Rob McNelly

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Heavy Soul

by Doug Collette
June 7, 2024

Since guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor effectively recapitulated her roots on Blues From the Heart Live (Keeping The Blues Alive, 2022) she has earnestly endeavored to expand her style. In no short order later that same year, a more pop-oriented and highly-polished studio outing arrived in the form of Nobody's Fool (Keeping The Blues Alive, 2022), thereby setting the stage for the Brit's second outing with producer Kevin Shirley, who also oversaw Wild (Axehouse, 2016). The high-fashion poses of ...