During the past couple of years Deborah Coleman has quickly established herself as the most popular and critically acclaimed guitar playing blueswoman. She’s been accurately called a combination of Joan Armatrading, Tracy Chapman, and Jimi Hendrix. This is her second release on the Blind Pig label and the follow up to last year’s "I Can’t Lose" disc.

For this project Deborah enlisted the help of James Solberg along with his band members Mike Vlahakis and Robb Stupka. James is best known for his work with Luther Allison. He plays rhythm guitar throughout, Vlahakis handles the keyboards and Stupka the drums.

Deborah starts things off with an original tune called "Love Moves Me." This is a bouncy, infectious song with a percolating beat. She then turns things up a notch with another original called "Goodbye Misery." There are eleven songs on the disc with seven originals. The disc is just over 42 minutes long which is the norm these days. Lately CD’s are no where near as long as they used to be.

Deborah covers an Albert Collins song called "Travelin’ South." This song was written by Albert’s wife Gwendolyn. There is a great guitar solo in this song as Deborah actually sounds a little like Albert. Not an easy thing to do. Last year Deborah covered Albert’s classic tune "Brick." She obviously has good taste in music!

One of the more interesting songs on the disc is a haunting ballad called "The Dream." Back in 1985 Albert Collins along with Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray released an album called "Showdown." On that album was a song called "The Dream." The two songs are remarkably similar to each other yet they’re different songs. I found this curious to say the least.

Other highlights include "They Raided The Joint," a fun party song with a swinging melody. "Nobody To Blame" is a Solberg original which features a guest appearance from slide guitarist Joanna Connor. This, like many of the songs, has a fresh, almost pop sound to it.

Deborah Coleman has brought an exciting new sound to the blues, she’s very electric and full of energy but definitely grounded in the blues. She’s not a blues rocker like say Joanna Connor is. I was blown away by her show last year at Burke’s Tavern. "Where Blue Begins" is only the beginning for Deborah Coleman,