Release: Angela Easley - Rise

ANGELA EASLEY - RISE

CONTEMPORARY BLUES/ROOTS/AMERICANA

/ROOTS ROCK
LABEL: CLASS A RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Following hard on the heels of her award from the International Singer Songwriter Association, Angela Easley releases “Rise,” her fourth collaboration with Nashville music producer Walter Scott. This album, recorded in both Nashville and New Orleans, plays out like a sampler from her monthly shows at BourbonStreet Blues and Boogie bar on the world-famous Printers Alley in Nashville, with infectiously singable tunes rooted in the blues, rock, country, funk, and soul of the Deep South.

Legendary Nashville gospel music quartet, The McCrary Sisters, back up Easley on the emotional piano ballad “I Can Let Go,” opening the album in grand style. The party starts with the dance-floor filling funk number “Running Out Of Time,” complete with hot horn jabs and the slick drumming of Grammy winner Marcus Finnie (Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ “Tajmo”). Colombia Records artist and fellow Mississippi native, Shelly Fairchild, sings with Easley on the powerful title track, “Rise,” that calls out for equality and unity as the way to come out of the darkness into the light. The gritty roots rocker “Don’t Let The Devil Down,” is a bold declaration of faith and determination to face the forces of evil head on. The pleading strains of her soul blues lament, “One More Last Time,” are echoed by the mournful saxophone of Mathew Gros, and soaring guitar from Randall Scott Peterson from her touring band. 

Tracklist 1. I Can Let Go - Angela Easley - 2. Runnin Out Of Time - Angela Easley - 3. Rise - Angela Easley 4. Don't Let The Devil Down - Angela Easley - 5. One More Last Time - Angela Easley 6. Crazy Rain - Angela Easley

The country-flavored “Crazy Rain,” is the result of a collaboration of Easley with music row songwriters, Dave Isaacs and John Miner, which highlights the production skills of Walter Scott, who guides the musical elements to evolve across the musical landscape building to a dramatic finale.

Angela Easley has spent her whole life putting her dreams in action performing publicly since the age of eight and recording her first album at fourteen. Her independent release of “Rise” should prove to be another major step on her journey as a contemporary voice of the bayou.

Radio Single: 1. I Can Let Go
Additional recommended radio track: 4. Don’t Let The Devil Down

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