Gina Sicilia - Allow Me to Confess (2007)

Tracklist

01. That's a Pretty Good Love
02. I Ain't Crazy
03. Try Me
04. One of Many
05. Pushover
06. Rest of My Days
07. Allow Me to Confess
08. You Set My Heart on Fire
09. There Lies a Better Day
10. That Much Further
11. When My Ship Comes In


On Allow Me to Confess, her recording debut, 22-year old Gina Sicilia comes across as a young Etta James, both in the power of her voice and in her repertoire. Based in Philadelphia and more experienced than one would expect from someone at her young age, she performs blues, blues ballads, soul, and some 1960s-style R&B. While guitarist/producer Dave Gross gives some of the songs a 1950s jump blues feel, Sicilia sings a tune apiece from Big Maybelle, Esther Phillips, and Etta James, plus her own originals. Whether any of her songs will catch on as future R&B/blues standards is open to question, but certainly Gina Sicilia will be a force in this music for many years to come.

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