Alma Matters / Alma Matters
Album: Alma Matters   Collection:General
Artist:Alma Matters   Added:May 2017
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-06-01 Pull Date: 2017-08-03
Week Ending: Jul 16 Jun 25
Airplays: 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 03, 2019: Clean Copper Radio for Thursday's Child
Wade In The Water
3. Jun 20, 2017: Forest for the Trees
Shadow Woman
2. Jul 11, 2017: Waste FM
Nobody's Fault But Mine

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-05-25
Tom McCarter
Genre: General
Reviewed: 2017-05- 25
Label: Self
FCCS: none

Review: several local musicians come together collaboratively to perform a variety of different genres of music: folk, jazz, gospel, etc., sometimes combining different styles. The lyrics on the originals are often very pointed and sometimes political.
If You Like: Holly Near, Mary Timony, Tower of Power, Sweet Honey In The Rock
Favorite Tracks: (3) Shadow Woman (5) Hold On (6) Get Involved (7) Nobody's Fault But Mine (10) Wade In The Water
Track Review: 1/ short instrumental (0:25) 2/ horns start> midtempo song with female vocal> quick fade (5:49) 3/ horns start> midtempo instrumental jam with Latin feel> quick fade (6:28) 4/ drums start> slow tempo song (male & female vocals)> fade (5:24) 5/ horns start> slow tempo song> false stop> fade on horns (8:38)6/ horns start> funky song with male vocal> fade (5:24) 7/ horns start> funky beat> midtempo female spoken word & song> fade (6:37) 8/ bass starts> slow tempo song with female vocal> quick stop (5:52) 9/ horns start> midtempo instrumental with scat singing> fade (8:15)10/ percussion starts> uptempo gospel song segues into instrumental jam> quick stop (6:25) 11/ piano starts> slow tempo song with female vocal> fade (4:49)

Track Listing
1. Intro   7. Nobody's Fault But Mine
2. The Unknown   8. You'll Never Follow
3. Shadow Woman   9. Gospel Sermon
4. Use It All   10. Wade In The Water
5. Hold On   11. Bridge Over Troubled Water
6. Get Involved   .