Heralding two new albums recently recorded by UK Rhythm & Blues songstress Aisha Khan with her mighty band The Rajahs, Folc Records have released the first single from these sessions.
This double A sided 45 features one song from her soon to be released album of duets and one from the upcoming solo album. Original song Good Morning Midnight looks to be a definitive new Blues classic, smacking you right between the eyes like a knockout blow from ‘Iron Mike’ with Mal Barclay laying down a crunchy guitar riff that’s so iconic you just know all the boys’ll be practicing it in their bedrooms. Powered along by an insistent rhythm from Matt Radford and Brian Nevill with Al Nicholls on sax, the song is also remarkable for its guest vocalist Blues legend Big Joe Louis. This is the first duet he has ever recorded and his first studio recording for about 15 years.
The flip side sees a reworking of the Memphis Jug Band’s 1930 recording of Cocaine Habit Blues. Al Nicholls kicked it forward a couple of decades with a driving Upsetter’s style groove and La Khan added a cheeky nod to the Dillinger cult classic Cocaine in my Brain.