Album Review: Beth Hart - Bang Bang Boom Boom

Beth Hart is one of those raw talents of bluesy vocal gymnastics whose repertoire does away with any expectations one carries into the genre. A must-see at this year's Bluesfest for her back catalogue alone, Bang Bang Boom Boom provides fresh incentive. Hart's at her most enveloping when wallowing in her 'woman-scorned' lyrics and it's hard to surpass on darkly magical opener, Baddest Blues. She weaves around this ball-busting intensity frequently, in Better Man and Caught Out In The Rain, but gets a bit cabaret with big band sass on the title track.