Blues -2002- !!install!! | Mary Coughlan - Red

A stark, haunting conclusion to the album, originally a Billie Holiday staple. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City Daniel Walsh, Michael Price Blue Light Boogie Jessie Mae Robinson You Can Leave Your Hat On Randy Newman Bill Bourne I'd Rather Go Blind Ellington Jordan, Billy Foster Black Coffee P.F. Webster, J.F. Burke Pull Up To The Bumper K. Loli, D. Manno, L. Dunbar, R. Shakespeare Harry Warren, Mack Gordon She's Got A Way With Men Hank Thompson, R. Lay One For My Baby Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer Strange Fruit Abel Meeropol (as Lewis Allan) Legacy and Context Mary Coughlan – Red Blues - Discogs

These slow, introspective ballads demonstrate her mastery of jazz standards, originally popularized by Etta James and Frank Sinatra respectively.

Coughlan takes the Randy Newman track and underplays it, adding a layer of "sass and menace" that deviates from more bombastic covers. Mary Coughlan - Red Blues -2002-

Written by Bill Bourne, this track was noted for its "unsettling undertow" similar to the work of Tom Waits.

True to Coughlan’s style of alchemically transforming others' songs into autobiography, Red Blues features a mix of new material and covers of blues and jazz standards. A stark, haunting conclusion to the album, originally

Recorded in Germany, Red Blues showcases a performer who has traded some of her earlier "booze-soaked hellraiser" energy for a more accessible, refined "boudoir blues" aesthetic. Reviewers from Hotpress noted that Coughlan sounded more "contented and relaxed than ever," with her voice achieving a breathy, soulful edge comparable to a tenor saxophone.

A soulful opening that highlights her world-weary delivery. Burke Pull Up To The Bumper K

A '40s classic by Louis Jordan, given a modern, sultry treatment.