Artist: JOE BONAMASSA
Album: BLUES OF DESPERATION (CD)

Release date: 2016
EAN/UPS: 819873012719
Media type: CD

GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitar icon Joe Bonamassa will release his brand-new studio solo album, Blues of Desperation, on March 25, 2016. Like his previous solo disc, 2014’s Top 10 Billboard hit Different Shades of Blue, this record features all-original material, and it sees the maverick superstar guitarist, singer and songwriter tossing away the rule book as he continues to reinvent and redefine the blues-rock genre like no other artist working today. With 11 original songs, Blues Of Desperation will be another highlight in his overwhelming career so far: “It’s bluesy. And it’s big, and it’s got a cool title. … It was written in Nashville, recorded in Nashville. It was recorded mostly as a power quartet – two drums, bass and guitar. It was a lot of fun. The album sounds energetic and what rock music needs to be – less precise and thought-out. Of course the blues roots are there, but this record will need to be played loud. I want people to hear my evolution as a blues-rock musician,” says Bonamassa, “somebody who isn’t resting on accomplishments and who is always pushing forward and thinking about how music can evolve and stay relevant.”

Blues of Desperation is Bonamassa’s most powerfully diverse and boldly realized album yet, with the material ranging from the gutsy, gritty blues call to arms of “This Train” (Joe’s guitar is set to “rude” throughout) to the elegant yet emotionally shattering ballad “What I’ve Known for a Very Long Time” to the soul-nourishing, acoustic-based Americana of “The Valley Runs Low,” on which Bonamassa’s voice rises up majestically to meet Marnes, McRae and Tippins in gospel-like rapture. And then there’s the bleary, tequila-soaked “Drive,” dripping with the kind of raw, wicked and unsettling sensuality that could David Lynch green with envy.

Bonamassa has 15 #1 Billboard Blues Albums (more than any other artist in history). 2014’s Different Shades of Blue debuted at #8 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, making it his highest charting album, his first top 10 and accounting for his biggest sales week ever. In 2014, the guitarist received his first-ever Grammy nomination (for Best Blues Album) for the album Seesaw, his second collaboration with blues singing star Beth Hart, and was named 2014’s Billboard Blues Artist of the Year.

TRACKLIST CD:

01.    This Train
02.    Mountain Climbing
03.    Drive
04.    No Good Place For The Lonely
05.    Blues Of Desperation
06.    The Valley Runs Low
07.    You Left Me Nothin' But The Bill And The Blues
08.    Distant Lonesome Train
09.    How Deep This River Runs
10.    Livin' Easy
11.    What I've Known For A Very Long Time