Beth Hart Front And Center - Live From New York (CD & DVD)

(Provogue) 32 Tracks - Deluxe Digipack - 

Don't miss it: Beth Hart live in New York!  

After 'Live At Paradiso' and 'Live In Amsterdam' Beth Hart finally returns with a new concert album in 2018. 'Front And Center - Live From New York' is the name of the impressive recording showing the rock singer in the intimate atmosphere of a jazz club. The happy guests were able to enjoy a career-spanning set. Thanks to the DVD and CD we are now allowed to do the same. 

After Beth Hart released their cover album 'Black Coffee' with guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa, she returns with a record in April 2018. 'Front And Center - Live From New York' is the name of the set of CD and DVD, a concert album with concert film.  

The recording shows a special performance by the rock singer in the famous Iridium Jazz Club in New York, where she presents the audience with a career-spanning set. with classics and songs from her last solo album 'Fire On The Floor'.  

Beth Hart gave a first foretaste of 'Front And Center - Live From New York' in February with the live version of 'Tell Her You Belong To Me'. And it once again shows the incredible stage qualities of the singer. If you want to see for yourself or already know about it, don't miss 'Front And Center - Live From New York'!

Beth Hart is on fire. Right now, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter is riding a creative tidal wave, firing out acclaimed albums, hooking up with the biggest names in music and rocking the house each night with that celebrated burnt-honey voice. In 2016, the headline news is Beth’s latest album, Fire On The Floor, a release that even this fiercely self-critical artist describes as “pretty frickin’ good.” But let’s not forget the backstory that brought her here…

The Blues Magazine once dubbed Beth Hart “the ultimate female rock star”, and there’s no doubt that her two-decade career is the ultimate thrill-ride. Born in Los Angeles, she released a fistful of hit albums through the ’90s, then reignited in the post-millennium as both a solo artist and the head-turning vocalist for guitar heroes like Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Beck and Slash. “Extraordinary,” wrote The Times of her once-a-generation voice box, while The Guardian praised her “daring, brooding and angry” performances.

But it’s in recent times that Beth has truly blossomed. In April 2015, she released Better Than Home, a critical and commercial smash that topped the iTunes Blues Chart and was crowned #4 Best Blues Album Of The Year by Mojo magazine. The release also reached #1 in the Dutch charts and helped Beth to fill Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall with 5,500 fans (her largest club show to date). “Oh, that was so good, man,” she reflects. “I love Holland. They’ve been really good to me.”

The US market has embraced her, too, with Beth packing ever-larger venues in major cities on the Better Than Home tour – including Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium – and receiving a nomination from the American Blues Foundation in the category of Contemporary Blues Female Artist. “It’s unbelievable,” she admits. “This last tour, we were playing much bigger houses than I’d ever played in the States – and they were sold-out.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, Beth’s rocketing UK profile has never been higher. Recent years have seen auspicious headline sets at the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican (not to mention the historic Hampton Court Palace with Joe Bonamassa), and in December 2015, she chalked up another first with a spot on Jools Holland’s legendary annual Hootenanny.

Bringing in the New Year with a soulful take on Tell Her You Belong To Me and Nutbush City Limits alongside long-time collaborator Jeff Beck, it spoke volumes that the pair’s performance rapidly became the Hootenanny’s most-watched clip on the BBC’s official YouTube channel (even overtaking heavyweights like Tom Jones and Paul Weller). “Every time Jeff performs, he just kills it,” gushes Beth, who also joins the veteran guitarist for her first-ever appearance at the Hollywood Bowl this year. “To me, he’s the greatest ever.”