Beth Hart unveils lyric video for 'Fire on the Floor' - premiere

She's got that glorious, deep swaying blues rhythm down to a T

Following the announcement of her upcoming new album Fire On The Floor, Beth Hart has revealed the lyric video for the title track, which we're premiering today on The Independent.

Personally it's my favourite song from Hart to date - her lyrics are painfully honest and she really goes for it with her vocals as the song reaches its climax, plus she's got that glorious, deep swaying blues rhythm down to a T.

Listen to the song and let us know what you think.

Q&A with Beth Hart

What are you listening to at the moment?

"At the moment I’ve been listening to a lot of Nina Simone, Howlin’ Wolf, Billie Holiday and Humble Pie. I kinda go through phases of listening to choice music, I listen to a lot of jazz these days, a lot of Dinah Washington who I’m a huge fan of, it changes all the time, but that’s what I’ve been listening to a lot lately."

What has the process of putting Fire On the Floor together been like in comparison with your previous work, and how are you feeling now it's complete?

"I made Better Than Home out in New York City and it was a very difficult and painful process. Some personal things were going on with the producer being very ill and it was a very painful record to make. I write a lot and I have a lot of songs when I go in to record, for Better Than Home I had almost 50 songs, so when I was finished with it I had this huge catalogue of stuff I was really excited about but just didn’t happen to make it on Better Than Home because of the direction.

"I write in a lot of different genres; I had a bunch of jazzy and bluesy stuff and kinda alternatives to Jazz and blues that I really wanted to do and I knew because that the experience had been so difficult with Better Than Home, when you fall off a horse they say get back on otherwise you’ll be scared, it was kinda like that, I’ve gotta get back in the studio right away and have a positive one or I might have a really tough time next time I go make a record.

"So we called up a really good and old friend of mine who I had worked with previously when I was much younger, a producer named Oliver Leiber and I sent him all the songs and we chose and worked on what we were gonna do and it was awesome. He put together the best frickin band, unbelievable players and it was a total of 3 days of recording and it was absolutely incredible. Oliver Leiber is really an absolute genius and he is a beautiful person to work with. It was incredible, I’m really happy with the results on the record."

What are your plans for the rest of 2016?

"I’m going to go to Lake Tahoe with one of my oldest and best friends, we’ve been going since I was 18. When I get back I’m going into rehearsals with my band then we start a US run and then I get back for a week or two. Then I start a 6 week tour until the end of 2016. I’m touring the UK on 11-23 November."

What was the first gig you ever played, and what's been the best so far?

"The first gig I consider my recital when I was 4 years old, it was really great, my teacher Mrs Davies didn’t make me play ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’, I had started writing music then she let me play something that I had written and my sister Sharon who has passed away since, she was 10 years older than me, walked me up to the piano and picked me up and put me on the bench and it was such an awesome day and I was so nervous. It’s funny, I’ve never lost that, I still get nervous to this day. My favourite gig; the Kennedy Center Honors when I got to honour Buddy Guy, I loved that.

"Another that was a really special gig for me; after all my drug problems, I lost my record deal and my whole life was crap, I had to start over again, when I was 29 I got to pay a show at the Paradiso In Amsterdam and the audience was so unbelievable, all these people came and they all knew the music, it was such a beautiful feeling, I got to be sober and got to feel what it was like to work again. I think I also didn’t think I deserved it, but through recovery you get to learn to forgive yourself and the audience made me feel like I totally deserved a second chance. My third favourite is the other night I got to play the Hollywood Bowl, I remember I first time I went there was to see Yo-Yo Ma play, I was a cellist growing up, and Yo-Yo Ma is the greatest cellist of all time, I got to play there the other night and oh my God, it was an awesome experience."

Fire On The Floor, the new album from Beth Hart, is out on 14 October 2016 on Provogue