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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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Pardon The Interruption - Hot N' Fresh - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Hot N' Fresh , from Pardon The Interruption and it's cool and funky. Opening with Opa! , Pardon The Interruption (PTI) lays down a funky horn saturated track with Rob Hooper on drums, Rob Fordcye on bass and backing vocal, Jamison Smeltz on horns and backing vocal, David Noble on guitar and backing vocal Luis Carbo on percussion, and Benjamin Williams on djembe. Solid opener. We Can Figure It Out is a pretty cool track as well with a Parliment feel. I mean, how can you not like this with it's intense percussion thing and the heavy bass line. Higher has a reggae flavor with a more modern feel like a blend of R&B and the Police. With a stiff rhythm line by Noble on guitar and solid lead vocal this track has a good feel. Wrapping the release is Life Is Fantastic , with it's pure radio appeal. Lead vocals by Smeltz, and a lightly funky rhythm, complimented by Smeltz's sassy sax solo makes this the def...
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