Open Door
Norwegian axegirl Christina Skjolberg wears her Hendrix on
both an upper arm and metaphoric sleeve, appropriating the blues and funk from
her hero’s influence and presenting it with plenty of her own impressionism.
Opener Come And Get It is the star on
this album, a truly funky pumping riff-driven gem, and what follows across the
whole album chugs and stomps and pulsates with plenty of fine soloing and
strong singing. Third track Close the
Door actually holds it wide open on the Hendrix copying, and it’s a homage with
adoring hinges. Fourth Bullet is another
good one with clever lead-and-following; and then fifth Get On saunters in with neat jazz trumpeting over wondrous Superstition-esque keyboard. More
influences happily received. Sixth Moving
On is a pumping blues and by this stage is sustaining excellence. Penultimate
and autobiographical Mrs Funk
demonstrates the appellation is totally apt, and last song Nag Blues has stomp-walking bass driving a swirling organ and restrained
guitar work to a surprising close after all the preceding action.
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