Size: 87,3 MB
Time: 37:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Juke joint blues, roots
Art: Front, back
1. No Ice Please (2:55)
2. Mine (3:54)
3. Ride (3:04)
4. Where Do We Go (3:34)
5. Wrong Horse (2:42)
6. Lucifer's Grip (3:58)
7. Wreckin' & Rollin' (3:08)
8. Burn The House Down (4:16)
9. River Song (4:54)
10. Let Yo' Hair Down (3:31)
11. Black And White (1:40)
Wow! Ghalia Volt has been with us for a decade already. She begins her second decade working in yet another new configuration on her sixth album. The Belgian-born, ever-evolving, once one-woman band Ghalia Volt teams with fellow guitar slinger and producer JD Simo on Burn the House Down, the title exemplifying the blues rock she is known for. We’ve heard her absorb the New Orleans style of blues and perhaps are most familiar with her North Mississippi Hill Country style, first honed with Cody Dickinson, before she embarked on a couple of years of constant touring as the One Woman Band.
This time, she recorded in Nashville at the aptly named The House of Grease. Not only does Simo play the guitar, but he also engineered, produced, and mixed the album. Alongside them are the bass-drum tandem of Brian Allen and Chris Powell. All three are presumably working with Volt for the first time. This is as raw as a recording gets with the four of them playing in a single room. Unlike albums where the dual guitarists are featured one in each channel, they eschew that notion here, as the guitars bleed into each other. Both are credited with “guitars, slide guitar,” so it is impossible to determine who owns the riffs and leads. Interestingly, the album is void of extensive jams or solos, only the economical and crisp variety. The dual guitars are complementary, providing an energy surge without sparring with each other.
Volt wrote or co-wrote the eleven tunes, one aspect of the record that Simo did not participate in. Volt is not one to aim for perfection. She loves the raw edges, saying, “We’re not looking at a polished jewel, but more a raw diamond.” Simo’s production values follow suit, far more ‘dirty’ than ‘clean’. [---] Volt’s songs on Burn Down The House are perfectly designed for live performance, full of hand-clapping rhythms and sing-along choruses, songs that she can easily deliver in a power trio format, like her previous record, Shout Sister Shout. My guess is that is how she will tour the album. /Jim Hynes, Rock & Blues Muse
This time, she recorded in Nashville at the aptly named The House of Grease. Not only does Simo play the guitar, but he also engineered, produced, and mixed the album. Alongside them are the bass-drum tandem of Brian Allen and Chris Powell. All three are presumably working with Volt for the first time. This is as raw as a recording gets with the four of them playing in a single room. Unlike albums where the dual guitarists are featured one in each channel, they eschew that notion here, as the guitars bleed into each other. Both are credited with “guitars, slide guitar,” so it is impossible to determine who owns the riffs and leads. Interestingly, the album is void of extensive jams or solos, only the economical and crisp variety. The dual guitars are complementary, providing an energy surge without sparring with each other.
Volt wrote or co-wrote the eleven tunes, one aspect of the record that Simo did not participate in. Volt is not one to aim for perfection. She loves the raw edges, saying, “We’re not looking at a polished jewel, but more a raw diamond.” Simo’s production values follow suit, far more ‘dirty’ than ‘clean’. [---] Volt’s songs on Burn Down The House are perfectly designed for live performance, full of hand-clapping rhythms and sing-along choruses, songs that she can easily deliver in a power trio format, like her previous record, Shout Sister Shout. My guess is that is how she will tour the album. /Jim Hynes, Rock & Blues Muse
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