Now available! The latest release from Detroit's Queen of the Blues, Alberta Adams!


Here's what DJs are saying about the new
Alberta Adams CD!:

• "Alberta Adams, who has paid her dues, is now "the Mother" of all female blues singers, making "Detroit Is My Home" a very proud statement -- her latest hot cd of original and classic tunes, excellent backup bluesicians and making the magic happen for all blues/jazz lovers around the Globe."  - Bill Nolan, WPKN-FM - Bridgeport CT

• "I love it! It was a brilliant idea to have a variety of very fine pianists play behind her and the rest of the band is excellent as always." - Robert Barclay, "The Juke Joint" - WCMU - Central Michigan

• "I hope it does well as it deserves to be heard by many. Alberta is a real treasure." - Art Schuna, "Two for the Blues" - WORT - Madison WI

• "It sounds great!!!" - Charlie Lange, KUSP - Santa Cruz NM

• "It's hard to find singers like Alberta Adams today, male or female. She puts her whole soul into every word she sings, so much passion. Also, her voice is one of a kind – it can only belong to a person who have learned the blues first hand, not from records or books. Mrs. Alberta is the blues. Her phrasing, vocal delivery and timbre, it's all amazing is every setting she chooses for herself, from straight blues to jazzy numbers. The music on "Detroit Is My Home" suits her talent well. Songs are well crafted and all the players give their best and sound great. With talented piano players as guest stars this album is a treat!" - Przemek Draheim, "The Voice of the Blues" -  Torun, Poland

• "This album's great! Gonna add it this week."  - Jonny Meister - WXPN-FM - Philadelphia PA

Alberta Adams has long been the undisputed Queen of the Blues here in Detroit. She started as a dancer in the late 1940's and has been doing it ever since. Along the way she toured with T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, Cleanhead Vinson and even played the Apollo Theater with Dizzy Gillespie. It is amazing that a woman born in 1917 is still out there doing it and doing with power. She continues to represent the real old school and is still touring. She just got back from a tour down south in fact!

Alberta has just completed her third CD for the Eastlawn label, called "Detroit Is My Home." On it she sings with three different and amazing pianists: Mark Braun, aka Mr. B, Al Hill (from the Bettye LeVette Band) and Ann Rabson, from Virginia. Ann is a member of Saffire, a great all female blues band that tours internationally. All three are fine pianists that offer different takes on the blues. Mark being the boogie-woogie expert, Ann coming from an old-timey music background and Al, whom has toured with Alberta, being a little funkier than the others. All three are great Alberta Adams fans!

On the new CD Alberta sings boogie-woogie, slow blues, ballads, New Orleans style R&B and other various styles of blues, always putting her very personal take on the groove. Alberta also contributed several songs, which sets her apart from many traditional female blues singers. This is her third full-length CD for the Detroit-based Eastlawn label. Alberta has also recorded for Cannonball, Chess, Savoy and the Thelma (Gordy) labels.

Alberta Adams Bio


 

• Friday, July 25, 2008 - RJ Spangler's Rhythm Rocker's featuring Alberta Adams @ the Brighton Summer Fest. 8:00-10:00 p.m.

• Saturday, August 23, 2008 - Alberta Adams & RJ's Rhythm Rockers at Cliff Bells in Detroit. http://www.cliffbells.com/

• Saturday, September 6, 2008 - Alberta Adams & RJ's Rhythm Rockers @ Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The AACW presents Blues/Jazz Music Fest '08 http://www.aacw.org/.

• Saturday, December 13, 2008 - Alberta Adams & RJ's Rhythm Rockers in Columbus, OH - "Blues For A Cure" at Whiskey Dick's. Also on the bill: Trampled Under Foot, Dave Specter & The Bluebirds with Omar Coleman and Henry Gray!

• Alberta Adams is now in regular rotation on Bill Wax's Bluesville Show on XM Radio.

• Look for a CD from The Planet D Nonet in early 2009 on Eastlawn Records!

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