Anne McCue
Broken Promise Land
With her latest album, this versatile Australian-born guitar slinger redefines herself as one hard-rocking mama. Sassy and suggestive, McCue amps up the attitude and borrows liberally from both Melissa Etheridge and the early blues-based version of Fleetwood Mac. “Rock ’n’ Roll Outlaw,” “Broken Promise Land” and “Lonesome Child” show her partiality to blues and boogie, but it’s the seductive wail of “Ol’ Black Sky” and the sinister-sounding “Motorcycle Dream” that best reflect her talents. After earlier forays into folk and Americana (she was named Folk Artist of 2008 by the Roots Music Association), McCue seems quite comfortable with this muscular style, and Broken Promise Land is easily her best yet.
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