| Cox, Doug & Salil Bhatt / Slide To Freedom 2 |
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| Album: | Slide To Freedom 2 | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Cox, Doug & Salil Bhatt | Added: | May 2009 | |
| Label: | Northern Blues Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-05-24 | Pull Date: | 2009-07-26 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jul 26 | Jul 19 | Jul 12 | Jul 5 | Jun 28 | Jun 21 | Jun 14 | Jun 7 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 04, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Blessings | 4. | Jul 15, 2009: | A Little Bit of Everything Freedom Raga | |
| 2. | Sep 03, 2009: | Happy Hour I Scare Myself | 5. | Jul 07, 2009: | At the Cafe Bohemian Blessings | |
| 3. | Jul 24, 2009: | The Rent Party I Scare Myself | 6. | Jun 30, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum: Tuesday Edition Freedom Raga |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-05-24 | ||
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DOUG COX & SALIL BHATT: Slide to Freedom 2 NorthernBlues, 2009 CANADA/INDIA – Very fine follow-up to 2007’s Slide to Freedom, a unique blend of blues and Indian classical music. Cox plays resophonic guitars, and Bhatt is the inventor of the Satvik Veena, a 19-string hybrid instrument with a guitar body and a resonating gourd. Vocalist John Boutte adds soul to 1,3,5,7,8. * * * * | Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 1. 4:21 – relaxed walking groove, positive vocals, veena break goes to town 2. 9:51 – meditative intro; rolling groove starts at 3:30, a cool easygoing jam 3. 4:22 – mysterious vibe, soulful vocal, tight guitar/veena dialogue 4. 8:10 – upbeat, percolating: great percussion & shimmering string interplay 5. 5:20 – beautiful “Amazing Grace,” simple and moving, very good vocal 6. 10:17 – slow dialogue… speeds up gradually, deep playing on both sides 7. 2:58 – Beatles cover! Straight-up bluesy treatment with a jolly bounce 8. 5:32 – soul vocal trades off with strings, then an upbeat jam. So cool. [ Fo ] 05/24/09 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Make A Better World | 5. | Amazing Grace | |||
| 2. | A Letter Home | 6. | The Moods Of Madhuvanti | |||
| 3. | I Scare Myself | 7. | For You Blue | |||
| 4. | Blessings | 8. | Freedom Raga |