Premiere: Izo FitzRoy – ‘Reckoning’

Searing blues with a funky backbeat...

The blues has always had a place in British life – in fact, it can sometime seem as though a tributary of the Mississippi Delta runs through the Thames valley.

Izo Fitzroy hails from London, yet her husky voice and powerful delivery sound more like Chicago's south side circa 1964.

Imagine Etta James working with a funky backbeat and you'd be close, with Izo Fitzroy stamping her own individuality over each song.

New cut 'Reckoning' is designed to appear on Izo's forthcoming studio album, and the arrangement is handled by Dr Rubberfunk.

Serious, heavyweight action, it's reminiscent of New Orleans funk – think The Meters, Dr John – but with a very UK-centric outlook.

Check it out now.

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