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Album title: Chills and Fever
Artist: Samantha Fish
Genre: Blues
Nationality: American
Release date: March 17
Position in Discography: Sixth
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? Definitely heard of her
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: 3.41
While I do like the blues, I'm more partial to the slow, moody type than the faster, kind of jazzy ones, and this album kicks off with two of the latter type, so so far I'm not terribly impressed. She can sing, certainly, but as a blues guitarist I'm waiting to hear some good licks. There's a lot of funky soul in the third track, which I like more; her voice kind of reminds me of Elkie Brooks. What do you mean, who? It's good stuff, and those guitar skills are definitely on show, but I'm waiting for a slow blues number and well, here it comes, kind of, in the shape of “Either Way I Lose”. Continues more or less in this vein with “Never Gonna Cry” then “Little Baby” has a very country/bluegrass feel and then back to slow blues with “Nearer to You”. I'm not sure if that's Nick Cave's “Crow Jane” at the end – can't remember how it goes – but if so, cool.

Check out more from this artist? Maybe
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes


Expectation Index: 0

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