Rosie Flores is a pioneer in the roots underground and the LA New Traditionalist scene that gave rise to Dwight Yoakum and Los Lobos. With over half a century of hard roots-rabbling between them, Rosie Flores, the Rockabilly Filly, and Jon Langford (head Mekon, Waco Brother and conductor of the Chicago-based collective The Pine Valley Cosmonauts), blast a sonic contrail stretching from Texas to Wales. These two musical forces, one with her cowboy boots firmly in the dance halls and the other with his work boots sloshing around the pubs, come together for ‘Girl of the Century’, an album of spirited and soulful romps through the back roads of American music. Recorded live-in-the-studio, ‘Girl of the Century’ simply crackles with effusive energy. Anchored by the crack rhythm section of Tom Ray (Neko Case) on bass and Joe Camarillo (Waco Brothers, Dollar Store) on drums, the Cosmos find a groove and lock it in. From her saucy growls to kittenish sass to clarion Ronnie Spector smarts, Rosie’s front and centre vocals have never sounded better – and with Langford’s chunky punk roots, John Rice’s clean lines and Rosie’s off the charts vivacity and dexterity, ‘Girl of the Century’ delivers with a handful of spades.