Marlene Cummins - Koori Woman Blues (2014)

Tracklist

01. Pension Day Blues
02. Payback
03. Barefoot Boy
04. Prelude to Koori Woman
05. Koori Woman
06. When Will We Be Paid
07. Sugar
08. Boomerang Alley
09. You Can't Win
10. Sassy (Murri) Mama
11. Feels Like Rain
12. The Blues It Knows Your Name
13. Insufficient Funds
14. Some Kind of Wonderful
15. Santa Bring Me a Man for Christmas

Despite a stellar career as a saxophone player and blues musician with hits like Pension Day Blues and Pemulwuy, Marlene is only now preparing to release her full debut album, Koori Woman Blues.

“This music comes from so deep in Marlene’s heart that it’s been really traumatic for her to let it out and let it go. When you listen to this album you’re looking right into the core of who Marlene Cummins is – and that takes enormous courage and honesty. She is completely vulnerable.” says her producer, Richard Field.

The album presents a biographical journey comprised of a mixture of original and traditional blues numbers. The album’s centrepiece is the stirring epic blues anthem, Koori Woman.

Marlene dedicates this song to Aboriginal women everywhere as they were, in her words, ‘the backbone of the struggle’.

The album features a sterling cast of some of the world’s finest blues musicians including Gil Askey on trumpet, Fiona Boyes, Buddy Knox, Ray Beadle, Jerome Smith on guitar, Mark Atkins on didgeridoo, Joel Davis, Murray Cook on keys, Stefan Sernak (accordion), Andy Baylor (mandolin), Shannon Barnett on trombone, Paul Williamson on baritone sax and Marlene herself on alto sax.

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