Following up 2001's Grammy Award-nominated Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions, James Blood Ulmer returns with No Escape From The Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions. Produced by Living Colour’s Vernon Reid and recorded at the fabled Electric Lady Studios, Ulmer’s latest effort continues in the spirit of its predecessor, reinventing the blues in Ulmer’s own incomparable style. The album’s concept reflects the blues' migration from the rural south to the booming urban metropolis of New York City; a journey paralleled in Ulmer's own life having grown up in the deep south, but staking his claim as a revered guitarist in NYC's downtown loft jazz scene. Throughout the date, Ulmer is down right sanctified, delivering career defining vocal performances on blues standards including »Ghetto Child,« »Trouble In Mind« and »Come On (Let the Good Times Roll),« while his guitar work is electrified, purely authentic and instantly recognizable. Special guests include Queen Esther and Olu Dara.