The American singer 'Rita Coolidge' has already a few decades of profession and we do not count anymore her solo albums since the eponym album of her name of 1971. What we know maybe less, it is that she has worked with artists like 'Eric Clapton', 'Joe Cocker' and even 'Roger Waters' while participating in 'Amused to Death' of 1992. 2018 sees the release of a new album 'Safe in the Arms of Time' which returns to the music of her roots, I quote Rita : « The idea was making an album that had the same appeal of my early records to make a roots record about my own roots. Going back to Sunset Sound was taking a journey into the past; there was a memory down every hallway. Returning to the studio fulfilled her resolve that the new album must resonate with an honesty of those early records. We aren’t using any tricks: no auto-tuning, every single note you hear on this record is in real time ». And that's exactly what comes out of listening to these songs : authentic American blues country accents with this beautiful voice of Rita that conveys a real emotion. In short, with 'Safe in the Arms of Time', 'Rita Coolidge' releases an excellent album for all fans of blues and country in the greatest tradition of American artists of this style... | |
