Lois levin - Revisioned (ft. Baltic Jazz Recordings) EP (2023)

We were introduced to Lois Levin in Feb ('23) with a reimagined jazz rendition of The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" as the first releases on the new Liverpool based Baltic Jazz Recordings label. Subsequent releases by the label have been a cover of Culture Club's "Changing Every Day" by Ni Maxine and an album "Revisioned" on which Steve Levine reimagined eight songs predominantly from the 70s & 80s.

The label's latest offering is a five track EP also titled "Revisioned" (could get confusing) which primarily features Lois Levin and includes songs that she has written.

Leven wrote "Burden" when she was 15 whilst trying to understand her father's alcoholism growing up. She released it as her debut single in Jul '21. The EP includes two 'revisioned' versions, the full length and a radio edit which is still a minute longer than the 2021 original (live video performance below) and is a much more soulful rendition.

She also wrote two of the other three songs, "LaLa (I Don't Wanna Talk About It)" and "Pheromones", with the final song being a cover of the Christine McVie written "Why", a Fleetwood Mac album track from their 1977 eponymous album (which has already been playlisted by Jazz FM's Robbie Vincent).