Album of the week: GILD THE BLACK LILY by QUEEN ESTHER


Queen Esther has earned the comparisons to folks like Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn and Melissa Etheridge, and on her fourth album she expands–bouncing from originals to the deep-cut blues we’ve come to expect from her and into some surprising covers.

The album starts with her own “The Black Cowgirl Song,” a smooth, traditional number, and then jumps into a rough blues cover of John the Revelator, and then slides easily into another original, the easy-on-the-ears “Whiskey Wouldn’t Let Me Pray.”

The whole album is like that–a wonderful journey through Americana, blues, roots, and gentle country.

Great, great stuff!

Runner up: Stiff Richards’ new album is fun punk.

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