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Common Ground, CD Review >>
The man behind some of the most intriguing international music releases of recent years — including efforts by Tuareg group, Tinariwen and French globetrotters Lo’Jo — guitarist/producer Justin Adams now teams up with Gambian vocalist, ritti player Juldeh Camara. It’s a beautiful marriage. Camara’s one-stringed fiddle creates a massive assemblage of sound to weave inside and out of Adam’s bluesy electric guitar. Joined by percussionist Salah Dawson Miller and bassist Billy Fuller, this album provides the link between Mississippi and Mali (as Corey Harris put it), showing the universality of blues music. Soul Science is a rugged, raw delight, a literal assault on the senses from deep in the gut — this is music to be felt. It’s no surprise — Adams is influenced by old analog Moroccan tapes while Camara’s father is believed to have learned music from Quaranic spirits. Their science is not without mysticism. More importantly, whether deep in the cut or blaring on the edge of intensity, blues records rarely puncture silence with as much depth and gravity as this.
-by Derek Beres 06/01/08 >> go there
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