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Zac Harmon & The Drive - Live - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live , from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO , Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation, with Corey Lacy building on keys and lush guitar work by Zac Harmon and Kingston Livingston really setting the bar. Terrific opener. Blue Pill Thrill has super movement and soulful vocals by Harmon. Lacy on keys works the rhythm with Robinson and Iglehart and Livingston and and Harmon play stinging riffs on guitar really giving this track some kick. Deep blues track, Feet Back On The Ground features Albert King like stinging riffs and super soulful vocals by Harmon. Keeping the music floor low allows Harmon plenty of space to go dynamically from soft to wow quickly adding real emotion to the track. Excellent! Boogie Down is a strong jam with a firm piano base by Lacy giving Harmon plenty of headroom for vocal corralling. Lacy lays in some real tasty keyboar...
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Stony Plain Records artists: Habib Koite' and Eric Bibb - New Release Review

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I have just received Brothers In Bamako , the newest recording from American singer/guitarist Eric Bibb and West African singer/guitarist Habib Koite' . This recording will hit the streets on November 6, 2012. This is an interesting blend of American folk/blues and West African folk/blues. The recording opens with On My Way To Bamako , a light island sounding folk track. L.A. has a strong sense of West Africa but with a bridge of straight pop. Touma Ni Kelen/Needed Time , another strongly West African influenced track has a very strong melody and switches continuously from native to English language and rhythm. Tombouctou again has a strong West African influence and the music is strong and soothing. The track again flips from a stronger African rhythm to a almost smooth jazz execution. Nani Le is a simple instrumental that has an enchanting melody, traditional West Aftican guitar and simple rhythm pattern. Khafole , another very traditional West African sounding track with ba...
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