Oh what a treat from the best Mississippi Blues duo on the mighty banks.  Thank you for the new music and for god's sake, keep recording!  This one will get to your core.  I can see Joe sliding in my sleep when I listen.
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Husband and wife duo Joe and Vicki Price don't just play the blues, they live the blues, and you can feel it in Vicki's  aching vocals and Joe's soulful slide guitar throughout their new album, "A Brand New Place."  The Iowa couple delivers 10 original country blues songs written by Vicki that sound like they would have been a hit for the Vocalion record label during the 1920s or 1930s, but as a testament to their timeless lyrical and musical qualities, are just as meaningful in the 21st century.  "My Man," the album's stellar lead track, is a good example of the interplay between Joe and Vicki, as Joe's stinging guitar buzzes like a bee around Vicki's honey-like vocals and rhythm guitar.  They go together like sugar and spice.      ---Michael Swanger
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Vicki Price has been singing and playing guitar most of her life, including joining husband blues legend Joe on close-to-home gigs over the course of their 20-plus year marriage and even releasing two find CDs (Mississippi Summer" and "Lookin' for Love"), but the Price family fortunes took quantum leaps forward in 2005.
Quitting her day job to commit herself fully to honing her skills while managing the couple's musical career was the kind of risk few folks have the nerve to take, but it has paid off handsomely with a busy, coast-to-coast tour itinerary and the elevation of Ms. Price's craft from inspired part-timer to a seasoned pro boasting enviable substance and command in her own right.

Featuring 10 new (but decidedly "in-the-tradition") earthy tunes penned by Vicki, "A Brand New Place" presents the singer's classic, "old-school" country-blues vocals belted out with sass and conviction over the dazzling National steel guitar interplay of Joe and Vicki.

Vicki's son Keni Ewing provides solid drumming where needed and Al Naylor provides some sweet trumpet cameos, but for the most part, "A Brand New Place" focuses on a splendidly gifted and undeniably plugged-in wife-and-husband act having a ball while throwing down a righteous, joyful, foot-stomping jubilee.
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