DOWNLOAD: Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Beating St. Louis
(Photo: Chris Becker Jr.)
Shilpa Ray is a 3rd-circle demon cast out of the underworld and reborn in human, blues-singer form. Or, at least, she’s arguably the best vocalist to emerge in New York this decade, first with Beat the Devil and now fronting Her Happy Hookers, who, as you might guess, have a more full-bodied sound. A lot has been written about her small stature and enormous voice, and her instrument, the harmonium. But that stuff would be merely notable if not for the completely unfiltered way she writes and performs. “Beating St. Louis” is a weary, elegantly reverbed waltz of destruction from the group’s debut, A Fish Hook An Open Eye, which we’ve been waiting decades for. But that might be sorted out by September 10, when the band plays with Boss Hog at the new Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Beating St. Louis
Previously:
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Coward Cracked the Dawn (Radio Edit)
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Filthy and Free
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers' RCRD LBL Page
