“Diamonds on the Road” is the third single to be taken from the forthcoming live album “Diamonds On The Road – Live 2023” by the blues slide-guitarist ERJA LYYTINEN. The single and accompany live video are released this week. The live album is released by Tuohi Records on Friday October 6th.
Her recent song, You Talk Dirty, had a slinky lowrider feel to it, with crouched rhythms and an impressively masterful riff. The entire work was infused with positive vibrations, especially via the spindling multitwisting solo that snaked around the focal heart of the piece, which was hypnotic and yarnlike.
The opening of the live version of the title tune from her album depicts the tale of a poor woman in an awful mood. While her husband went out to be with his wealthy mistress, his wife is left alone in a run-down house with an anguished baby. She dashes into the approaching storm as she plots revenge on life, on the world, but especially on her husband. A superb slide guitar solo and the band’s explosive double-tempo shockwave supernova brings about this amazing song’s cinematographical atmosphericals! See the video (shared below.)
“When playing live, you’ve got one moment to get it right, and then the moment is gone,” suggests Erja.
“There is no correcting stuff later. It is very raw and exciting to play and sing at the same time. The adrenaline runs through your body, and everything around you affects your performance.”
The live album also includes an exclusive feature not found in the artist’s previous concert albums. “I wrote a song based on artwork by famous Finnish artist Pekka Halonen´s painting ‘Väinämöinen Tuonelassa.’
The piece tells the story of the Finnish epic saga, Kalevala, where a shaman called Väinämöinen goes to the Underworld. The song is slightly folk metal and sung in Finnish. It is a cool addition to the set list, making this live recording my first to have a song sung in Finnish,” explains Lyytinen.
Check the upcoming Euro tour dates here: https://erjalyytinen.com/tour
Pre-order the live album here: https://erjalyytinen.com/diamonds-on-the-road-preorder
Photo Credit © Elsa Wellamo