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
Week Ending: Mar 4 Feb 25 Feb 18 Feb 11 Feb 4 Jan 28 Jan 21
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Recent Airplay
1. Mar 01, 2018: Melange
At The Harbour, Crossing South Africa
4. Feb 17, 2018: Music Casserole
At The Harbour
2. Feb 20, 2018: Hot Probs
Buya Ekhaya
5. Feb 12, 2018: Everything A to Z episode 121
Talkin' 'bout Love
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
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

Track Listing
1. Win Win Situation   8. Mam Gobhoz
2. Coming Home, Speak Soon   9. Jo?Burg
3. Perfect Strangers   10. I Love You
4. Crossing South Africa   11. Talkin' 'bout Love
5. Colours   12. Keep Moving
6. Buya Ekhaya   13. Dreamcloud
7. At The Harbour   .