Poker Alice

– Black White And Blue

habe die band zum erstem mal auf dem ybrig gesehen und war einigermassen beeindruckt!

eine wirklich gute stimme und auch die musik war absolut cool.

für mich eine neuentdeckung!
habe mir gleich da oben die neue cd gekauft.

mein absoluter favorit "raise no fool"

...gut...

Poker Alice has the songwriting, the musicianship, and the vocals to properly present the band’s songs. Their latest release, “black white and blue” is a great CD. I am an American who lives in Texas, and it is surprising to me how the songwriting can capture a U.S. southern rock quality given that the band is based in Switzerland. I have been a fan of Poker Alice since hearing “The Plane” more than five years ago. I like all the band’s albums, but “black white and blue” will take its place as one of my very favorites. Any song on this CD could potentially be a hit. I have my favorites. At the moment I like “Heart of Steel and “One of Kind” a lot. But my favorites have switched around since receiving this album, and that is the sign of getting familiar with a great album. Poker Alice is basically a guitar/female vocal band. Yet, the CD has a variety of sounds. On one song, for example, there is a very clever acoustic guitar introduction that leads into a piano based underpinning for Monika’s vocals. The production and mix on “One of A Kind” is complex, but leads to a very pretty overall result. The guitar work by Charlie Midnight and Ivan throughout the album is superb. The drummer and bass player are excellent, and rhythms are varied through the disc. Monika, the lead vocalist of Poker Alice (though the last song on the disc is offered up to a male vocalist) can rock and she can sing the “break-your-heart” ballads. She has a natural loneliness in her voice, and when she sings “call me tonight “ to be “by my side”, well - - you sure want to.  Charlie Midnight and pals write and deliver appealing melodies that bring out a familiar feeling and, yet, are brand new. The songwriting is in the best of pop/southern rock tradition, and that is quite a surprise from a Switzerland band.

mir gefällt die cd extrem gut!

poker alice werden "musikalischer"

meine faves sind "country comfort", "questions" und what´s up!