Artist Romi Mayes
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Romi Mayes
Believe it or not, there are country artists who don’t self-consciously lunge in one direction or another—be it edgy traditionalism or alt-country quirkiness or pop-country spit-shine—yet don’t end up slouching in the ditches of blandness, either. Winnipeg’s Romi Mayes pens both her honky-tonk stompers and shady ballads with plainspoken phrasing and to-the-point tunes. On her most recent album, Lucky Tonight, Mayes and Perpetrators guitarist Jay Nowicki lean toward electric blues, recording all the new songs in a live setting in one take. It lends authenticity to growling stompers like “Don’t Mess With Me” and burning guitar runs like the title track.
Updated 05/18/2011
