Layla Zoe - Back To The Spirit Of 66

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2023
Time: 49:25 + 42:25
Size: 113,6 MB + 97,4 MB  
Label: Cable Car Records
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock/Rock 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
Disc 1
 1. Golden Slumber - 1:57
 2. Dark Heart - 5:00
 3. The World Could Change - 6:08
 4. Praying Kind - 6:35
 5. Leave You For Good - 8:03
 6. Susan  - 8:25
 7. Weakness - 6:40
 8. Ghost Train - 6:33
Disc2
 1. Roses And Lavender - 10:02
 2. Watch What You're Doing -  5:53
 3. Brother - 13:40
 4. We're All The Same -  6:41
 5. He Loves Me -  6:07

Layla Zoe is a Canadian blues and blues rock singer/songwriter. Since 2006, she has released a number of albums, both studio and live recordings, and has performed in North America and most of Western Europe. Zoe is influenced by Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Muddy Waters and Janis Joplin. Her vocal style has been compared to Joplin by several journalists and commentators. Although she hails from British Columbia, Canada, she has lived in various parts of Europe in recent years.From her biography: Give Layla Zoe a stage and she will show you magic. In a world of choreography and autotune, this is an artist who does it the old-fashioned way, digging deep, summoning a smoke-and-whiskey voice, leaving it all on stage and sending breathless fans into the night to spread the music. “For me,” says Layla, “there is nothing more satisfying than standing on stage with my band and giving my heart to the fans, through music. I like writing songs and being in the studio, but the live shows are the reason I love my job so much.” Her new live double album 'Back To The Spirit Of 66' was recorded earlier this year during 'The World Could Change Tour' in the famous concert hall Spirit Of 66 in Verviers, Belgium. Layla says: “This is one of my best live albums to date and I am so proud of the music that my bandmates Krissy Matthews (guitar), Paul Jobson (bass and keys), Felix Dehmel (drums) and I put together. made the stage. 30 concerts in two months in six countries ending in one of my favorite venues in Europe provided the perfect atmosphere, dynamics and sound quality on stage for this double album. Recorded, mixed and mastered by the incredible Martin Meinschaefer and featuring beautiful live versions of songs from some of my best albums 'Gemini', 'Breaking Free' and 'The World Could Change', this album is something I am extremely proud of and I can't wait to share it with you all!” It was now the seventeenth time that Krissy performed in this hall and she regularly showed that she enjoyed playing there. In 2014 she also recorded a live album in the same location, entitled 'Live At Spirit 66'.
To be honest, I don't hear much of Janis Joplin in her singing, but she definitely has a great singing voice and masters various styles. The performance opens with an a cappella version of the Beatles classic Golden Slumbers and otherwise it is mainly blues and blues rock that she plays with her great accompanists. With a beautiful and sometimes dazzling guitar solo, then an organ solo or beautiful piano work. All supported by an excellent drummer, who especially shows this in Ghost Train, the closing track of disc 1. The second disc contains mainly long songs and opens with a wonderfully long version of Roses & Lavender, enjoying more than nine minutes with a great guitar solo on a bed of wonderful Hammond sounds! It lasts over thirteen minutes with beautiful organ accompaniment to the song Brother.Goosebumps! If you like nice solid blues rock and nice slow blues then this live album is highly recommended!

Back To The Spirit Of 66