Joanne Shaw Taylor – Who’s Gonna Love Me Now – Single Review – noblepr

Review By Darren McIntyre

Joanne Shaw Taylor is a singer / Guitarist / songwriter from Wednesbury, West Midlands, UK who has been bringing her infectious brand of Americana / Blues since 2002. Joanne was discovered by Dave Stewart(Eurythmics Fame) at aged just 16, Joanne has won Best Female Vocalist @ British Blues Awards 2010, 2011 & Songwriter Of The Year. Joanne has given us White Sugar in 2009, Diamonds In The Dirt in 2010, Almost Always Never in 2012, Songs From The Road in 2013, The Dirty Truth in 2014, Wild in 2016, Reckless Heart in 2019, Reckless Blues EP in 2020, The Blues Album in 2021, Blues From The Heart Live in 2022, Nobody’s Fool in 2022, Sweet Little Lies in 2023 and will release her new album Heavy Soul on June 7th. Joanne has already given us the fantastic single  Devil In Me,  All The Things I Said and follows that with a deeply personal offering in the form of Who’s Gonna Love Me Now which I will be reviewing for you today.

Who’s Gonna Love Me Now – We get a sweet cool drum groove that has cymbal snaps that allow the track to flow as cool synth tones linger in the background as the track slowly comes to life. Joanne’s soulful melodic vocals really let the track breathe as we get slick, sweet guitar licks that really take this track to another place and allow us to feel the depth, emotion oozing from this Americana / Blues songstress as she lays herself bare in this fantastic arrangement. Guitar solo flows through the mid section as Joanne really takes the tempo up a notch as we allow ourselves to be taken on the journey and really get inside the lyrics that are controlling this powerful, thought provoking piece as Joanne cuts loose and brings us mellow guitar licks that just make this track sing.

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                                  Joanne Shaw Taylor  –  Vocals / Guitar

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