Liz ViceIf you go
› What: Nightfall concert series featuring Liz Vice.› When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 29; Dr. B & The Ease opens at 7 p.m.› Where: Miller Plaza, 850 Market St.› Admission: Free.› Phone: 423-265-0771.› Venue website: nightfallchattanooga.com.› Artist website: lizvice.com.
The opener
Dr. B & The Ease is a Chattanooga-based blues rock/soul band featuring Rico Moore, Jeremy Miller, Noel Holland and Brandon Michaels. For more information, visit Facebook.com/DrBandTheEase.
Despite the implications of her last name, Liz Vice sings gospel music with such virtuous passion that St. Peter might wave her vocal cords to the front of the line at the pearly gates.
But even if the Portland, Ore.-based vocalist is engaged in musical testimony, it’s from the depths of a chasm-like musical groove whose walls are shorn with elements of soul and R&B.
Vice’s singing has been favorably compared to soul divas such as Aretha Franklin, Adele and The Staple Singers, and it’s laid over beefy textures such as funky organ whirl, choral backing and slick drum fills.