| Marshall, Steve & Wouter Kellerman / Where Is Home |
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| Album: | Where Is Home | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Marshall, Steve & Wouter Kellerman | Added: | Dec 2017 | |
| Label: | Soe Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2018-01-10 | ||
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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 | ||
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