Out Of The Fire

Reviewed: 2018-09-16
Genre: General
FCCs: none
Review: Songs of hope & enduring. A benefit disc for the residents who lost their homes in the fires in Sonoma County by the musicians who live there, some of whom lost their own homes.
If You Like: (too many variations - mostly Americana with the exception of #9 electronica & #11 jam band)
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Out Of the Fire (Sarah Baker) (3:34) – piano starts> slow song with female vocal morphs into midtempo gospel song with chorus> quick fade
*2/ One day At A Time (Volker Strifler) (5:27) – beautiful guitar solo starts> slow song with female vocal> guitar solo> song> slow fade
3/ Lean On Me (Levi Lloyd) (4:45) – electric guitar starts> slow song with male vocal> guitar solo> song with chorus> slow fade
4/ You Are Not Alone (Sarah Baker) (3:40) – guitar/organ starts> slow song with female vocal> guitar solo> slow song> fade
*5/ Start All Over Again (Danny Sorrentino) (1:57) – guitar starts> uptempo song with male vocal> guitar solo> quick stop
*6/ Best Things (Johnny Campbell) (4:26) – drums start> rocking uptempo song with male vocal & chorus> quick fade & a chord
*7/ A Place Called Home (Doug Jayne) (4:25) – guitar starts> uptempo song like Ry Cooder with male vocal> guitar solo like David Lindley> uptempo song> slow fade
8/ Touch A Hand (Willy Jordan) (3:25) – guitar/drums start> midtempo rocker with male vocal> sax solo> midtempo song> slow fade
9/ Marching On (Eki Shola) (5:25) – synth starts> midtempo song with spacey accompaniment> space jam> midtempo song> slow fade
10/ Home (Allegra Broughton) (4:16) – piano starts> midtempo jam with female vocal & chorus> sax solo> song> fade on chorus
11/ Jam N’ See (Zero) (13:31) – piano starts> slow instrumental jam builds to fast tempo then slows to fade