From Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Michelle Malone’s latest release, Sugarfoot.
“Tighten Up the Springs” (MP3)
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Sugarfoot is the first release for the Georgia born Malone in three years. It’s a high-spirited stripped down blend of rootsy acoustic slide, gritty electric blues and explosive vocals – rock with just enough blues edge to get the medicine down. Sugarfoot sounds like the lost recordings of Bonnie Raitt and the Rolling Stones meeting up in Susan Tedeschi’s garage for a late night jam session. And as is usually the case with Malone, the disc is an experience best enjoyed at high volume. Songs such as “Tighten up the Springs,” “Rooster 44,” and “Traveling and Unraveling” highlight Malone’s devil may care attitude and her slide guitar, which is becoming more and more of a signature for her. The CD will be in stores on October 10. [Valley Entertainment]
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