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Alice Armstrong—Fury & Euphoria —Inde-
pendent Release

Alice Armstrong does not need any introduction

as she is currently riding high on the blues scene
both here in the UK and worldwide on the back
of her multi award winning performances and

accolades. “Fury & Euphoria” is the second chap-
ter of a trilogy of studio recorded EP’s.

‘Persephone (intro)’ opens the album with a

heavily effected soundscape layered beneath Al-
ice’s sweet but haunting voice. ‘Punchline’ is a
harder hitting blues offering with a more gritty

vocal. ‘Good Love’ is an upbeat foot tapping blues groove with bite and a searing
guitar solo underpinned with some tasty Hammond organ.

‘Bombshell’ has an upbeat staccato jazz feel that is somewhat reminiscent in style

to Amy Winehouse. ‘Scratching Walls’ has another powerful vocal groove whilst
her vocal on the Sonny Bono tune, ‘Bang Bang’ really captures the drama of this
cover. The album closes with the powerful slow blues ‘Autoassassin’.

This album is well produced with well crafted songs and good musicianship
throughout. I particularly liked the way the guitar work blended with the Ham-
mond organ sounds. Alice undoubtedly has a fantastic voice and a vocal range from

sweet to full on growl. Alice creates all her own artwork too so she is indeed an
artist with many talents.

Whilst this type of blues rock is not strictly my bag I can appreciate that many

people out there will really enjoy this and I urge you to give it a spin or better still
go and catch Alice live.

Ged Wilson

Jimmie Vaughan—Do You Get The Blues?—
The Last Music Company

Jimmie Vaughan is of course an American blues

artist of long standing. Perhaps made his name
with the Fabulous Thunderbirds and despite be-

ing overshadowed by his brother Stevie Ray at
times he is none the less a top guitarist in his own
right.

Sadly the original release of this album on 11th
September 2001 was completely overshadowed
by tragic world events so here we are with a 25th
anniversary reissue.