ETTA JAMES The Dreamer

*IN-STORES TUESDAY JAN 10, 2012

ETTA JAMES
The Dreamer
Dist: Universal Music Canada

Etta James releases her new album ‘The Dreamer’ through Verve forecast. This monumental release not only marks her first album in five years, but will also be her final studio album before she retires, capping off an incredible fifty-year recording career. The album features her one-of-a-kind soulful renditions of Otis Redding’s Cigarettes & Coffee, Bobby Blues Bland’s Dreamer and Ray Charles’ In the Evening.

The great Etta James has been a musical force and a major hitmaker since the ‘50s with numerous accolades, including six Grammy Awards © including the Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Jazz Vocal Performance and two Hall of Fame Awards. Throughout her career, James created a remarkably deep and diverse catalogue of R&B, blues, soul, pop and jazz recordings. James crossed all musical genres and styles, and has been cited as a major influence by a wide range of singers from Janis Joplin and Irma Thomas to Christina Aguilera and Adele.