Blues fans can be pretty hard to impress. The form itself is limited, and the genre was arguably perfected long ago - how could one possibly improve upon the music of T-Bone, Muddy, or the Wolf? Still, the blues is music of life and passion, and occasionally a young performer comes along to remind us of two important aspects; that despite the seriousness of much of the subject matter, it’s still as much a young person’s game as rock ‘n’ roll, and that it’s supposed to make us feel better, not worse. Enter Dani Wilde, seemingly an unlikely candidate for blues stardom – she’s a young lady based in Brighton, UK. But she slings guitar with startling aplomb and sings with raw, soulful passion. And somehow, even when she’s delivering material with gut-wrenching anguish, her music never bogs down with the weight of pretension or reverence. And then there’s her secret weapon – younger brother Will “Harmonica” Wilde, a seriously talented harmonica player who manages to forge a unique sound on that humblest of instruments. He’s a bit of a wild man (pun intended), favoring blistering flurries of notes, but it’s the surprising twists he puts into his lines, the choked endings to his wailing interjections that render his playing uniquely effective. Production on Wilde’s debut gives every instrument a modern, in-your-face presence – the sound is big, without a lot of aural space – but to everyone’s credit, there’s no overplaying. Arrangements are tight but impeccably executed, with p