Mia Vermillion - Alone Together With The Blues - Wildland Records 2009

The CD Alone Together With The Blues is generating significant buzz in the Blues world, earning special attention on Siruis/XM satelite radio's "Bluesville," as well as gaining significant spins on Blues radio shows throughout the world, (including Full-Time Blues); and Mia Vermillion is very worthy of the chatter.

Vermillion is a one woman army, fronting her own band, producing her own album, and running her own studio business. Through it all, though, the Washington state native keeps a sense of elegance and femininity in her work, especially on this outstanding debut disc.

Mia Vermillion's delivery is beautiful and belting, as well as seductive and smooth, and complemented excellently by the well known dobro and guitar mastery of Orville Johnson, who's dobro playing I fell in love with immediately on the disc's opener, "Little Bit Of Love."

The Country Blues of Alone Together With The Blues consists of hand picked classic Blues covers, as well as two originals, penned by Vermillion herself, who brings man troubles to disc just as well with the pen as with her impressive voice, including on the standout original "Love's Lost and Found."

Vermillion's other writing credit comes on the afore-mentioned opener, but the fun doesn't stop there, with Vermillion putting just as much passion into the seven covers on Alone Together With The Blues as she does her originals.

At nine songs and only about 34 minutes in length, Alone Together With The Blues is just enough to whet your apetite, leaving you wanting more. But, I have a feeling that Miss Vermillion and company wanted it that way, as they are working on a full length album of original material, with a reported scant two covers on her next effort.

It's a great introduction to a new artist that is most certainly on the rise, and won't be Alone Together With The Blues much longer, as I am certain she is gaining just as much fan support as critical praise.

Standout Tracks: "Love's Lost and Found," "Little Bit Of Love," and Vermillion's version of Big Bill Broonzy's "When I've Been Drinkin'"

Preview and purchase songs from the album Alone Together With The Blues by Mia Vermillion.