Los Angeles-based blues-rocker
Beth Hart began playing piano at age four, later attending L.A.'s High School for the Performing Arts as a vocal and cello major. By 1993, she was a regular fixture of the local club circuit, by 1993 collaborating with bassist
Tal Herzberg and guitarist
Jimmy Khoury; with the addition of drummer
Sergio Gonzalez early the following year, the
Beth Hart Band was complete, and after signing to Atlantic's Lava imprint, the group issued its debut album, Immortal, in 1996. Screamin' for My Supper followed three years later. In 2003,
Hart released
Leave the Light On, followed by both audio and DVD versions of
Live at Paradiso in 2005. In 2007, she released
37 Days, which was only released in Europe and Japan. It was followed by
Beth Hart & the Ocean of Souls in 2009 on Razz Records. In 2010,
Hart released
My California in Europe, followed by release in the United States in early 2011.
Hart emerged later in the year in collaboration with blues guitar superstar
Joe Bonamassa on a searing collection of soul covers entitled
Don't Explain. 2012 saw the release of
Hart's eighth studio album,
Bang Bang Boom Boom.~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
