Name: One Woman Band
Brand: Ghalia Volt

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RUF2070

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-21

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'710347207016

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Artist

Ghalia Volt

Genre GB

Blues / Gospel

Label GB

Ruf Records

Never underestimate the power of a woman with her back to the wall. In March 2020, as Covid blew across the planet, the shutters came down on live venues and recording studios, and the music scene fell suddenly silent, Ghalia Volt faced the same dilemma as every other artist. What now? The answer was One Woman Band. Having joined with the cream of the US roots scene for two acclaimed albums, 2017s Let The Demons Out and 2019's Mississppi Blend, Volts rebirth as a solo performer wasn't a decision made lightly. But if an apprenticeship busking in her native Brussels taught Volt anything, it's that she already had everything she needed to make magic.

One Woman Band is Volts most lyrically honest and groove-driven material to date. You can feel the turn of those train wheels in the addictive stomp of songs like Reap What You Sow, while the rattle-and-shiver slide guitar of Espiritu Papago evokes the scream of a locomotive whistle. Imagine John Lee Hooker on mushrooms, lost in the desert of Arizona, on a hot summer day, says Volt. That's the vibe of that song. The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented chapter of human history, with no clear end in sight. But Ghalia Volt has given us the soundtrack to better times ahead, and the songs well still be singing when we meet on the other side. This might be a One Woman Band but you're always welcome to ride shotgun.

One Woman Band

Music GB