Marshall, Steve & Wouter Kellerman / Where Is Home
Album: | Where Is Home | Collection: | World | |
Artist: | Marshall, Steve & Wouter Kellerman | Added: | Dec 2017 | |
Label: | Soe Music |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2018-01-15 | Pull Date: | 2018-03-19 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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Week Ending: | Mar 4 | Feb 25 | Feb 18 | Feb 11 | Feb 4 | Jan 28 | Jan 21 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Mar 01, 2018: | Melange
At The Harbour, Crossing South Africa |
4. | Feb 17, 2018: | Music Casserole
At The Harbour |
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2. | Feb 20, 2018: | Hot Probs
Buya Ekhaya |
5. | Feb 12, 2018: | Everything A to Z episode 121
Talkin' 'bout Love |
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3. | Feb 19, 2018: | Emergency Crew 4 PACC
Buya Ekhaya |
6. | Feb 07, 2018: | Soft-Biz
Crossing South Africa |
Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2018-01-10
Reviewed 2018-01-10
A quartet of skilled musicians put together this fun and quirky album; strong percussion and accessible lyrics by English singer and composer Steve Marshall, who has worked with Lee “Scratch” Perry, Keith Richards, and George Clinton; lovely jazz flute by well-known South African Wouter Kellerman; percussionist and vocalist David Klassen and Ratshepe “Phresh” Makhene singer-songwriter, bass player and percussionist, both from South Africa, round out the foursome; very listenable and at times danceable;
NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
1-Win Win Situation – 2:45 – catchy Caribbean style vocal accompanied by equally interesting flute and guitar parts
2-Coming Home, Speak Soon 4:16 – rock vamp backing vocals, nice harmony, bass, flute
3-Perfect Strangers 4:49 – slower, more laid-back beat and lyrics; percussion takes over
*4-Crossing South Africa 6:36 – pretty instrumental goes in and out of major and minor; rhythmically mesmerizing with lots of texture
5-Colours 4:23 – vocal with a beat, backed by guitar and drums; verse in English; chorus in African language
*6-Buya Ekhaya-3:28-- mixture of African language and English; syncopated beat; catchy; layered
*7-At the Harbour-- 6:26 --interesting sounds to begin (vocal percussion?); intriguing layers pile on top of insistent rhythms; flute comes to the fore; lots of breath; percussion wins out and fades
*8-Mam Gobhozi-- 3:38 --flute and bass alternate with African language lyrics backed by drums; catchy!
9- Jo’burg – 4:26 -- flute riffs over bass vamp with drumbeat
*10-I Love You –3:55-- sweetly tuneful with heartfelt lyrics punctuated by the flute
11-Talkin' 'Bout Love—3:29 – anthem about the triumph of love in the face of adversity
*12-Keep Moving 5:24 – flute over syncopated rhythm starts off; chorus comes in with words
13-Dreamcloud--:52-- outtro with some kind of outer space flute work
NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
1-Win Win Situation – 2:45 – catchy Caribbean style vocal accompanied by equally interesting flute and guitar parts
2-Coming Home, Speak Soon 4:16 – rock vamp backing vocals, nice harmony, bass, flute
3-Perfect Strangers 4:49 – slower, more laid-back beat and lyrics; percussion takes over
*4-Crossing South Africa 6:36 – pretty instrumental goes in and out of major and minor; rhythmically mesmerizing with lots of texture
5-Colours 4:23 – vocal with a beat, backed by guitar and drums; verse in English; chorus in African language
*6-Buya Ekhaya-3:28-- mixture of African language and English; syncopated beat; catchy; layered
*7-At the Harbour-- 6:26 --interesting sounds to begin (vocal percussion?); intriguing layers pile on top of insistent rhythms; flute comes to the fore; lots of breath; percussion wins out and fades
*8-Mam Gobhozi-- 3:38 --flute and bass alternate with African language lyrics backed by drums; catchy!
9- Jo’burg – 4:26 -- flute riffs over bass vamp with drumbeat
*10-I Love You –3:55-- sweetly tuneful with heartfelt lyrics punctuated by the flute
11-Talkin' 'Bout Love—3:29 – anthem about the triumph of love in the face of adversity
*12-Keep Moving 5:24 – flute over syncopated rhythm starts off; chorus comes in with words
13-Dreamcloud--:52-- outtro with some kind of outer space flute work
Track Listing
1. | Win Win Situation | 7. | At The Harbour | |||
2. | Coming Home, Speak Soon | 8. | Mam Gobhoz | |||
3. | Perfect Strangers | 9. | Jo?Burg | |||
4. | Crossing South Africa | 10. | I Love You | |||
5. | Colours | 11. | Talkin' 'bout Love | |||
6. | Buya Ekhaya | 12. | Keep Moving | |||
13. | Dreamcloud |