Debra Devi is a singer-songwriter-guitarist
from Jersey City who
combines some of the best blues
slide-guitar playing the great State
of New Jersey’s rich and fertile
music scene has to offer with a
pop-rock sensibility. Imagine a
cross between Bonnie Raitt, Joan
Jett and Pat Benatar.
On her latest EP, “A Zillion Stars
Overhead,” the best examples
of that guitar work are a fascinating
and impressive reworking of
Neil Young’s “The Needle and the
Damage Done” and an exotically
tuned original instrumental, “Canna
Indica,” which closes the fivesong
collection. The slide work
on both offers a psychedelic flare,
kind of like David Gilmour.
The rest of the EP features two
other originals. “Stay” builds with
layered guitars reminiscent of The
Cult’s “She Sells Sanctuary” atop
Watch a video for “When It Comes Down” by Debra Devi
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