Dana Fuchs

Live In Denmark

Ruf Records

Dana Fuchs is a soulful blues rocker whose first influence was Janis Joplin. She was born in New Jersey and raised in the small rural town of Wildwood, Florida. In 2001, she starred in New York City’s off-Broadway production of “Love Janis” as one of several singers who alternated in the role. During her downtime, Fuchs would often play the now-closed B.B. King’s Blues Club on 42nd Street, where I first heard her.

In 2003, Fuchs released her debut album “Lonely for a Lifetime.” Movie director Julie Taymor cast her in 2007’s “Across the Universe” as a Joplin-like character named “Sexy Sadie,” and the film was nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globe Awards. Fuchs signed with Ruf Records and released “Love to Beg,” co-produced with her guitarist and co-writer Jon Diamond. She followed up with “Bliss Ave” (2013), the live album “Songs from the Road” (2014), “Broken Down Acoustic Sessions” (2015), “Love Lives On” (2018), and “Borrowed Time” (2022).

Fuchs currently handles vocals, acoustic guitar, cajón, and tambourine, supported by Jon Diamond on guitar and backing vocals, Kevin Mackall on bass, and Pierro Perelli on drums. This live album was recorded at Godset in Kolding, Denmark, on October 6th, 2025, and was co-produced by Fuchs and Diamond. The album features six originals co-written by Fuchs and Diamond, two co-written with Mackall as well, and one written with those three plus two additional collaborators. It also includes two carefully chosen covers. Fuchs is now fifty years old.

The album opens with “Double Down on Wrong,” co-written by Fuchs, Diamond, and Mackall, as Fuchs sings, “When we double down on right, we all win…god thinks it’s just to hear this song, read it and weep, I’ve waited so long…I need a shot of something strong, it made me a better person now, I’m gonna double down on wrong, why does it feel so right to double down on wrong.”

On “Hard Road,” co-written by Fuchs and Diamond, we hear Fuchs groan, “it’s a hard road, comin’ at me, it’s a long road I know…it’s a hard road…I don’t know which way to go…it’s a hard road, comin’ at you, it’s a long road I know, it’s a life line, I ain’t comin’ back for you.”

“Blue Mist Road,” co-written by Fuchs, Diamond, Mackall, Mark Narmore, and Sandy Carroll, finds Fuchs chiming, “with a snake…never go alone down the blue mist road…a house on a stop with a million ghosts…never go alone down a blue mist road…the sound of the wind comin’ thru the trees…never go alone down a blue mist road.”

On “Superman,” co-written by Fuchs and Diamond, we hear Fuchs sounding like Howlin’ Wolf as she screams, “straight away, Superman I changed my mind…my house is on fire in a no man’s land, shut up the loud mouthed baby…choppin’ at the bit, chewin’ on nails…tell that lady with the briefcase to go back to your hell, I don’t know why he did, what he did, what he did, but he did.”

“Nothing You Own,” another co-write by Fuchs and Diamond, has Fuchs belting, “everyday I’m on the road, another heartbreak, a heavy load, in the morning I still don’t know, where to stay, no where to go…you hope to stay right all along, close your eyes…nothing you own.”

“Home Is Where the Hatred Is” is the first cover, originally written and recorded by Gil Scott-Heron in 1971. Fuchs bursts forth with, “A junkie walking through the twilight I’m on my way home, I left three days ago, but no one seems to know I’m gone, home is where the hatred is, home is filled with pain and it might not be such a bad idea, If I never, never went home again…”

On “Borrowed Time,” the title track from Fuchs’ 2022 album, co-written by her and Diamond, Fuchs wails, “I’m gonna make my bed…where hanging on each other’s side…there is no easy way now to stay on each other’s side, you say you found your freedom, it’s only the two of us now, where hanging on each other’s side…it’s borrowed time.”

“Battle Lines,” co-written by Fuchs and Diamond, features Fuchs howling, “Hard times, there’s a lot to tell…so I try to tell myself, but the battle lines always look the same, my mama died, my daddy tried to live a lie, the battle lines always look the same.”

On “Curtain Close,” the last of the originals, co-written by Fuchs and Diamond, Fuchs moans, “with the curtains close, you came for me when all along it was your time…the curtains close, ain’t no love in the heart of the city, ain’t no love in the heart of town, ain’t no love when your not around.”

The album closes with “Sympathy for the Devil,” co-written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and first recorded by the Rolling Stones on their 1968 album “Beggars Banquet.” Dana croons, “Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste, I’ve been around for a long, long year, stole many a man’s soul and faith, I was ’round when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain…pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.”

Dana Fuchs has said, “Last fall, I went to Denmark for a mini tour, and my label Ruf Records and my manager decided we should record a live album there. My previous album ‘Borrowed Time’ was under-served because of the pandemic, and this felt like a chance to make things right…just my voice, guitar, bass, and drums — I was skeptical…when I finally sat down and listened…I wept. I remember thinking, damn, I wish so many people who have never heard me before could hear this….’Live in Denmark’ is raw, honest, and alive in ways I didn’t think were possible…it’s me at my most vulnerable and most powerful, all at once.” I’m sure you’ll agree.

Richard Ludmerer

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