Now this little mutha rocks like a good 'un! A female fronted blues rock band from the UK and the vocalist TJ has a mighty fine set of lungs! Just grab a listen to 'Dirty Weekend' for a mean, dirty slice of blues rock. 'One More Time' with its 'ooh ooh' Stones approved chorus would go down a storm live I am sure.

Fancy a female version of 70's boogie merchants Foghat? Try 'That's What They Say', a neat slow blues rocker. 'Witness' is one of those classic slow burner songs. It starts all slowly with acosutic guitar and vocals before ending in a flurry of guitars and TJ's immense vocals. The guitar playing throughout fits the songs well, nothing to overindulgent and plenty of tasty riffing.

A very assured album that puts many more established bands in the shade. Every music collection needs a band like Raising Sand for that no frills blues hard rock sound. Crank it up!

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Review by Jason Ritchie