Candye Kane - The Power In You

Album: The Power In You
Size: 131,1 MB
Time: 56:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. I'm The Toughest Girl Alive (3:08)
2. Superhero (4:48)
3. You Need A Great Big Woman (4:36)
4. Love Em And Forgive Em (4:35)
5. I'm Not Gonna Cry Today (2:48)
6. Gifted In The Ways Of Love (3:52)
7. I Deserve Love (3:27)
8. I'm Not Getting Older (I'm Getting Better) (1:52)
9. Let There Be Peace On Earth (Traditional) (2:40)
10. Work What You've Got (If It's A Little Or A Lot) (2:41)
11. 200 Lbs Of Fun (3:03)
12. Everybody Needs Love (4:09)
13. Rise Up (3:25)
14. When Tomorrow Comes (4:07)
15. Hey! Toughen' Up (2:54)
16. I'm Gonna Be Just Fine (1:02)
17. Fit Fat & Fine (3:10)

Los Angeles native Candye Kane sang a sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that took no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane was a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl and actress (both on-stage and in risqué movies), and she even did a stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She would have been just another fringe player in L.A. except for two things - she could sing like nobody's business and she had a sexy, intelligent, and passionate musical vision to match her voice.

Born November 13, 1961 in Ventura, California, Kane spent her childhood, a difficult one by her own account, in the Los Angeles suburb of Highland Park, and music and theater were her passion and saving graces. A pregnancy at 17 put her in financial trouble and she turned to stripping to pay the bills, eventually appearing in dozens of videos with titles like Bra Breakers and Big Busty. After a brief stint in USC's junior opera program in 1976, she did a left turn into punk rock, starting several country-punk bands in the early '80s, eventually coming to the attention of CBS/Epic, who signed her to a developmental deal in 1985. The label figured they had a country singer on their hands, but dropped Kane when her stripper past surfaced, although not before a debut album, A Town South of Bakersfield, was released in 1986.

Kane moved on, relocated to San Diego, married, had another child, and attended Palomar Community College, where she majored in women's studies. She also worked hard on her songwriting, and after discovering the recordings of classic women blues singers like Bessie Smith, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, and Big Maybelle, she also began to form a vision of how she wanted to proceed as a singer and musician.

Kane self-released Burlesque Swing in 1991, and a year later in 1992 she signed with Antone's Records, which resulted in a pair of albums, 1994's Home Cookin' and 1995's Knockout. Moving to Discovery Records, Kane released Diva la Grande in 1997. Swango appeared from Sire/London a year later in 1998, followed by the impressive The Toughest Girl Alive on Rounder/Bullseye in 2000. Three albums with the German label Ruf Records, Whole Lotta Love (2003), White Trash Girl (2005), and Guitar'd and Feathered (2007), came next.

In 2009 Kane signed with Delta Groove Records, and Superhero appeared from the imprint that same year. With her musical vision now firmly developed, Kane released a second album on Delta Groove, the very impressive Sister Vagabond, a searing set of blues and soul pieces, in 2011. Coming Out Swingin', featuring blues guitar goddess Laura Chavez, was issued on her Sister Cynic label via Vizztone in 2013. Sadly, Kane had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the late 2000s, and she continued to perform and record despite the disease, which ultimately claimed her life on May 6, 2016. She was 54 years old. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Candye Kane Feat. Laura Chavez - Sister Vagabond

Album: Sister Vagabond
Size: 115,7 MB
Time: 49:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. I Love To Love You (3:35)
2. Love Insurance (4:06)
3. Sweet Nothin's (4:04)
4. Walkin', Talkin' Haunted House (4:37)
5. You Never Cross My Mind (3:54)
6. Everybody's Gonna Love Somebody Tonight (4:24)
7. You Can't Take It Back From Here (4:01)
8. Side Dish (2:47)
9. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore (2:46)
10. Hard Knock Gal (4:45)
11. Have A Nice Day (3:51)
12. Down With The Blues (3:16)
13. I Deserve Love (3:26)

Los Angeles native Candye Kane is the 21st century version of Bessie Smith, singing a tough, smart, sassy, and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that takes no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane has been a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl and actress (both on-stage and in risqué [to say the least] movies), and she even did a stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She’d be just another fringe player in L.A. except for one thing - she can sing like nobody’s business and she has a sexy, intelligent, and passionate musical vision to match her voice.

On Sister Vagabond, her tenth album, Kane has really put it all together for her finest studio outing yet, mixing blues, torch soul, and funky swing numbers together into a smart and brassy whole, helped immeasurably by the brilliant guitar playing of longtime cohort Laura Chavez. The album, which opens with a fiery version of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's “I Love to Love You,” never lags or lulls, and Kane sings her heart out on song after song, sometimes with a wink, sometimes with a sexy bravado, and sometimes with an indignant sense of injustice.

She turns Brenda Lee's “Sweet Nothin’s” into a brilliant, leering piece of Excello Records swamp pop that rides on Chavez's reverb-drenched guitar lines, and together, they completely reinvent the song. Kane transforms Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin's “Everybody’s Gonna Love Somebody Tonight” into a blues stomper that replaces sad irony with passionate certainty, and on one of the nine originals that she wrote or co-wrote for the album, “You Can’t Take It Back from Here,” Kane manages to link Louis Armstrong, Storyville, dolphins, and the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill into a coherent, anguished rant that shows her considerable songwriting abilities.

Kane may have a personal bio that suggests she’s a campy airhead, but nothing could be further from the truth. She’s an empowered, intelligent woman with a clear idea of what she’s doing, what era she’s in, and what her politics are, and best of all, she knows how to sing the blues in all of its flavors, and she sings like she’s been there and done that and isn’t afraid of what the end of the night brings. Candye Kane is the real deal, stripper name or not, and this is her best album to date. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Candye Kane Feat. Laura Chavez - Coming Out Swingin'

Album: Coming Out Swingin'
Size: 101,7 MB
Time: 43:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Coming Out Swingin' (2:41)
2. Rock Me To Sleep (2:41)
3. I'm The Reason Why You Drink (3:48)
4. When Tomorrow Comes (4:06)
5. Rise Up! (3:24)
6. Invisible Woman (4:12)
7. You Ain't All That (2:30)
8. I Wanted You To Walk (Right Thru That Door) (2:55)
9. Darling Baby (2:57)
10. Barbed Wire Mouth (3:02)
11. What Love Can Do (3:56)
12. Au Revoir Y'all (4:34)
13. Marijuana Boogie (3:01)

At some point in the life of every true artist, adversity becomes a crucible, shaping and developing her or his work, whether it's economically, emotionally, or physically. Sometimes the human being is defeated, but the art survives. More often, the artist fights back, going into the marrow of the survival instinct itself and delivering enduring works. Candye Kane has fought her share of battles for the last 30-plus years, and has consistently delivered top-flight records and fiery performances. Her current battle with cancer not only hasn't stopped her, it hasn't slowed her down, and has resulted in a resolve to further herself as an artist. The evidence is in her last three recordings - 2009's Superhero, 2011's Sister Vagabond, and this one, Coming Out Swingin' - which was recorded live in an analog studio.

Kane freely acknowledges the gracious assistance she's received along the way from friends, artists, doctors, etc. But something else is at work on these three recordings; actually, it's someone: guitarist, co-writer, and musical soulmate Laura Chavez, whose name is prominently featured on the cover and whose guitar playing and musical direction are now a signature part of Kane's sound. Of the 13 songs here, the singer and guitarist co-wrote nine, and co-produced the record with Thomas Yearsley. Musically, Kane and her crack band have visited many of these territories before - the hard swinging, horn-drenched title track, the vintage jazz blues of "Rock Me to Sleep," the hard Chicago strut of "I'm the Reason You Drink," the jump blues of "You Ain't All That," etc.

But there is more. Check the fingerpopping optimism in the southern R&B that fuels "When Tomorrow Comes"; the Stax-tinged soul in the militant "Rise Up," the shuffling Texas twang in "I Wanted You to Walk (Right Through That Door)," and the backbone-slipping New Orleans' R&B in "Au Revoir Y'All." Kane's choice of covers is especially effective, whether it's in Holland-Dozier-Holland's "Darling Baby," which melds smooth Motown grooves with gritty roadhouse R&B; Rick Estrin's smoldering, sensual, souled-out "What Love Can Do," and the burning double-time read of Lalo Guerrero's "Marijuana Boogie."

Since bringing Chavez into her band, Kane's musical reach has expanded considerably. She's pushed herself in terms of stylistic diversity, and her vocals have a more sophisticated, nuanced phrasing that doesn't sacrifice her emotional honesty. Chavez's brilliant guitar playing is a second "singing" voice, creating a multi-dimensional resonance in her sound. Coming Out Swingin' is by turns funny, resilient, bold, and heartbreaking. It wills surely delight fans, and it will more than likely astonish newcomers. /Thom Jurek, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - Home Cookin'

Album: Home Cookin'
Size: 122,3 MB
Time: 52:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Full

1. It Won't Be Long (3:46)
2. Why'd You Have To Say That 'L Word'? (For Mike & Di) (3:05)
3. You Don't Love Me No More (5:28)
4. Babylon Boogie (2:35)
5. Dance Hall Girls (3:41)
6. Catch An Honest Man (4:17)
7. Seven Men A Week (2:59)
8. Big Mama Candye's Blues (5:54)
9. She Wore A Red Carnation (3:45)
10. Don't Blame It On Me (3:18)
11. You Let Me Down Again (3:00)
12. No! I Ain't Gonna Let You Go (2:59)
13. Tell Me A Lie (4:01)
14. Some Lazy Afternoon (For Evan & Tommy) (3:36)

Los Angeles native Candye Kane sang a sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that took no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane was a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl and actress (both on-stage and in risqué movies), and she even did a stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She would have been just another fringe player in L.A. except for two things - she could sing like nobody's business and she had a sexy, intelligent, and passionate musical vision to match her voice.

Born November 13, 1961 in Ventura, California, Kane spent her childhood, a difficult one by her own account, in the Los Angeles suburb of Highland Park, and music and theater were her passion and saving graces. A pregnancy at 17 put her in financial trouble and she turned to stripping to pay the bills, eventually appearing in dozens of videos with titles like Bra Breakers and Big Busty. After a brief stint in USC's junior opera program in 1976, she did a left turn into punk rock, starting several country-punk bands in the early '80s, eventually coming to the attention of CBS/Epic, who signed her to a developmental deal in 1985. The label figured they had a country singer on their hands, but dropped Kane when her stripper past surfaced, although not before a debut album, A Town South of Bakersfield, was released in 1986.

Kane moved on, relocated to San Diego, married, had another child, and attended Palomar Community College, where she majored in women's studies. She also worked hard on her songwriting, and after discovering the recordings of classic women blues singers like Bessie Smith, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, and Big Maybelle, she also began to form a vision of how she wanted to proceed as a singer and musician.

Kane self-released Burlesque Swing in 1991, and a year later in 1992 she signed with Antone's Records, which resulted in a pair of albums, 1994's Home Cookin' and 1995's Knockout. Moving to Discovery Records, Kane released Diva la Grande in 1997. Swango appeared from Sire/London a year later in 1998, followed by the impressive The Toughest Girl Alive on Rounder/Bullseye in 2000. Three albums with the German label Ruf Records, Whole Lotta Love (2003), White Trash Girl (2005), and Guitar'd and Feathered (2007), came next.

In 2009 Kane signed with Delta Groove Records, and Superhero appeared from the imprint that same year. With her musical vision now firmly developed, Kane released a second album on Delta Groove, the very impressive Sister Vagabond, a searing set of blues and soul pieces, in 2011. Coming Out Swingin', featuring blues guitar goddess Laura Chavez, was issued on her Sister Cynic label via Vizztone in 2013. Sadly, Kane had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the late 2000s, and she continued to perform and record despite the disease, which ultimately claimed her life on May 6, 2016. She was 54 years old. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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VA - Austin, Texas Rockin' The Crossroads

Size: 108.7 MB
Time: 45:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01 Luther Tucker - You Got What You Wanted (3:46)
02 Doyle Bramhall - Too Sorry (2:44)
03 Sue Foley - Open Up Your Eyes (2:30)
04 Lewis Cowdrey - Itchy And Scratchy (3:48)
05 Kim Wilson - Tigerman (3:41)
06 Candye Kane - Don't Blame It On Me (3:18)
07 Snooky Pryor - Bury You In A Paper Sack (4:35)
08 Steve James - Railroad Blues (2:19)
09 David Halley - It's Just As Well (3:36)
10 Loose Diamonds - Downtown (4:09)
11 Stephen Bruton - This Train Is Gone (3:43)
12 Pat McLaughlin - Better You Get Ready (3:12)
13 Glen Clark - Old Enough To Know Better (4:26)

In the 1980s and 1990s, Austin, Texas became more and more of a hotbed of roots music -- everything from electric blues, funk, and soul to Tex-Mex, country, rockabilly, americana, folk, and jazz. One of the independent labels that popped up in Austin was Antone's, which provides a variety of roots music on Austin, Texas: Rockin' the Crossroads. This good-to-excellent sampler offers a generous dose of high-energy electric blues, including Snooky Pryor's "Bury You in a Paper Sack" and Luther Tucker's "You Got What You Wanted." But it also contains everything from the acoustic country blues of Steve James' "Railroad Blues" to Lewis Cowdrey's "Itchy and Scratchy" (which brings a rock edge to James Brown-like funk), Sue Foley's moody soul number "Open Up Your Eyes," and earthy roots-rock/americana tunes like Pat McLaughlin's "Better You Get Ready" and David Halley's "It's Just As Well." Not all of the artists on the album are natives or residents of Austin -- some are Californians, some Midwesterners. Nonetheless, Austin, Texas paints an honest and enjoyable picture of the variety of music one could expect from the Lone Star city and from the Antone's label. ~Alex Henderson

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Candye Kane - Knockout

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:01
Size: 90,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. I'm On A Bender (2:54)
2. Bigger And Better (3:12)
3. Watching The River Flow (3:19)
4. The Blues I Feel for You (3:13)
5. Sharktown (5:30)
6. Cheek To Cheek (2:25)
7. We Can Love (3:50)
8. Call Me (4:14)
9. Easy Money (3:09)
10. There's Nobody Home (3:47)
11. Get It Over Baby (3:22)

Los Angeles native Candye Kane sang a sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that took no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane was a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl and actress (both on-stage and in risqué movies), and she even did a stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She would have been just another fringe player in L.A. except for two things - she could sing like nobody's business and she had a sexy, intelligent, and passionate musical vision to match her voice.

Born November 13, 1961 in Ventura, California, Kane spent her childhood, a difficult one by her own account, in the Los Angeles suburb of Highland Park, and music and theater were her passion and saving graces. A pregnancy at 17 put her in financial trouble and she turned to stripping to pay the bills, eventually appearing in dozens of videos with titles like Bra Breakers and Big Busty. After a brief stint in USC's junior opera program in 1976, she did a left turn into punk rock, starting several country-punk bands in the early '80s, eventually coming to the attention of CBS/Epic, who signed her to a developmental deal in 1985. The label figured they had a country singer on their hands, but dropped Kane when her stripper past surfaced, although not before a debut album, A Town South of Bakersfield, was released in 1986.

Kane moved on, relocated to San Diego, married, had another child, and attended Palomar Community College, where she majored in women's studies. She also worked hard on her songwriting, and after discovering the recordings of classic women blues singers like Bessie Smith, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, and Big Maybelle, she also began to form a vision of how she wanted to proceed as a singer and musician.

Kane self-released Burlesque Swing in 1991, and a year later in 1992 she signed with Antone's Records, which resulted in a pair of albums, 1994's Home Cookin' and 1995's Knockout. Moving to Discovery Records, Kane released Diva la Grande in 1997. Swango appeared from Sire/London a year later in 1998, followed by the impressive The Toughest Girl Alive on Rounder/Bullseye in 2000. Three albums with the German label Ruf Records, Whole Lotta Love (2003), White Trash Girl (2005), and Guitar'd and Feathered (2007), came next.

In 2009 Kane signed with Delta Groove Records, and Superhero appeared from the imprint that same year. With her musical vision now firmly developed, Kane released a second album on Delta Groove, the very impressive Sister Vagabond, a searing set of blues and soul pieces, in 2011. Coming Out Swingin', featuring blues guitar goddess Laura Chavez, was issued on her Sister Cynic label via Vizztone in 2013. Sadly, Kane had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the late 2000s, and she continued to perform and record despite the disease, which ultimately claimed her life on May 6, 2016. She was 54 years old. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - Swango

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:50
Size: 104,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. 200 Lbs Of Fun (2:59)
2. I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) (2:42)
3. Just Because (3:05)
4. Poetry Cocktail (3:28)
5. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:06)
6. Everybody Needs Love (4:08)
7. Swango (2:59)
8. Tryin' To Forget You (2:53)
9. Candy (3:58)
10. Forgive Me (3:38)
11. Blind Love (2:27)
12. Don't Cry Sister (2:50)
13. I'll Make It Right (3:48)
14. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (2:42)

Candye Kane's sole major-label release, 1998's Swango, isn't one of her best albums. Producer Mike Vernon (who had run the famous U.K. blues-rock label Blue Horizon in the '60s) uses the then-current swing revival to reduce the more authentic jump blues elements of Kane's earlier records. The result is a kind of hipsterrific cocktail-nation cloyingness that makes Kane seem like a novelty act. Kane is singing better than ever, especially on the opening statement of intent, "200 Pounds of Fun," and a terrific version of the standard "Dream a Little Dream of Me," and her songwriting is growing increasingly sharper as well.

The title track's a particular gem. (Longtime fans will be disappointed to find, however, that this is by far Kane's least-bawdy record.) So really, the fault comes down to the stiff arrangements and inappropriate production; look past those and Swango is an appealing, entertaining record. It may take a few listens to get to that point, however. /Stewart Mason, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - Diva La Grande

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:12
Size: 123,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. You Need A Great Big Woman (4:35)
2. Love 'Em & Forgive 'Em (4:34)
3. Freak Lover (4:13)
4. I Got A Feelin' (4:11)
5. I Left My Heart In Texas (3:46)
6. The Lord Was A Woman (3:17)
7. It Should Be Rainin' (5:08)
8. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (4:31)
9. Gifted In The Ways Of Love (3:51)
10. I'm In Love With A Girl (2:41)
11. Homewrecker (2:05)
12. Beehive (3:12)
13. All You Can Eat (And You Can Eat It All Night Long) (3:31)
14. That Ain't It (3:29)

Former sex industry worker Candye Kane's third album is her breakthrough, the record where she finally perfected her blend of jump blues, rockabilly, and big-band swing, combined with her brassy, gleefully omnisexual persona and big-as-life voice. Besides the obvious personal anthems like "You Need a Great Big Woman," "Gifted in the Ways of Love," and, of course, "All You Can Eat (And You Can Eat It All Night Long)," Kane does more than credible versions of classics ranging from "I Got a Feelin'" to a Cajun-ized version of Lee Hazlewood's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'."

Producer Dave Alvin and Kane's longtime backing band, the Swingin' Armadillos, set Kane's alternately booming and flirty voice in swinging settings that emphasize her vocal strengths while minimizing the occasional flatness that marred Kane's first couple of albums. More importantly, while jump blues in the '90s is by definition a stylized genre, there's nothing overly cute or retro about Diva la Grande. This is a fun, sexy, rocking good time. /Stewart Mason, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - Whole Lotta Love

Size: 99,0 MB
Time: 41:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Something's Got A Hold On Me (3:43)
02. Wrap Around Joy (3:47)
03. Put It All In There (4:40)
04. I Got A Secret (2:47)
05. Fit, Fat And Fine (3:10)
06. A Lion In My House (2:46)
07. What's That I Smell? (3:19)
08. Whole Lotta Love (4:03)
09. When The Hangover Strikes (2:50)
10. I'm Just A Sucker Who Believes In Love (2:25)
11. Going Back Where I Belong (3:03)
12. 27 Times (2:59)
13. I'm Not Getting Older (1:51)

Lusty persona aside, Candye Kane is a tremendous vocalist with an impressive range. Her first release on Ruf Records in 2003 includes a version of "Something's Got a Hold on Me" that would make Etta James proud (unfortunately, the backing track doesn't match her intensity), while the title track, "Whole Lotta Love," sticks real close to Led Zeppelin's version without the extended guitar solo. Guest star Charlie Musselwhite contributes two tracks; "Put It All in There" features his harp virtuosity, and on "What's That Smell" he switches to acoustic guitar and vocals. All in all, this is a fun release suitable for any Saturday night get-together. ~Al Campbell

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Candye Kane - The Best Of Candye Kane

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:00
Size: 178,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. You Need A Great Big Woman (4:35)
2. I'll Make It Right (3:48)
3. For Your Love (3:27)
4. Sharktown (5:30)
5. Babylon Boogie (2:35)
6. Please Tell Me A Lie (4:01)
7. I Didn't Listen To My Heart (3:26)
8. I'm Not Gonna Cry Today (2:47)
9. I Put A Hex On You (3:54)
10. Dance Hall Girls (3:41)
11. What Happened To The Girl I Met Here (3:28)
12. Superhero (4:47)
13. She Wore A Red Carnation (3:45)
14. I Got A Secret (2:47)
15. It Should Be Rainin' (5:08)
16. Love 'Em And Forgive 'Em (4:34)
17. I Could Fall For You (4:05)
18. Gifted In The Ways Of Love (3:51)
19. I'm The Toughest Girl Alive (3:07)
20. Some Lazy Afternoon (3:34)

Los Angeles native Candye Kane sang a sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that took no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane was a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl and actress (both on-stage and in risqué movies), and she even did a stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She would have been just another fringe player in L.A. except for two things - she could sing like nobody's business and she had a sexy, intelligent, and passionate musical vision to match her voice.

Born November 13, 1961 in Ventura, California, Kane spent her childhood, a difficult one by her own account, in the Los Angeles suburb of Highland Park, and music and theater were her passion and saving graces. A pregnancy at 17 put her in financial trouble and she turned to stripping to pay the bills, eventually appearing in dozens of videos with titles like Bra Breakers and Big Busty. After a brief stint in USC's junior opera program in 1976, she did a left turn into punk rock, starting several country-punk bands in the early '80s, eventually coming to the attention of CBS/Epic, who signed her to a developmental deal in 1985. The label figured they had a country singer on their hands, but dropped Kane when her stripper past surfaced, although not before a debut album, A Town South of Bakersfield, was released in 1986.

Kane moved on, relocated to San Diego, married, had another child, and attended Palomar Community College, where she majored in women's studies. She also worked hard on her songwriting, and after discovering the recordings of classic women blues singers like Bessie Smith, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, and Big Maybelle, she also began to form a vision of how she wanted to proceed as a singer and musician.

Kane self-released Burlesque Swing in 1991, and a year later in 1992 she signed with Antone's Records, which resulted in a pair of albums, 1994's Home Cookin' and 1995's Knockout. Moving to Discovery Records, Kane released Diva la Grande in 1997. Swango appeared from Sire/London a year later in 1998, followed by the impressive The Toughest Girl Alive on Rounder/Bullseye in 2000. Three albums with the German label Ruf Records, Whole Lotta Love (2003), White Trash Girl (2005), and Guitar'd and Feathered (2007), came next.

In 2009 Kane signed with Delta Groove Records, and Superhero appeared from the imprint that same year. With her musical vision now firmly developed, Kane released a second album on Delta Groove, the very impressive Sister Vagabond, a searing set of blues and soul pieces, in 2011. Coming Out Swingin', featuring blues guitar goddess Laura Chavez, was issued on her Sister Cynic label via Vizztone in 2013. Sadly, Kane had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the late 2000s, and she continued to perform and record despite the disease, which ultimately claimed her life on May 6, 2016. She was 54 years old. /Biography by Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - White Trash Girl

Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:29
Size: 97,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. White Trash Girl (3:12)
2. Estrogen Bomb (2:55)
3. What Happened To The Girl (3:28)
4. Daydream (3:11)
5. Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style (2:29)
6. Queen Of The Wrecking Ball (3:18)
7. Misunderstood (3:08)
8. I Wanna Do More (2:33)
9. It Must Be Love (3:10)
10. Work What You Got (2:39)
11. I Could Fall For You (4:05)
12. Mistress Carmen (3:00)
13. Masturbation Blues (2:34)
14. Let There Be Peace On Earth (2:39)

Candye Kane has never shied away from her lusty, busty persona either on album or live, but that very honestly must have unfairly tainted her as an act needing a sexy visual hook to attract an audience. Certainly that's far from the truth, as all of her albums have proven Kane to be a strong, distinctive, and malleable song stylist, with a hurricane-styled approach to her rollicking R&B. Her seventh release doesn't push those established boundaries, but it's another terrific example of Kane's talents. Only five of these 14 songs are not written or co-penned by the singer, and all are potent examples of her wide range and excitement as a singer/bandleader.

There is some Lou Ann Barton in her sassy delivery, especially when she sings a ballad such as "I Could Fall for You" or kicks into a snazzy bluesy shuffle as on the cool, rearranged version of the Lovin' Spoonful's classic "Daydream." As usual, she surrounds herself with top-notch musicians such as ex-Fabulous Thunderbirds/Roomful of Blues bassist Preston Hubbard, harmonica ace Gary Primich, and veteran producer Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff. Hence, the album's sound is tight, punchy, and rollicking. Kicking off with the title cut, featuring a riff that is little more than a reworking of John Lee Hooker's "Dimples," Kane and her band charge through the material with a visceral energy perfect for this upbeat bluesy material.

Some of the lyrical juxtapositions are strange; the raunchy one-two punch of sexual domination described in "Mistress Carmen" and the self-explanatory "Masturbation Blues" segues into an album-closing gospel version of "Let There Be Peace on Earth," the latter sung only with acoustic piano accompaniment. But that just makes the album more fun. A bawdy cover of Bull Moose Jackson's "Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style" fits with Kane's heavy-set, white-trash aesthetic and also roars out with enough jump-swing energy to get the party moving. The melodies are little more than standard blues and swing reworkings, but the execution is so consistently frisky, spirited, and entertaining that it's impossible not to be impressed by this lighthearted romp from one of the genre's most unfairly overlooked singers. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - Superhero

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:20
Size: 128,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Superhero (4:47)
2. Hey! Toughen Up! (2:53)
3. I Put A Hex On You (3:54)
4. I'm A Bad, Bad Girl (4:54)
5. Ik Hou Van Je (I Love You) (3:16)
6. Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (3:30)
7. Don't Cry For Me New Jersey (4:47)
8. You Need Love (4:06)
9. I Like 'Em Stacked Like That (2:47)
10. Till You Go Too Far (3:45)
11. Picture Of You (4:29)
12. You Can't Stop Me From Loving You (4:27)
13. I Didn't Listen To My Heart (3:26)
14. Throw It In The Trash Can Love (3:10)
15. I'm Gonna Be Just Fine (1:01)

Any time a musician survives a life-altering change, you can be sure that will be reflected in the music that follows. Often a breakup/divorce, new love/marriage, drug rehabilitation/habit or religious transformation has been responsible for some of pop's most memorable music. So it's no surprise that after Candye Kane was clear of the pancreatic cancer that could easily have been her death sentence, she would reference that experience on the album immediately following the harrowing situation. Kane doesn't waste any time doing that as the opening title track to her first post-cancer effort kicks off with the brassy singer bellowing the lyrics "I've always been a fighter" followed in the chorus by "there's no way I'm laying down and dying."

Based on the aural evidence here, she has bounced back in a big way, ripping into her usual potpourri of jump blues ("Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?"), surfy rockabilly ("Throw It in the Trash Can Love" with ex-Paladin Dave Gonzales on guitar), straight-ahead Chuck Berry rocking ("You Can't Stop Me from Loving You"), and blues-based retro Americana classic pop ("Picture of You"). As usual, there are plenty of double entendres flying, especially on the jazzy "I Like 'Em Stacked Like That" where Kane goes toe to toe with Mitch Kashmar, who drops his harp to spar with Kane on vocals only to pick it up on the following tough shuffle, "Till You Go Too Far."

The sassy singer writes ten of the 15 tracks, all of them sharp, peppy, and perfectly suited to her roots/blues sensibilities. She's in terrific voice throughout, sexy when needed but also vulnerable on the Leslie Gore-styled swinging twist of "I Didn't Listen to My Heart." Kane co-produced with right-hand guitarist Laura Chavez, and the duo finds the sweet spot in every tune, keeping the spotlight on the vocalist where it belongs, yet giving the songs room to breathe. Kane's previous albums are typically spirited affairs, but here she sings with the passion, vitality, and sheer joy of someone who has been given a new lease on life and is determined to make the most of it. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - The Toughest Girl Alive

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:02
Size: 93,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. I'm The Toughest Girl Alive (3:07)
2. Who Do You Love (3:56)
3. One More Day (Without Your Love) (3:34)
4. For Your Love (3:27)
5. Didn't We (2:45)
6. Who Walks In When I Walk Out (2:35)
7. To See A Grown Man Cry (4:08)
8. (Hey Mister!) She Was My Baby Last Night (1:59)
9. Je N'en Peux Plus Sans Ma Cadillac (I Can't Go Without My Cadillac) (2:41)
10. Let's Commit Adultery (3:45)
11. Highway Of Tears (3:08)
12. Get Happy (2:07)
13. Scream In The Night (2:46)

Candye Kane is a big-voiced blues singer with a twist. Though they are mostly credited as originals, the tunes are familiar from other blues, R&B, and jump blues compositions. The differences lie in Kane's lyrics and in her enthusiasm in singing them. The former adult film star stakes out a pan-sexual stance that she expounds lustily. Jack Tempchin's "Who Do You Love?" finds her endorsing homosexuality, a ménage à trois, and prostitution, and assuring her listeners that God does, too.

Her own "(Hey Mister!) She Was My Baby Last Night" portrays an unexpected combination in a romantic triangle. In "For Your Love," Kane lists a series of sexual fantasy characters ranging from "a dominatrix with a whip up above" to "a White House intern." And "Let's Commit Adultery" states its position in its title. The backing band, which occasionally features Dave Alvin and Marcia Ball, is excellent, but the distinctive element in the mix is Kane's lusty persona. /William Ruhlmann, AllMusic

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VA - Don't Pass Me By: A Tribute To Sean Costello

Size: 143,1 MB
Time: 60:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Albert Castiglia - Same Old Game (3:32)
02 Steve Marriner - How In The Devil (3:35)
03 Watermelon Slim - Who's Been Cheatin' Who (2:46)
04 Victor Wainwright - Don't Pass Me By (6:26)
05 Candye Kane & Laura Chavez - I've Got To Ride (3:44)
06 Bob Margolin - Low Life Blues (4:08)
07 Seth Walker - All I Can Do (5:16)
08 Sonia Leigh - No Half Steppin' (3:48)
09 Nick Moss Band - Hard Luck Woman (3:09)
10 North Mississippi Allstars - Father (4:14)
11 The Electromatics - She Changed My Mind (3:48)
12 Debbie Davies - Don't Be Reckless With My Heart (3:11)
13 The Morning Life - You're A Part Of Me (3:54)
14 Matt Wauchope Trio - Can't Let Go (4:00)
15 Oliver Wood & Amy Helm - Feel Like I Ain't Got A Home (4:55)

'Don't Pass Me By', is a tribute to the original songs of Sean Costello. Lovingly donated by an exceptional group of blues artists for the benefit of The Sean Costello Memorial Fund, which was established after his passing to research bi-polar disease, the album brings Costello's songwriting talents to the forefront. Among the notable recording artists included are the North Mississippi All-Stars, Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers), Amy Helm, and Bob Margolin. Produced by Jon Justice and Dave Gross, the album features all previously unreleased recordings. DON'T PASS ME BY showcases Costello's tunes in a remarkable array of 15 distinctive performances that enhance his well known abilities as an influential blues singer and powerful guitarist.

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Candye Kane - Burlesque Swing

Size: 99,0 MB
Time: 41:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Electric Blues, Jump Blues
Art: Full

01. Voodoo Voodoo (2:24)
02. That's My Daddy With The Big Long Sliding Thing (3:18)
03. Club Of The Foolish Hearts (2:20)
04. Big 10 Inch Record (2:55)
05. Old Time Jazz (3:41)
06. Put It All In There (3:54)
07. Press My Buttons (3:18)
08. Everybody Needs Love (4:29)
09. Baby Doll (3:15)
10. I'm So In Love (3:39)
11. The Meat Song (3:12)
12. Boogie Woogie Country Girl (5:26)

Candye Kane is an American singer, songwriter and performer best known in the blues and jazz genre.

She has been included in the Rolling Stone Guide to Jazz and Blues, Elwoods Blues by Dan Aykroyd, The Blueshound Guide to Blues, Allmusic and other blues books and periodicals.

She also had a brief career as a pornographic actress during porn's golden age.

Live recording of Blues diva Candye Kane and her original band of Swingin' Armadillos from the early 90s.

This is a piece of Candye's "Herstory." Recorded live at the Belly Up Tavern in the early 90s, this was the CD that got Candye her first record deal with Clifford Antone and Antone's Records in 1992. It features her original band of Swingin' Armadillos including Sue Palmer, Steve Wilcox, Greg Willis, Chris Klich, April West and Tyler Buckley.

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Deborah Coleman, Candye Kane, Dani Wilde - Blues Caravan: Guitars & Feathers

Year: 2008
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:03
Size: 168,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Won't Leave (3:05)
2. Bring Your Loving Home (3:46)
3. Heal My Blues (2:45)
4. Come Undone (3:25)
5. I Love You More Than I Hate Myself (5:43)
6. You Need A Great Big Woman (4:13)
7. My Country Man (2:48)
8. I'm Lucky (3:26)
9. Crazy Little Thing (2:50)
10. Toughest Girl Alive (2:40)
11. Bad Boy (4:02)
12. I Got To Know (4:18)
13. Fight (4:44)
14. Jesus Just Left Chicago (4:40)
15. Somethings Got A Hold On Me (4:46)
16. Whole Lotta Love (10:58)
17. Rocking On The Blues Caravan (4:45)

Europe's Ruf label has a history of packaging blues artists, especially women, together for tours, and this one, recorded live in Bonn, Germany in January, 2008, works especially well. Newcomer Dani Wilde joins veterans Candye Kane and Deborah Coleman (the latter had been part of the previous Ruf blues package) for a rousing performance of blues and soul that condenses and displays the finest attributes of each artist.

The tour borrows its name from Kane's 2007 Guitar'd and Feathered album, but it's the U.K.'s Wilde who makes the strongest impression, perhaps because she's somewhat of an unknown entity (her debut was not available in America as of this album's appearance, yet had been released in Europe). As in the past, the performers open and close the concert together, then concentrate on individual sets with a terrific road band backing up each one. The proceedings kick off in strong form with the trio's cover of Ray Charles' defiant "Won't Leave," trading off lead vocals. That drives the raw, party groove for the remainder of the show.

Wilde's opening four original songs feature her guitar, but it's her growling, insistent vocals, somewhat similar to those of Janis Joplin, that are such a revelation. She hisses, yowls, croons and snarls her way through a set that ends too soon with the nearly six-minute slow blues of "I Love You More Than I Hate Myself" an unanticipated highlight of the night.

Following that would be a challenged for anyone, yet Kane tries her hardest, strutting her way through typically sassy, double entendre jump blues-influenced music that reprises three songs from her recent disc and closes with the appropriately titled "Toughest Girl Alive." Fun and frisky.

Coleman appears next, churning out sharp guitar to Luther Allison's "Fight" and ZZ Top's "Jesus Just Left Chicago," some inspired, even unusual covers that she stamps with her unique voice and rugged solos. The trio returns for raucous versions of "Something's Got a Hold of Me" and a rollicking ten-minute "Whole Lotta Love" that starts as a shuffle then shifts to Led Zeppelin's well-known arrangement to help close this high energy gig on an appropriately rowdy note. /Hal Horowitz, AllMusic

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Candye Kane - Guitar'd And Feathered

Year: 2007
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:03
Size: 93,3 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. My Country Man (2:49)
2. Back With My Old Friends (2:52)
3. When I Put The Blues On You (2:24)
4. I'm Not Gonna Cry Today (2:47)
5. I Done Got Over It (4:15)
6. Goodbye My Heart (3:43)
7. I'm My Own Worst Enemy (2:58)
8. Fine Brown Frame (2:59)
9. I'm Lucky (3:52)
10. Jesus And Mohammed (3:13)
11. Club Of The Foolish Hearts (2:37)
12. We're Long Ago And Far Away (2:30)
13. Crazy Little Thing (2:57)

Blues-rock veteran Candye Kane returns with one of her stronger albums in recent memory. The basic premise of Guitar'd and Feathered is simple enough: each track pairs the randy blues diva with a different guitarist. Guests include Sue Foley, Junior Watson, Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin (who also produces), and others, but rather than bend Kane's outsized persona to fit each guitarist's style, Kane and Margolin keep her ragged-but-right vocals front and center throughout.

Highlights include the rueful Boz Scaggs-like pop-soul of "I'm My Own Worst Enemy", the Wanda Jackson-inspired rockabilly howl of "Crazy Little Thing", and a surprisingly somber acoustic blues gospel protest tune called "Jesus and Mohammed" that's entirely unlike anything Kane has ever done before and on which she recalls Judy Henske's theatrical, almost cabaret-influenced style. Many of the lyrics touch on elements of Kane's own life (based on the liner notes, it seems "I'm My Own Worst Enemy" was inspired by an online flame war) and her sexually aggressive persona, but it seems to be an older, wiser Kane on display throughout Guitar'd and Feathered, with an element of lovesickness that suits her. /Stewart Mason, AllMusic

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Candye Kane & Sue Palmer - One Night In Belgium

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:34
Size: 116,9 MB
Styles: Piano blues, boogie woogie
Scans: Full

1. Don't Cry Sister (3:40)
2. Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (3:06)
3. Scream In The Night (2:42)
4. Do You Want It? (2:12)
5. Lover Man (5:37)
6. Dragnet For Jesus (4:36)
7. That's Enough (2:59)
8. Swing Brother Swing (2:38)
9. The Lady Is A Tramp (2:30)
10. Dream A Little Dream (2:30)
11. Only Time Will Tell (3:36)
12. I Left My Heart In Texas (2:34)
13. Cry Me A River (4:56)
14. Boogie Woogie Country Girl (5:57)

Sue Palmer is San Diego’s Queen of Boogie Woogie piano. She was previously a member of Candye Kane‘s band when they were still called the Swingin’ Armadillos and she appears on four of Kane’s albums including Diva La Grande and 1998’s Swango. Palmer also has seven albums in her own name, including last year’s Honky Tonk Rockabilly Blues by Sue Palmer with The Hayriders. In 2010 Kane and Palmer we’re re-united as Palmer was hired to be musical director of The Toughest Girl Alive, Kane’s autobiographical play that was recently part of New York City’s Fringe Festival.

There is a certain simpatico that exists when Kane and Palmer are on stage together. Such was the case back in 1999 when Kane and Palmer appeared One Night in Belgium. Kane is an enormously talented vocalist whose set, primarily of covers, includes Bessie Smith’s “Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer”; two songs from Billie Holiday, including “Lover Man”; Rodgers and Hart‘s “The Lady is a Tramp”; Etta James’ “Only Time Will Tell”; Julie London’s “Cry Me a River”; Doc Pomus’ “Boogie Woogie Country Girl”; and, The Mamas & Papas‘ “Dream A Little Dream.”

The remainder of the song selection is just as interesting. Throughout this intimate 44-minute set Palmer’s left hand performs miracles. For another intimate look at Kane’s vocal talents One Night in Belgium is highly recommended. /Richard Ludmerer

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