Rhiannon Giddens, Bill Miller all add beauti- ful colors to the canvas, making this album so much more than just a Johnny Cash tribute record - it’s tribute to the ideals that he stood for...E.G Kight has returned with what may well be her finest album yet, A New Day. If it is true that we songwriters do our best work following life altering events, it’s no small wonder why this album is so good. I knew that E.G. had fallen off of my radar but I had no idea she had been blindsided with menin- gitis and encephalitis that took her down for over a year. While she still has to deal with the repercutions of disease, she is writing and singing as good, if not better, than before. Recorded at
Muscadine Studio in Macon with legendary producer Paul Hornsby, the album is filled with top drawer blues like “Graveyard Dead Blues” and rave ups like the gospel tinged “Don’t Give Up,” which features Capricorn Records veterans Tommy Talton on guitar, Bill Stewart on drums, Randall Bramblett on Hammond organ, and Hornsby on piano. One outstanding blues number on the record is “Bad Times,” co-written with Tom Horner and the late Ann Rabson. Kight duets with Greg Nagy, with Stewart’s drums, Talton’s guitar, Hornsby on piano and B3, and Marcus Henderson (Marshall Tucker Band) among other greats. E.G.’s band contribute volumes - Gary and Rhonda Porter, Johnny Fountain, Ken Wynn and Mike Harrell wrap their music around Kight’s voice like a warm blanket, and it sounds like home. It really is A New Day for E.G. Kight, and we are all blessed because of it. Just a great, solid album from the Geor- gia
songbird...Yes, it’s true. KISS has sold
more records than any other rock band ever, including the Beatles. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of KISS` debut album, KISS. To mark the occasion (and certainly to make even moremoney) the band has been reissuing every album they’ve ever recorded, remastered, and available on CD or LP. (Remember when the vinyl was cheaper and the CD more expensive? No more.) There’s even a limited edition Anvil road case/box set called KISSTERIA that in- cludes all of the LPs and some more swag ($1749.00). But if that’s a bit above your budget, as it is mine, you may opt for the vinyl (or CD) of the 40-track compilation KISS 40.(UME) This set includes one track from every major album release (i.e., studio, Alive and compilations), as well as three live selections from the 2000-era and an unre- leased demo from 1977. There’s not a whole lot of new here, and most KISS fans own all of these songs already, other than the lone demo and the recent live tracks. Still, the double vinyl LP (or CD, or digital download) has a nice flow to it, and it stands to emphasize the staying power of the band that the critics claimed would be dead in the water by the end of 1975. Recommendations. For KISS fans,maybe. For general rock and rollers, sure. Turn it up. After all, it goes to eleven. •
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