Album title: Joy Comes Back
Artist: Ruthie Foster
Genre: Soul/Funk/Gospel
Nationality: American
Release date: March 24
Position in Discography: Tenth
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.26
This is just a great album. Got to love the power of gospel music; even if you're not a believer, it just gets you happy. Great soul tunes, great pipes, very simple and sincere, no airs here. Holy good crap! She's covering “War Pigs”! Great job, too. That was unexpected. Harmonica works really well here in place of Iommi's growling guitar. Total change of pace then with a bluegrass tune and then a beautiful ballad before we finish up with, well, another ballad, but just as beautiful. An almost perfect album.
**** it: a perfect album. Just superb. Miss it at your peril.
Check out more from this artist? I definitely will; downloading her discography now
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes
Expectation Index: 10