Eugenie Jones: Eugenie

This is about the fourth album I’ve heard from vocalist Eugenie Jones, and it’s as a hard hitter as the other ones. She knows how to milk a mood and lyric, with this album focusing on soulful hits as well as those from her own pen. She’s backed by a mix and match team recording in Seattle or New York, but the pace doesn’t slack or skip a beat at all. With trumpeter Gil Defay”, she goes free range on an earthy and blistered take of “Work Song”, w hile digging into Marvin Gaye’s “Trouble Man” as keyboardist Brandon McCune adds simmering tones. .She rumbles with drummer Ronnie Bishop on “It Don’t Mean A Thing” nd glows around the strings on her  “Starlight Starbright” . Speaking of her tunes, the tasty “Why I Sing” Is sultry, “Say What You Will” a hip grits glues and she haunts your heart on “Hold Back The Night”. Working class heart and dressed for going out!

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