Ally Venable- Texas Honey

Vinyl LP pressing. There's something about Texas. Open up the history books and you'll find the Lone Star State at the eye of every rock 'n' roll storm. Pull up a stool in any bar-room and you'll still hear Southern gentlemen spin stories of ZZ Top, Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Now, tip a ten-gallon hat to the bandleader writing her own name onto the state's famed back pages, as Ally Venable releases breakout third album, Texas Honey - with production from another local hero. Ally is the future of the blues and the crossover music of American roots-rock, nods Mike Zito. She is Texas Honey. She might only be hitting her twenties, but long-term fans will know this isn't Ally's first rodeo. Rewind to her childhood in the post-millennium and this rising star found her voice in church, but it was the influence of fiery Texas guitar-slingers like SRV and the melodic smarts of Miranda Lambert that showed her the path. What's cool about Stevie is that he introduced so many people that