James, Markus / Calabash Blues
| Album: | Calabash Blues | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | James, Markus | Added: | Mar 2006 | |
| Label: | Firenze Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-04-02 | Pull Date: | 2006-06-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 4 | May 28 | Apr 23 | Apr 16 | Apr 9 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 06, 2009: | Deep Fried and Sanctified
Come Around |
4. | May 29, 2006: | The Hair of the Dog
Nightbird |
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| 2. | Jul 04, 2006: | The Cafe Americain
Come Around |
5. | May 23, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Come Around |
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| 3. | May 30, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Other Side Of The World |
6. | Apr 17, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
Come Around |
Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2006-03-31
Reviewed 2006-03-31
World blues/roots music from a locally-based guitarist/singer who seems to have adopted Mali as his spiritual homeland. This release has 7 new tracks and the rest are selections from his previous CDs. Accompanied by calabash (traditional gourd percussion). Tracks range from soaring blues to more rock-based, but it’s all Memphis by way of Timbuktu. Cool stuff for fans of both world and blues.
*1. Cool guitar/calabash, mid/down like an African Howlin Wolf.
*2. Whispery vocals, spare guitar, spooky downtempo.
*3. Fairly straight blues moan guitar/harp/perc. Downtempo.
4. Driving guitar w/a blues/Afro rock sound. Mid/uptempo.
5. Cool, lowdown, midtempo blend of perc/voices/guitar.
6. Short & relaxed blend of whispery vocals/guitar/soft perc.
*7. Lowdown guitar/soft vocals, lowkey tribute to Skip James.
8. Nicely cool Afro funk blues, mid/uptempo. Chorus.
*9. Nicely scratchy vox/mditempo blues w/great guitar.
10. Lowkey vocal duet w/cool percussion accents.
11. Raw vox/guitar, harp. Lowkey and lowdown.
12. Is that a flute? Downtempo guitar/vox/perc blend.
13. Driving midtempo blues w/extra guitar goodness.
*1. Cool guitar/calabash, mid/down like an African Howlin Wolf.
*2. Whispery vocals, spare guitar, spooky downtempo.
*3. Fairly straight blues moan guitar/harp/perc. Downtempo.
4. Driving guitar w/a blues/Afro rock sound. Mid/uptempo.
5. Cool, lowdown, midtempo blend of perc/voices/guitar.
6. Short & relaxed blend of whispery vocals/guitar/soft perc.
*7. Lowdown guitar/soft vocals, lowkey tribute to Skip James.
8. Nicely cool Afro funk blues, mid/uptempo. Chorus.
*9. Nicely scratchy vox/mditempo blues w/great guitar.
10. Lowkey vocal duet w/cool percussion accents.
11. Raw vox/guitar, harp. Lowkey and lowdown.
12. Is that a flute? Downtempo guitar/vox/perc blend.
13. Driving midtempo blues w/extra guitar goodness.
Track Listing