Album Notes

When you’re listening to Lydia Fortune, you can expect to hear an eclectic blend of music from simple folk ballads and early blues tunes to driving R&B and jazz offerings. Her unique interpretive style of singing reflects over 30 years of experience in ‘telling stories’ through the most fitting musical genre. All styles of music are relevant to Fortune who started out in the early 70s’s as an acoustic folk singer/songwriter. From folk she moved on to spend six years with a local R&B/Pop Jazz group. By the late 80’s and early 90’s, she had earned a well-respected place in the local and regional jazz scene as a lead vocalist. Although she focused on private and community functions outside of the general public eye for the next 10 years, Fortune remained a quiet, but constant musical force in Worcester. Her first cd, “Songs from the Road” in 2001, revisited her folk roots and earned her “best solo artist” honors in the Worcester Wormtown Sound Awards in 2002. As Lydia Fortune and Company, she was backed by husband and wife team, Dan & Gail Hunt.
“All Over the Map”, released in 2003, is the second in a trilogy series of cds that move her further along the continuum of her unique blend of what she refers to as “folk, blues, jazz and what not”. Backed once again by the Hunts, and with the help of other local musicians, she succeeded in creating a more polished and original production which gives new and original melody hooks to familiar tunes.