Reviewed by Trevor Kirk

After a cursory glance at the sleeve of this one, and having read the covering letter (Tina's spell checker looked like it was on strike, but I quibble), I went to her Artist Profile on the CR website to check out the two previous reviews, by those two worthies Mike Rimmer and Phil Thomson. Now I have to admit that my outlook when it comes to album reviews is coloured by my usual workaday mindset as a radio station music manager, but this album forced me to set this attitude aside and listen with a new pair of ears. No doubt about it, this lady has soul in abundance; there's more than a hint of old time gospel in the mix as well, not surprising when she mentions Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples and Dorothy Love Coates as some of her fave singers. Add a kingsize dollop of sheer unadulterated passion, and this is some listening experience. Given all this, it's not difficult to ignore lo-fi production and one-dimensional instrumentation, and it's also not difficult to hear exactly what Mike and Phil raved about in their reviews. It'll never make the UCB playlist. But another collection of good, old time gospel.

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