Isle Of Wight lone wolf Angelina a fiercely independent artist now joined forces with Swedish groove architect Glam Sam & His Combo with EP Blood Red Stone and Runaway Trains plus double A-side singles, “Talk In Colour.” The result is a striking blend of soulful rhythm and raw emotion — vehemence for the soul.
Rooted in the spirit of her early heroes — Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Blind Willie Johnson, and Charley Patton — Angelina continues to evolve beyond her country-blues-folk origins. Her new work paints vivid lyrical portraits: “incense, coffee, vinyl, and candle wax-drenched kitchen tables” — imagery that feels pulled from the margins of a Kerouac notebook.
Versatile and uncompromising, Angelina’s voice channels both storm and sanctuary.
Named after a Dylan song and growing up with the blues, folk, country, gospel, jazz and rock ’n ’roll. Angelina taught herself to sing by listening to Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and field recordings of country blues singers working on the land.
Developing her own song-writing style inspired by the likes of Karen Dalton and Charlie Patton.
Her debut album, Vagabond Saint, took her from isolation to ignition, earning four-star reviews in Mojo, Q Magazine, and Uncut. The Guardian named it Album of the Week.
“Exceptional first album from a blues moaner in the great tradition of Bessie and Ma... mesmeric.” — Mojo
“Vagabond Saint is a hybrid sound, a cocktail of old blues and raw country with a 21st-century take.”
Angelina recalls, “I arrived with a carrier bag of about 20 songs and my guitar. Sound engineer and drummer Rupert Brown provided the musical world for my lyrics and songs to belong to.”
Within an hour of hearing her, Miles Copeland of Wonderfulsound Records signed her.
She became a favourite on Ricky Ross’s BBC Radio show Another Country with her track Mandolin Man. She also supported blues/rock guitarist Duke Garwood on parts of his UK tour and took her setlist to festivals in Italy and Spain.
Her second album, Last Cigarette, lite the fuse recorded in smokey late-night sessions with her outlaw band in a golden-era studio near Queen Victoria’s old estate. The result? A feral, fiery ride through voodoo blues, country noir, and gothic soul.
“Last Cigarette’s spark emerged from a vision of Bessie Smith roaring around on a burnt-out motorbike, in some God forsaken desperate town…” she reveals. “A place where you live by your wits, the streets are full of memories that burn your heart, gates swing on rusty hinges, you choke on diesel fumes and witness apparitions of jujitsu vigilante gangs riding the wall of death with balls of fire belching out of exhaust pipes.
"2nd album from Howling Blues Queen mixing country and blues with gothic-road-hell house...Billie Holiday singing Johnny Cash”
"Blues moaner in the great tradition of Bessie and Ma... mesmeric”
Mojo
“Splendidly abrasive...Janis Joplin’s vengeful ghost jamming with Canned Heat..growling hard and taking no prisoners”
Johnny Sharp - Uncut
Her journey as an artist took a significant turn with her partnership with Monks Road Social, the label renowned for its collaboration with legends like Dr. Robert (Blow Monkeys) and Mick Talbot (Style Council). She has collaborated on 4 albums with the Monks Road Social team…her last one featuring Paul Weller.
Her collaboration with Monks Road Social resulted in several standout tracks, including “Golden Day”, which she co-wrote with Miles Copeland. The track, celebrated for its blend of nostalgic soul and modern production was one of the key reasons why the Swedish groove-jazz mastermindStockholms Glam Sam (Mats) reached out to work with her. Mats was immediately struck by Angelina’s voice and the unique depth of her songwriting, leading to their powerful collaboration.
“I reached out to Angelina straight away,” says Mats. “Her voice just knocked me over. It's so cool and unique. I just had to work with her.”
The result was a collection of tracks where both artists experimented and evolved their sound. The two songs — “Blood Red Stone” and “Runaway Trains” — are reimagined in two distinctive versions, showcasing the creative chemistry between Mats’ production and Angelina’s vocals.
Their debut EP, released in August 2025, was quickly picked up by Radio Jazz FM presenter John Osborne, who immediately featured “Runaway Trains (The Riviera Jazz Groove)” on his show. Four weeks later, a double A-side single followed — a vivid, genre-blending release exploring the emotional chaos and beauty of new love, titled “Talk In Colour.”
The Brixton Jazz Edit offers chilled, soulful, and intimate storytelling over hypnotic guitar hooks, while The Disco Jazz Explosion bursts bold and funky — wild with freestyle vocals and jazz piano chaos.
“I was thinking Beefheart Disco,” says Angelina. “It made me feel vocally drunk — I just let go.”
“Talk In Colour” gained international airplay, with features by John Osborne on Jazz FM, Raj Sellis on Solar Radio, and on Canada’s acclaimed radio show Road Pops.
"Talk in Colour" marks the arrival of a partnership worth watching. In a musical landscape often obsessed with either faithful recreation or radical deconstruction, Glam Sam and Angelina have found a third way—one that honours the past while speaking unmistakably to the present. The seventies may be long gone, but this music suggests their spirit of romantic idealism and sonic adventurism remains very much alive - Indie Blog Mag.