Album Notes

English singer/song-writer Theresa Rhodes’ music has been compared to Chrissie Hynde’s (Pretenders), Sharleen Spitery’s (Texas), Nathalie Merchant’s or Jonatha Brooke’s, all very prestigious references. Her atmospheric lyrics draw inspiration from Apollinaire to Zimmerman via Jack Kerouac. Her songs are crafted from an equally-diverse palette of moods and rhythms, alternating between country, rock, swing, and blues. Melodies are key to all of her compositions which her magical voice interprets with sensuality, melancholy or tongue-in-cheek. As a result, all of Theresa Rhodes’ albums have a magnetic appeal and an addictive quality. Entitled simply "If You Had Only", Theresa Rhodes' latest album is a new departure for this talented artist, with an international line up of fantastic musicians including the renowned Cameroon drummer Felix Sabal Lecco (Paul Simon, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Sade), Scotsman Neil Gerstenberg on sax and low whistles (David Sanborn, Jean-Marc Jafet, Warren Vaché, Jean-Marc Jafet, Sylvain Luc), French guitarist Eric Sempé (John McLaughlin, Liz McComb, Chris de Burgh, David Sanborn) and Marc Peillon on electric bass (Stephano Di Battista, Gloria Gaynor, Chris de Burgh, David Sanborn, Babik Reinhardt).