Ruby Roxx - West Coast Swing Blues

My Soul Hurts Every Day is a record born out of grit, truth, and a longing for something better. It’s a blues-funk-gospel fusion album that stares hard at the world as it is, while refusing to stop dreaming of what it could be. Each track is raw and unfiltered, carrying the pulse of stomping Delta blues, the fire of gospel revival, the swagger of funk, and the cry of soul.

The title track, “My Soul Hurts Every Day,” is a haunting lament — a Delta blues hymn for an age worn thin by hate and division. “Hiding in Plain Sight” picks up that thread, a hypnotic chant about dreamers and innovators fighting to break through the shadows of greed and control. “The Digital Life” flips the perspective, letting a robot’s voice sing out against misinformation and fear, reminding us that humans and machines are stronger together.

“I Want My Freedom Back” kicks with modern funk and hip-hop swagger, a demand for truth and liberation in the face of manipulation and control. “The Lord Can Wait” brings a playful gospel-blues energy, a joyful anthem about seizing life’s moments and living without fear. “Desire” leans into smoky Chicago blues, exploring the storm of passion and longing that consumes the human heart.

Science and truth take center stage in “Periodic Blues,” a gritty blues-rock call to protect knowledge for the good of all humankind. The fire burns hotter in “Take That Small Man Energy and Shove It,” a funk-soul powerhouse that takes aim at judgment, greed, and ego with humor and raw defiance. And the record closes with “Sunrise Above the Clouds” — a gospel-soaked blues ballad that lifts the listener up, celebrating life, love, and the beauty of every breath.

My Soul Hurts Every Day is more than an album — it’s a cry from the soul, a stomp in the dirt, a prayer, a shout, and a call to rise. It’s music for dark days and bright mornings, for the broken and the hopeful, for anyone who believes the blues still has the power to heal and to fight.

The Lord Can Wait (I’ve Got Living to Do)

Honeydew

Homeless Joe

How Do You Do

The Walk

100 Days, 100 Nights

Answer Me

Just Like You

I'm On Your Side (Album Version)

Deluxe Edition

Let The Good Times Roll

Nothing But The Truth

Sadie

This one is for sk dunn. It's the first song I wrote, right after Mary Gauthier's November 2016 "Finding Your Writer's Voice" Performing Songwriter workshop.

Here's the mixtape referred to in the song:

Disc 1
1.  Superstition  (Stevie Wonder/Talking Book)
2.  Many Rivers to Cross  (Jimmy Cliff/The Harder They Come)
3.  Working Class Hero  (John Lennon/John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band)
4.  Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen/The River)
5.  Candela (Buena Vista Social Club/Buena Vista Social Club)
6.  Señor  (Bob Dylan/Street Legal)
7.  Broken English  (Marianne Faithfull/Broken English)
8.  Brown Sugar  (The Rolling Stones/Sticky Fingers)
9.  Vincent  (Don McLean/American Pie)
10. Coyote  (Joni Mitchell/Hejira)
11. Maggie May  (Rod Stewart/Every Picture Tells a Story)
12. Watching the Wheels  (John Lennon/Double Fantasy)
13.  You Are So Beautiful  (Joe Cocker/I Can Stand a Little Rain)
14. Graceland  (Paul Simon/Graceland)
15. I Still Miss Someone  (Johnny Cash/At Folsom Prison)
16. Sail Away	  (Randy Newman/Sail Away)

Disc 2
17. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere  (Neil Young/Everybody Knows This is Nowhere)
18. Tower of Song  (Leonard Cohen/I’m Your Man)
19. A Change is Gonna Come  (John Boutte´/Jambalaya)
20. Heroes  (David Bowie/Heroes)
21. Theme from Buffalo Dreams  (Michael Thomason/Buffalo Dreams)
22. Pressure Drop  (The Maytals/The Harder They Come)
23. Diamonds & Rust  (Joan Baez/Diamonds & Rust)
24. Things Have Changed  (Bob Dylan/The Wonder Boys Soundtrack)
25. Texas Cookin’  (Guy Clark/Texas Cookin’)
26. Jailhouse Rock  (Elvis Presley/The Complete 50’s Masters)
27. Ghost Riders in the Sky  (Mary McCaslin/Things We Said Today)
28. Without You  (Nilsson/Nilsson Schmilsson)
29. I’ve Got a Feeling  (The Beatles/Let it Be)
30. Another Train  (Mary Gauthier	/Trouble & Love)

Sadie

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