Linda Sussman excels on 4th full length record, "Shake It Loose Today"
Sharing with the world her 4th album since 2018, Linda Sussman hasn’t skipped a beat with the fresh release of Shake It Loose Today. Keep reading for our glowing review of the record, in addition to a background on this talented artist.
Currently representing the music scene in New York, Linda Sussman is making music in the style of alternative folk and blues. Just released on July 1st, 2022, she’s completely knocked it out of the park on her latest album, Shake It Loose Today, in which she’s infused it with a great deal of hope, passion, and personal experienced-based songs. Backed up by a talented roster of musicians that includes Mike Nugent (dobro, lead guitar), Kevin Kelly (bass and mixing engineer), Richie Guerrero (percussion), and Shawn Murray (drums/title track), we can’t help but sincerely recommend this record for all.
Recorded entirely from musicians’ homes, Shake It Loose Today clocks in at 9 total tracks, spanning right around 30 minutes in length. Through that time though, Linda immediately immerse the listener in her own world of instrumentally rich passages, her hypnotic vocals, and imagery-filled lyricism that effortlessly tells stories from start to finish. As you can probably imagine, she got the push to really kick her writing into high gear at the beginning stages of the pandemic, but honestly we’re thrilled that she’s kept up the consistency even past the peak. Undoubtedly, some of our favorite lyric-forward tracks had to be “Will You Hold My Hand”, “The Light Moves In”, and the closer, “Dream Big”.
Putting the messaging aside for just a moment, we need to give the obvious shout out there to her immensely talented band that clearly gave it their all through each and every track. Surely Linda’s vocals are right at the forefront where they should be, but the seemingly infinite amount of styles that the band was able to convey is downright impressive. We’re suckers for a slide guitar as it evokes a specific atmosphere, but every musician had their moment to shine which we feel is quite rare nowadays. Some standouts for us were the opening track “Chain of Hope” and the title track as well.
We’re not in the business of spoiling, so please go ahead and click the play button on this immediately! We’ve included the links below to listen, follow along, and to keep up with all future releases from Linda Sussman.
Listen to Shake It Loose Today
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