Ivy Ford - Club 27

Size: 85,7 MB
Time: 36:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Keep On Blues (3:18)
02. Mama Didn't Raise No Fool (2:55)
03. Black Sheep (4:54)
04. Little Miss Little One (3:05)
05. Ready 2 Die (3:35)
06. Fine (4:10)
07. Love In This World (3:15)
08. Believe What You Heard (3:51)
09. When I Met You (3:58)
10. Sky's The Limit (3:42)

Club 27 comes from a place of necessity for Ivy Ford. The young musician, releases this album on her very own 27th birthday and although magnifying this bittersweet trend of artists that have shaped our musical playlists even today leaving us too soon, Ford intends on breaking this cycle and closing that chapter of the club. Club 27 is intended to bring light to the diversity of the musical genres. Even though each track is different, every one compliments the album as a whole. Plus Ivy Ford hopes to educate her longtime and new listeners about the timeless music.
Club 27 is the first of it's kind for Ivy Ford in the fact that it's a concept album with specific intentions and tones plus it's not solely blues or roots. But it does pay it's respect to the American born genre (blues) with it's opening track, "Keep On Blues," inspired by 27 club starter and known to be the greatest blues performer of all time, Robert Johnson.
Then Ford takes us to the era of Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison of The Doors with tunes like, "Ready 2 Die," which visits the sorrowful beauty of iconic artists giving all of themselves to "comfort those with [their own] misery." What is to be suspected of the lives of the 27 Club's members.
There's a variety of themes that do include, Ivy Ford's very own personal perspectives as a musician, lover, friend and more. She has never been considered to have relation to the more abrasive genres like rock and grunge, but in "Fine," Ivy embraces the angst and rebellion of Kurt Cobain and his existence of internal forsakenness. Being a listener in the Amy Winehouse era and in close generation to the songstress Ivy Ford brings us to modern day with "Believe What You Heard," which is heavily influenced by Winehouse from the musical arrangement to the way Ford phrases her melody lines.

Club 27 is a complete journey that takes the listeners full circle through Ivy Ford's interpretations of these eternal musicians.
Walking into her own 27th year of life, she observes this sorrowful and historical trend but has every intention on denying membership to the club herself; revising it to be a beacon for her to prosper as a musician and entertainer for years to come.

Club 27

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Ivy Ford - Time To Shine

Size: 103.4 MB
Time: 45:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Chicago Blues, Funky Blues
Art: Front

01. Time To Shine (5:52)
02. Tell Me You're Sorry (4:28)
03. Gimme That Guitar (4:25)
04. Baby Come Home (5:07)
05. Hate To Have To Go (4:11)
06. Ain't Had Enough (5:17)
07. Girls Night (2:59)
08. Mr. Right (4:32)
09. Mama Don't (3:11)
10. Don't Handle Me (4:52)

A nominee in the Sean Costello Rising Star category in this year’s Blues Blast Music Awards, Ivy Ford Ghera doubles on vocals and guitar as she fronts this tight three-piece band in a follow up to their well-received, but limited debut release, Live NYE 2016.

Possessing a warm, rich, honey-sweet alto and wielding a cherry-red Epiphone 339, Ivy’s a young mother based out of Waukegan, Ill. She’s a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who can also double on bass, keyboards, sax and drums. Her professional career began at age 13 when she started working with Steve Rainey’s The Real Deal Band out of Kenosha, Wis., 15 miles to the north.

The roots of her current ensemble were planted when she joined a band in her hometown in 2012. Now known as “Chicago’s Blues Kitten,” she’s toured extensively throughout the U.S. and has become a Windy City fan favorite with frequent appearances at Buddy Guy’s Legends as well as other area clubs and events. And when not fronting her own band, she handles bass in support of Chicago Blues Hall Of Fame honoree J.B. Ritchie.

Ford credits Ritchie with schooling her in the blues tradition. While her music remains close to the root, she’s got a modern approach that incorporates R&B and roots. She’s backed here by bassist Willie J. Rauch and drummer Dave Axen in a collection of 10 tunes she penned herself.

“Time To Shine” opens with a brief guitar intro before Ivy delivers a lesson about living to a loved one, that he should never allow anyone to treat him wrong and that he should always be his own best friend. A medium-fast shuffle with a simple, but effective arrangement, the song comes across with a gospel feel once the rhythm section kicks in after the first verse, and Ford’s voice sounds much more mature than most 25-year-olds.

Ivy gets funky and shows off her skills on the fret board for the percussive “Tell Me You’re Sorry,” in which she tells a lover his apologies are falling on deaf ears, before urging a man to pick up a six-string and “Gimme That Guitar” if he wants to win her heart, driving the message home with her own single-note, stop-time solo mid-tune.

The pace slows slightly for “Baby Come Home,” another message of love that’s delivered atop another pleasant, propulsive beat, before the funk returns full force with “Hate To Have To Go.” The tension builds off of a five-note guitar hook before Ford’s voice enters to announce she needs a little break and that the absence will make hearts grow fonder. The theme continues in “Ain’t Had Enough Of You.” It’s a sweet ballad despite describing pitfalls in the relationship.

The mood brightens considerably as Ivy launches into “Girls Night,” an uptempo blues-rocker that gives her space to rip on run, which flows into the loping and soulful “Mr. Right,” a tune that describes the singer’s ideal man, while “Mama Don’t” kicks up the funk, dealing with a lady who doesn’t want to wait for her man too long. The set ends with “Don’t Handle Me,” a cautionary message to a lover that the singer’s making all the rules.

All of the songs here are fresh and deeply rooted in the blues. And Ivy Ford is a force to be reckoned with in a world that’s increasingly lacking in blues traditionalists. Hop on her bandwagon with this one. You’ll be glad you did. ~MARTY GUNTHER

Time To Shine

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Ivy Ford - Harvesting My Roots

Source: Digital Lossless Copy
Size: 117.1 MB
Time: 50:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Front

01. Harvesting My Roots (3:13)
02. Daddy Of Mine (4:53)
03. One Life To Live (4:04)
04. Not In The Right Way (3:44)
05. Devil Song (5:30)
06. Work For My Love (4:01)
07. Similar Street (5:27)
08. Whiskey Love (6:25)
09. Start A Fight (3:40)
10. When Does It All End (5:29)
11. Harvesting My Roots (Live) (4:23)

This album pays homage to the several facets of blues and roots music. Though it's original content it exudes a styles like Texas blues, Delta, Chicago style and brings it full circle to a modern take on what blues and roots means.

Ivy Ford has always been known as an old-soul and has been referred to as an indigo artist. She's able to grab, entertain and please her audience and listeners in whatever she performs so when she started releasing her own music it added that extra personal stamp on what she does. With 'Harvesting My Roots,' Ford's stories and songs are weaved from her real life trials, tribulations, achievements, fears and courage. She's always been proud of her work but this specific album is the first to truly hold a deep place in her heart, soul and being. Like her song "Similar Street," conveys, we as people are a lot closer and similar than we might always think so don't be afraid to be kind. And to ones self, don't be afraid to live your best life because "you only got one life to live," you owe it to yourself. 'Harvesting My Roots' is both a tribute to her personal upbringing, life lessons and experiences and hopefully an invitation to her own generation and even younger to love the blues.

Harvesting My Roots

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Ivy Ford - Time To Shine

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:00
Size: 103.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[5:51] 1. Time To Shine
[4:28] 2. Tell Me You're Sorry
[4:25] 3. Gimme That Guitar
[5:07] 4. Baby Come Home
[4:13] 5. Hate To Have To Go
[5:17] 6. Ain't Had Enough
[2:59] 7. Girls Night
[4:32] 8. Mr. Right
[3:11] 9. Mama Don't
[4:52] 10. Don't Handle Me

Ivy Ford, singer, musician, entertainer. Waukegan born and raised, at 24 she is quite the up and coming artist of the Chicago blues and live music scene. Ivy Ford started performing live with Kenosha based band The Real Deal, managed by Steve Rainey at 13 and since then continues to nurture her niche and calling to the music. She plays piano, alto saxophone, drums, bass guitar and guitar which are primarily self taught. In late 2012, Ford joined a local blues band which in time evolved into Ivy Ford and The Cadillacs and gained fair amounts of popularity.

Fast forward two years and Ivy Ford has managed to take the Chicago scene by storm. In January,2015 Ivy Ford opened for the legend, Buddy Guy at his club in Chicago and continues to share the stage with Chicago blues hall of famers, J.B. Ritchie, Joe Moss, Toronzo Cannon and Tom Holland. She fronts her very own band and besides obtaining the title of "Chicago's Blues Kitten," performs song selections from not just the blues genres but RnB and soul. Aside from performing every weekend at both private and public event, clubs and venues, she is in the process of recording an unplugged album including originals. Some recent event for Ford include, radio shows on 90.9 WDCB, and In a Nutshell radio show on 98.3 WRLR. She's been apart of Buddy Guys Legends, Artist series and traveled to Minneapolis, MN to perform at Artspace's 2013 Celebration at the Cowle Theater. Ivy Ford has been featured in Buddy Guy's Blues and Music News, Lake County Magazine and Blues Guitar Expert's online forum. To follow or check into Ford's shows and happenings go to www.Facebook.com/IvyFord or Twitter at #MissIvyFord.

Ivy Ford, is one of the leading "youngbloods" of blues and brings a refreshing yet classic face to the music. She handles her cherry red, Epiphone-339 with as much confidence as any of the bluesmen today and can belt out notes to fill a room and serenade a phrase sweeter than sugar in ways that make anyone and everyone tune in to what she has to say. Ivy Ford, always respects the history and tradition of roots and blues music, while presenting it in a fresh, young and trendy way.

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