To date,
Joanna Connor's studio work has not lived up the live-wire energy of her personal performances.
Fight takes a major step toward setting this right. This stuff wails, especially
Robert Johnson's "Walking Blues" which
Connor reinvents courtesy of some stinging slidework. While
Connor's lack of dependence on cover material rates bonus points, not all her songs are memorable -- even if the guitar playing is. ~ Roch Parisien