep Living Like This' and wait for the whirlwind to follow that emanates straight from her scorching Fender Telecaster and thunderous rhythm section that simply blow you away! Nearly two years on from her last outing and this young lady needs to get a lot off her chest as she exorcises the past with 'Dead And Gone' and sings of finding "New life in this fight" on 'Same As It Ever Was' before moving into overdrive and telling of a brave new world on 'Jump That Train' that is a real bone shaker! 'Who Do You Love' delivers some her finest guitar licks to date leading into the title track 'Diamonds In The Dirt', a love song which brings her smoky voice to the fore that is winning awards like Best British Female Vocalist at the 2010 British Blues Awards and it's fair to say adding female musician and songwriter to that accolade wouldn't be far from the truth!
Joanne Shaw Taylor attributes the heavier sound on this album largely to her now living in Detroit and 'Let It Burn' and 'World On Fire' aptly demonstrate that influence rocking you to the core with the latter using a similar baseline to the chord structure found on 'Kiss The Ground Goodbye' off her previous album White Sugar. 'Lord Have Mercy' is perhaps the defining moment here though as Taylor presses the self destruct button crying out... "I'm going down so slow" and "It's hope that deserts me" while exploding into some of the heaviest virtuoso lead guitar we have come to witness from her yet, that may provide a clue as to which direction she is heading musically... amazing stuff! Having survived the storm... Taylor shows her acceptance of 'The World And It's Way' in a slow soulful tune that softly brings this session to a satisfying close.
'Diamonds In The Dirt' goes a long way to fulfilling the hype and expectation surrounding Joanne Shaw Taylor who continues to fascinate her audience by remaining natural and true to herself (which is part of her appeal), although one can't help but sense that the best is still to come and no doubt somewhere down the road she will make the cut and shine like the diamond she truly is... bring it on!
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I discovered this amazing new artist and her White Sugar album totally by accident, thanks to Amazon. I only noticed this new album was coming a few days ago and pre-ordered it on the spot. I must admit I was totally blown away by White Sugar, with the uniqueness of her voice and her stunning playing I just can't understand how "unheard of" she still seems to be. But when I saw this new album, I did also wonder if maybe she'd just fluked a flash in the pan success with the first one. How good would this be?
Well, any tiny fears I may have had were totally misplaced. The disc turned up this morning and I haven't even finished listening yet, but I just had to come and say how brilliant this is. 2 minutes in to the first track, she had shivers running up my spine, and it just gets better and better after that. This is the kind of music where even on the first listen, you just feel so comfortable and relaxed with it, it seems like you have been hearing it all your life. And that is in no way meant to imply it is a repeated stock sound. It just fills your ears and washes over you, and it is a rare and wonderful feeling.
This lady has an amazing talent and original sound, is destined for great things. Do not hesitate to add this to your blues collection. And if you don't have White Sugar, that is a must-buy too.
Fantastic music. Hope the neighbours like it! :-)
Update having heard it all: Best track? Hard to pick one, they are all good. But Lord Have Mercy swings it. Blinding guitar.
Well, any tiny fears I may have had were totally misplaced. The disc turned up this morning and I haven't even finished listening yet, but I just had to come and say how brilliant this is. 2 minutes in to the first track, she had shivers running up my spine, and it just gets better and better after that. This is the kind of music where even on the first listen, you just feel so comfortable and relaxed with it, it seems like you have been hearing it all your life. And that is in no way meant to imply it is a repeated stock sound. It just fills your ears and washes over you, and it is a rare and wonderful feeling.
This lady has an amazing talent and original sound, is destined for great things. Do not hesitate to add this to your blues collection. And if you don't have White Sugar, that is a must-buy too.
Fantastic music. Hope the neighbours like it! :-)
Update having heard it all: Best track? Hard to pick one, they are all good. But Lord Have Mercy swings it. Blinding guitar.
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I saw this album advertised on the Planet Rock website, and sitting in front of my PC at work, drifted to Amazon and bought it off the cuff - and Never has an impulse buy been so happily received.
From the image i was expecting something a bit Sheryl Crow; light, slightly mischievous and fairly easy listening.
What I got was proper dirty blues rock riffs, great gritty chug, fantastic solos, all aged and tempered by Taylor's deep, angsty, smokey voice. From the opening "can't keep living like this" you know what your in for, and it's all groovy.
The whole album sounds brilliant on the surface, but on a song-to-song basis each track stands out on its own as a bit of gritty musical genius. If music is there to carry a sensation and emotion, this album gives you both in buckets.
From the image i was expecting something a bit Sheryl Crow; light, slightly mischievous and fairly easy listening.
What I got was proper dirty blues rock riffs, great gritty chug, fantastic solos, all aged and tempered by Taylor's deep, angsty, smokey voice. From the opening "can't keep living like this" you know what your in for, and it's all groovy.
The whole album sounds brilliant on the surface, but on a song-to-song basis each track stands out on its own as a bit of gritty musical genius. If music is there to carry a sensation and emotion, this album gives you both in buckets.
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Blonde, British, Blues, Brilliant
I now own both Jo's albums and have had the pleasure of seeing her live show recently (November 2011) and can only describe her as a brilliant blues singer-songwriter and guitar... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D. Price
Great
I've been buying a lot of CDs by featuring artists on the Ruf record lable. They are all good. This one by JST is exellent too. Great voice, great guitar. Read more
Published 8 months ago by E. J. Stevens
Unbelievable
I first stumbled over Joanne Shaw-Taylor when she was a 13 year old teen about a decade ago, and I was impressed. Read more
Published 9 months ago by morten@fortun.dk
Another Great Aalbum better than White Sugar ??
I thought Joanne's White Sugar cd was good but the music on this cd is much better, thats my opinion really enjoyed every track, hope she continues to come out with material like... Read more
Published 10 months ago by John Bell
Prefer White Sugar
I prefer white sugar. For me there is not enough guitar work on this record. Too much singing. I still like it but my all time favorite is "White Sugar".
Published 10 months ago by Starapple
Diamonds in the "american" dirt
I liked the previous album better than this one, this has some good bluesy songs on it, but the thing that lets it down for me, is that this album has too many american sounding... Read more
Published 13 months ago by masmuk
Difficult Second Album
Had this album for a while now & there are no particular highs or lows, its very much in the American southern/heavy blues style which is ok but there are bands that do it better. Read more
Published 14 months ago by OutintheBoonies
oh yes !!!
buy both her cd's,simply fantastic...i have played this to some mates,got a bit of a ribbing...till they heard her sing n play...so now they want to borrow,no way,buy your own.... Read more
Published 14 months ago by haggishunter
Art that's not as good as the artist
I am hesitant to be critical of JST - I think she's a brilliant performer, astonishingly talented. "White Sugar" was without doubt my favourite album that year. Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. L. Simpson
Top Class Album
Absolutely no problems with this purchase and the album is fantastic, so good we've booked to see her in concert!
Published 15 months ago by Mrs. S. Wilsher
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