Laura Benitez and the Heartache’s biography says, “If you love Americana and Classic Honky-tonk, uncensored and unpolished, you’ll love this band!” It is a statement that is hard to ignore and easy to understand. Even on this side of the Atlantic where the genres have not flowed into the mainstream hearts of music lovers as they arguably should have done, the music that Laura Benitez and her musicians have produced is something tangibly infectious and instantly enjoyable. So much so that the album, Heartless Woman should be seen as a classic in the making, as real a piece of Americana as you could hope to hear and shines a lantern deep into the heart of what makes the country so fascinating and beautiful to be involved in.