 A soul-stirring voice, hip-shaking stage persona, a larger than life character, who began her career as an up and coming R&B singer in 1980's New Orleans. Working by day, gigging by night, singing gospel in Church on Sunday.This is her second album from 1993, originally released on the independent Skyranch label, and is a fine mixture of R&B, Gospel, Soul, Blues - all the ingredients stirred into Classic Soul. Her song selection pays respects to her heritage, with a spine chilling version of Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, a folksy acoustic blues version of Solomon Burkes Can't Nobody Love You, and a howling version of Hound Dog. Then the originals are well honed through the well-chosen association of legendary New Orleans music figures such as Tommy Ridgely, Lenny McDaniel, Carlo Ditta, Sonny Landreth, Walter 'Wolfman' Washington and more. Perfect combinations abound, so Marva can sing like a spirited sister at a Sunday service on 'He's On The Way', a heartbroken woman on Been and Gone, an innocent optimistic child on 'It's Gonna Be Alright'. Three Times / Before I Met You / It's Gonna Be Alright / Hound Dog / Can't No Body Love You / Pray / It's So Nice / He's On The Way / Do Right Woman, Do Right Man / Been And Gone / The Glitter Queen / Born With The Blues / What's Wrong
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