New Blues Release: Sista Monica Parker | “Living In The Danger Zone” (Avail Now)

Blues Blast Magazine reviewer Steve
Jones reports that the album is charged with “old-school female blues,
R&B and gospel vocals with a big, fresh and clean sound.”

“Whether
it’s slow and funky like ‘Just Keep Living, ’ or bold like ‘Worn Out
Your Welcome, ’ Parker is up to the task and gives her all. The rest of
her band are equally solid, with a mix of her touring band and long list
of studio musicians supporting her, ” said Jones.

Sista Monica’s
band is composed of veteran sidemen: Danny Sandoval on tenor sax, Don
Caruth playing funky blues guitar, Leon Joyce Jr. banging the drums,
Artis Joyce ‘AJ’ on bass, musical director Danny ‘B’ Beconcini playing
his piano and Hammond B3, and new addition Bill Vallaire on rockin’
guitar.

The opening track, “Hug Me Like You Love Me, ” was
inspired by BB King, who told the female blues artist to “come in close
and hug me like you love me” when posing together for a photo after
performing at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz. Jones calls the song an
“upbeat and hot number that gets the heart pumping for the rest of the
album.”

“‘No Shame In My Game’ is full of attitude and carries
plenty of spirit with it, ” writes Brian McKinnon of Muzikreviews.com.
“It also has an important message for neglectful lovers out there.”
McKinnon says that the contemporary blues album’s “momentum is kept
going with ‘Fierce Force of Nature’” and “the good tunes keep coming
with ‘Worn Out Your Welcome.’”

Don and Sheryl Crow of the
Nashville Blues Society say, “Monica gets down to some serious slow
blues in ‘Tears, ’ as she aches for a lover, then turns the tables on a
no-good dirty dog that has definitely ‘Worn Out Your Welcome, ’ perhaps
the most danceable cut on the album. And, the set closes as Monica shows
her gospel roots with a sweet, powerful duet with Kelley Hunt on piano
on ‘Glory Hallelujah!’”

“Living in the Danger Zone” is
distributed by City Hall Records of San Rafael, and can be purchased in
stores and on iTunes (http://www.itunes.com/cd/sistamonicaparker) and
Amazon.com
(http://www.amazon.com/Living-Danger-Sista-Monica-Parker/dp/B005TZFYYS),
where one reviewer wrote: “Sister Monica Parker has the voice of an
angel and the power of a speeding train. If you love Etta James or Ruth
Brown, or even to the young blues lover Shemekia Copeland, you will love
this CD.”

The Danger Zone World Tour includes performances at
Anthology in San Diego on January 12, Jimmy Mak’s in Portland on January
21, Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz on January 27, the Reno Blues Society’s
Annual Dance Party in Reno on February 18, at two festivals in France,
Le Meridian Jazz Club in Paris, France on March 28-31, a tour of Italy
in July 2012 and Quebec in August 2012.

For booking availability,
contact Jim Douglas (925) 449-1724 at Prime Time Entertainment. For
interviews, call (831) 425-3192. Sista Monica can also be found at
sistamonica.com.

About Sista Monica Parker
Sista Monica
Parker is a blues singer, writer and performer who moves audiences with
her heartfelt lyrics and soul-touching sounds that percolate from her
American roots in R&B and gospel. Produced and recorded by Parker at
the comfy and cozy Bay Area recording studio, Live Oak Studio, “Living
in the Danger Zone” is her eleventh album.