 Gina
Sicilia - Hey Sugar
(SwingNation Records)
www.SwingNationRecords.com
Last year, Gina Sicilia‘s Allow Me to Confess
debut on SwingNation Records began at #10 on the Living
Blues radio charts, and her follow-up, Hey Sugar,
will likely launch this young, twenty-something East
Coast singer into that same stratosphere. When you
click on www.ginasicilia.com,
she hits you right away with one of the most forceful
web-site openings I‘ve ever heard. Produced
by BMA nominee Dave Gross (who also plays guitar,
drums, and bass on the CD), Hey Sugar is destined
for many DJ‘s 'Top Ten' CD lists. It's not a
pure blues CD, though. Sure, there‘s the powerful
'Kissing in the Dark' that‘s a classic blues
song in the making on Hey Sugar, but what impresses
me about Gina‘s second CD is its musical diversity.
'What the Moon Could Never Do' could be right at home
on a roots-rock-Americana folk station, and her cover
of Dolly Parton‘s 'Coat of Many Colors' is 100%
country and western. 'So Attracted to You' features
a speakeasy and ragtime feel, buoyed by John-Erik
Kellso‘s period-perfect trumpet and Gerry Niewood's
jaunty clarinet. There‘s a lot to like on Hey
Sugar. Gina's yet to celebrate her 30‘s, and
the blues is in very good hands. She has a career
of real promise ahead of her, and I look forward to
more blues from this amazing talent.
- By Eric Steiner, President Washington
Blues Society
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