Beth Hart
Fire On The Floor

Beth Hart, one of the best voices in the international Rock/Blues scene of recent years. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with the best musicians in the Blues scene, primarily with guitarist Joe Bonamassa, one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time.

"Fire On The Floor" comes after a dark period of her life. An album where we find pieces aimed at fun and lightheartedness, alongside more intimate and emotional ballads, all tinged with a bit of blues and a sensual yet gritty voice of the Singer.

The album opens with a somewhat noir atmosphere, almost as if you've stepped into a typical jazz club: dim lighting, smoke from the cigars of elegantly dressed people, all accompanied by a soundscape at the border between jazz piano and the typical sound of Swing Bands, "Jazz Man".

We then proceed with "Love Gangster", which seems like a very intimate song thanks to the piano/voice intro, but after a few seconds it bursts into a rock/blues piece where the piano and organ take center stage.

Next, we come to the first ballad of the record, "Coca Cola", a blues ballad that highlights the singer's vocal sensuality, which gradually grows in depth throughout the duration of the track.

We change the tone with "Let’s Get Together", the most "radio-friendly" moment of the record, with lyrics about love and an easy-listening R&B sound that makes you want to move and dance, unlike the subsequent "Love Is A Lie" where Beth shows us the other side of love, the love that hurts, the love that wounds... and the singer conveys this with just the right amount of hard and raw Rock to make the listener understand the true meaning of the title... love is a lie.

But then comes a ray of light with "Fat Man", where our Hart wants to have fun, but above all, to entertain; a piece where the guitar has a Hard Blues flavor and a sharp rhythmic section, building in intensity until it unleashes into a catchy and engaging chorus.

Unfortunately, this gleam of light quickly fades away, and we return to a dark atmosphere, where Hart once again talks about the less pleasant face of love, in one of the best vocal performances of the album, like the Title Track, "Fire On The Floor".

Now we come to the most poetic moment of the record, "Woman You've Been Dreaming Of", pure poetry set to music. A brushed drum and a delicate piano with soul/blues shades serve as the soundtrack to one of the best melodies written by the Singer.

Another glimpse comes with "Baby Shot Me Down", which brings the listener back into an enticing Rhythm & Blues atmosphere, before reaching the epilogue of this adventure.

"Good Day To Cry" is the first of the ballads that accompany us towards the end of this work, a piece that starts almost whispered and then builds up in the chorus, an emotional and moving voice, a soulful blues ballad worthy of the comparisons to Janis Joplin with whom the Singer has always been associated. In the next song, Beth wishes to dedicate a tribute to her friend and producer Michael Stevens, who passed away the previous year. "Picture In A Frame" is a song sung with all her heart, a haunting melody that successfully conveys to the listener all the pain felt by the singer.

At the end of this journey filled with intense emotions, both positive and not, Beth confides in an intimate piano ballad between herself and the listener, telling them that after all her wandering to find a place in the world, there's no place like home, There's "No Place Like Home"..