Ghalia Volt has gone through many evolutions as an artist. After the effects of COVID, the Belgian blues one-woman band has entered a new era as a more empowered and enriched artist ready to challenge herself.
With the breakout success of 2019’s Mississippi Blend. a record that made the Top 3 in the Billboard Blues Chart on three separate occasions, it seemed the world was her oyster — her seven-year transformation from Brussels busker to the adopted daughter of the American roots scene.
“Playing live as a one-woman band is very challenging,” Volt expressed in an ABS interview discussing last year’s Ruf Records release One Woman Band. Continuing, “But I’m digging it. I’m pushing my boundaries. I don’t know if people realize the amount of information that goes through my mind while performing. I have to sing and remember the lyrics, mind my pronunciation, play slide guitar while coordinating my feet to play the snare, kick drum, and hi-hat.”
Premiering exclusively is the video for “First Time I Died” from Mississippi Blend. Volt flips the script with a smoldering blues rocker on which her vocals are at the forefront without overpowering her backing musicians. With dark lyrics and hard-driving guitar approach, the song serves as a crossover between blues and heavy rock.
Of the video, Volt tells ABS:
The music video ‘First Time I Died’ launched to introduce the new vinyl release of the 2019 Mississippi Blend album.
The music video was originally shot in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.
It depicts a tortured soul stuck between four walls, as one’s mind can be the barrier to its own fulfillment.
Each of us struggle with dark thoughts, as the lyric illustrates: “Meet me in my dark side, where I felt like I died a hundred times.
ON TOUR:
Aug 12 – Pragua – Jazz Klub
Aug 13 – Lindow – Open Air LIndow
Aug 19* – Fresselines – Lal Art-Queterie
Aug 20* – Le Buis – LeBuis Blues Fest
Aug 21 – Wespelaar – Swing in Wespelar
Aug 26 – Oslo – Ostkantens Blues
Aug 27 – Finnanes – Otto’s
Sep 1 – Eschweiller – Eschweiller
Sep 2 – Munster – Hot Jazz Club
Sep 3 – Norderstedt – Blueswerk
Sep 9 – Modave – Deus Ours
Sep 16* – Telluride, CO – Telluride Blues Fest
Sep 22** – Verviers – Spirit of 66
Sep 23** – Biel – Le Singe
Sep 24** – Frauenfeld – Eisenwerk
Sep 26** – Chicmgau – Blues Club
Sept 27**- Linz – Kongressaal
Sep 28** – Frick – Fricks Monti
Sep 29** – Soest – Alter Schlachtho
Sep 30** – Rubigen – Muhle Hunziken
Oct 1** – Brasov – Transilvania Blues
Oct 3** – Salzburg – Rockhouse
Oct 5 – Numberg – Hirsch
Oct 6 – Obertraubling – Eventhall Airport
Oct 7 – Rheine – Hypothalamus
Oct 8 – Assen – The New Festival
Oct 10 – Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
Oct 11 – Karlsruhe – Jubez
Oct 13 – Lindewerra – Gemeindesaal
Oct 14 – Bebra – Lockschuppen
Oct 15 – Berlin – Quasimodo
Oct 18 – Hamburg – Downtown Blues
Oct 19 – Hamburg – Downtown Blues
*One-Woman Band
**Ruf Blues Caravan with Will Jacobs and Katie Henry
Alll other dates with band
