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Best 60 albums of 2008
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Pop Matters, Best 60 albums of 2008 >>
Soul Science might be the first ritti/blues-rock guitar duet album in history. It’s difficult to see how a second one could surpass it. The two musicians—one British, one a Gambian immigrant to the UK—came together in a spirit of casual experimentation which turned out to be a miraculous fit. The music has a roughness that suits the characters of the instruments themselves, the dark thump of the guitar, and the high slangy zest of the ritti, a Gambian fiddle with a single string. Anyone who thinks that cultural crossovers invariably lead to one side being compromised and impoverished should listen to this. It might change their mind.
By: Deanne Sole 12/19/08 >> go there
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