***Featured Album
Eliza Neals - Messin' With A Fool
Detroit shines in an assembly line of blues, soul and rock on Eliza Neals latest release “Messin with a Fool.” Neals sought out the talents of Detroit finest by bringing in friends and veteran writer/producer Martin ‘Tino’ Gross (Kid Rock, RL Burnside) along with Detroit legend Barrett Strong (Marvin Gaye, Temptations). From this collaboration, Neals has created a well thought out album through some killer yet provocative recording sessions. "Messin With A Fool" captures Neals sultry blues vocals and writing style under the influence of Gross and Strong perfectly. There are twelve songs hammered into a Bluesy Motown-Rock-Soul-Fortress. Our favorite track is "Rainin' in Detroit" which showcases Neals in pure Detroit fashion with a dash of 70's New York City for atmosphere. Brava Eliza Neals!.
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Misery Video feat. Eliza Neals, Barrett Strong, Jimmie Bones, Steve Dresser and Tino Gross
***Be There
Eliza Neals "Messin with a Fool" UDetroit CD release party
10pm, January 27, 2012
*** Featured Artist
Amanda Shires
A Lubbock native, this singer from the Thrift Store Cowboys, has delivered a second disc that is pure Americana. This singer/fiddler/singer-songwriter lands somewhere between Dolly Parton and Shawn Colvin. We love her and her video Ghostbird is a work of art.
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***Featured Band
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
The first flourishes can be heard on this masterly debut album, built around the sweeping majesty and almost telekinetic, intricate weaving of their voices. Sounding like the dreamy and spectral nieces of the Indigo Girls or Michelle Shocked coming in from the campfire to settle at the Stockholm kitchen table, the Söderberg’s distil all of their collective influences and make them their own. Whereas Wendy and Bonnie made a play for tripped-out girl-pop many moons ago, FAK are staking out the ground for wise-beyond-their-years, country-tinged pop. The songs seep under the skin and claw at you. Surface playfulness is deceiving as the tracks take on a darker hue in places, but both elements work perfectly together to create a trance-like quality.
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