| James, Markus / Calabash Blues |
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| Album: | Calabash Blues | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | James, Markus | Added: | 03/2006 | |
| Label: | Firenze Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-04-02 | Pull Date: | 2006-06-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 4 Jun | 28 May | 23 Apr | 16 Apr | 9 Apr |
| 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 | |
| 2. | Jul 04, 2006: | The Cafe Americain Come Around | 5. | May 23, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian Come Around | |
| 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 |
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| Decca Reviewed 2006-03-31 | ||
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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. | ||
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