Powerhouse singer Mahalia Barnes, one of the most impressive female vocalists to come out of Australia, and her band The Soul Mates have teamed up with American blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa to release an album of Betty Davis covers called Ooh Yea! – The Betty Davis Songbook.
Ooh Yea! is available on CD and LP.
Scheduled for release on 20 Feb 2015, it explores tracks from Davis’ sexy, raw funk records of the early ‘70s.
Ooh Yea The Betty Davis Song Book is certainly Mahalia’s most ambitious and prodigious work to date. It’s a record of songs with passion, feeling, power and grit that celebrates one of the most progressive voices of funk and R&B.
Do yourself a favor and listen. You won’t regret it.