Carolyn Wonderland

Tempting Fate Alligator Records

Fiery solo debut for ex-Bluesbreaker

Singer/guitarist Carolyn Wonderland is a vibrant blues/Americana artist, and with Tempting Fate she’s on fire. Having played with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers band, she brings 10 tracks to life in her debut for Alligator Records that span up-tempo stompers – Fragile Peace And Certain War – through to laidback jazzy groovers such as On My Feet Again. Her fingerpicking style is equally at home comping riffs as well as soaring lead lines, while her country-rock playing on Texas Girl And Her Boots is just one track that shows her six-string chops. Broken-Hearted Blues features rich lead guitar lines and some stunning bends in the solo. Her chord skills and pedal-steel lines are very full sounding as her Jimmie Dale Gilmore duet-cover of Bob Dylan’s It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry testifies. Great rootsy music, played fantastically.

Standout track: On My Feet Again For fans of: John Mayall, Samantha Fish