Ana Popovic - Comfort to the Soul (2003) VBR

Ana Popovic - Comfort to the Soul

Year 2003

Tracks
1. Don't Bear Down On Me (I'm Here To Steal The Show) 3:55
2. Love Me Again 5:10
3. Comfort To The Soul 3:28
4. Change My Mind 4:30
5. Sittin' On Top Of The World 3:48
6. Night By Night 3:36
7. Navajo Moon 4:47
8. Need All The Help I Can Get 2:50
9. Recall The Days 3:45
10. Fool Proof 3:24
11. Jaco 4:00

The international appeal of the blues comes home with a fiery flourish on the breakout album by youthful Yugoslavian singer/guitarist Ana Popovic. Her 2001 debut disc Hush! effectively displayed her potential and Comfort to the Soul demonstrates she's well on the road to realizing much of it. Popovic, who relocated to the Netherlands in 1999, is much more than just the best Belgrade-born blues act. Although it's her rockish energy, expressed on tunes like the opening Melissa Etheridge-style "Don't Bear Down on Me," that will garner the majority of the attention, the most impressive aspect of her music is its diversity. She exhibits some Elmore James-inspired slide guitar on a couple of tracks (most notably on an innovative up-tempo take on Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' On Top of the World", shoots off more than a few hard-edged rocking blues solos elsewhere, and utilizes her affinity for jazz guitar in several creative contexts. Popovic's music, like her blues persona, is obviously still a work in progress but her second album provides as much pleasure in the present as it does promise for the future.
What a great cd!.Bought Ana's two cds out of curiosity after reading an interveiw with her and haven't been able to stop playing them since.Comfort to the soul is more bluesy funk with some amazing lead and slide guitar work and good songs,both Ana's and the covers chosen.So do yourself a favour and buy this cd from this incredible artist, you will not be disappointed if you injoy good music,