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p rod u c er Jo e
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ab ly ,th e d e cad e sof neg le c t
an d un d er-ap p reciat ionf e ll
aw ay a s h er s til l st ro n g an d
ex p res si vevo ic e, no w g ra in y
an d l ived in , rompe d, p lea de d
an d bl ast ed aw ay t h e y e a r s.
liYolfhyreunites her with
H en ry an d the ma tch is st ill
b less ed.The ma teri a lis cle v e r ly
sou rced - 1 9 70S av oyB r o wn ,
198 1Am az ing Rh yth m Ac e s and sh e rel ate se ach s o ng t o
h er s to ry, h er l i fe, as in
U nd amne d, w ritt en b y Ov e r
The R hi ne 'sL in ford Det we ile r ,
and the titl e t rac k, b o t h s p e a k in g fo r a ll la te -bl oo me r swho
are fi gh ting t o b e he ar d . H e r
b igge r n ame cov ers (U n be liev abl e, from Bob D yl a n' s 1 9 9 0
Under TheRedSky,and Lennon
& lMcCartney'sWait off Rubber
Soui,reinvented as a slow blues
b al la d) a re no tabl e s u cce s s e s.
Prev io usa lb um s i n 2 0 0 7 a nd
2 010we re up for G ra mm y s.
lt'll be a travesty if Worthy isn't
a thi r d nomi nati on .
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f r o m no r t h Lo nd o n h av en ' t
b e e n o v e r ly h a st y in f o llo wing
u p 2 Q1 1 ' sS m okin qln He ov e n .
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c o nv en r n g a r u n- o o wn c ur r y
ho us e in t o a 1 6 - t r a c kst u d io. I n
t he in t e r im, t h er e ' s b e e n mu c h
po p c u lt u r al h o t a ir , b u t I he
I hlr d f ind s t he m s u p r e me ly
un af f ec t e d ,u nle ssyo u co u n t
t he s t r in g s,w h ich h o ve r v r lt h
Hi R ec or d sg ra v it a so n N o
Ac t io n , a n d sw e ep t h r o u gh
s k a r om p T ur k is h D elig h t . Mic k
Jon e s ' sp r o d uct ion c a p t u r es
a v ibr a n t , t im ele ss an a lo g u e
v ib e, p a rt icu la r lyo n t h e s is t as
sas s yn u mb e r s. He pr o b a bly
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L aug e Me ldga a rd s u g ges ts G ork y'sj amm in g
wi th Gry pho n ;th e A r t
Ens em bl eO f Ch icag o p e r
form ing the t he me f r o m
Tr ump to n;an d /o r a w ild
and w o ol ly e arl y l ncr e d ib le Stri ng Band al b um
wi th extra stri ng s b y
Jac k Ni tzs che .Enl i st in g
the h e lp o f (am ong
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nam ed
SvendR um pon
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'chamber muslc
concrdte'both more
form al a nd yet lo os e r
than th e de ftly pr ocessedWest African
fie l d-re cord ingso f h is
e xc e lle n td ebu t D dns k toppen Moder Burkino
! Fas o.. .A wa s h wi th
f i nfe cti ou sm el od ies
7 a nd f orm al
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diss im ilart o Jo na h L e wie ' s
St o p Th e Ca v a lr y,t op p ed o f f
wit h a b it t er s we e t en d - of - t h e
af f air v o c al f r om L e w is- a
solid - g o ld h it in a n y ch a r t
wo r t h bo t h er in g wit h .
Andrew Perry
m ade f r om
m t no s c r am bl i ng ps y c h- f unkand a c c om
pa nie d by a c h ipm unk c ho ir of
m ult i tr a c k edv oi c es ,D' Angel o's
m us i c has al wa y ss ugge s te d a
m an on a mi s s io n.Al mos t 15
y ear s af te r t he bal d r hy t hm s o f
Voodoo ushered in a new
v oc a bul ar yf or R &8, 8/a c k
Me s s id hs eesa pol it ic a l edge
ta k e h old. F r om i ts t it le t o 1 ,0 00
D eat hs ( f eat ur ing a s ampl e of
c o ntr ov er s ia la c ti v i s t Khali d
M uham mad c a ll ing for "J es u s,
th e bl ac k r ev olu ti onar y " )the
s i nge r 'sr e appe ar anc ein th e
p os t - F er g us onc li mat ef eel s li ke
a s u per h er odo nni ng hi s c ape
once again. 8/ackMessiahis an
ex qui s it e r eal is ati onof w ha t
D 'Ang elo does bes t . F r om t he
ac idi c ,y o- y o r if fi ng o fT he
C har ade,T i l l lt 's Do ne ( T ut u)
an d Pr ay er( bas ic a ll y T heL or d s
Pr ay e rdi pped i n p ur pl e r a in)
t o t he go ld- pla ted b all adr y of
Re all yL ov e and Anot her Li fe ,
t hi s a beam ing , s ing le- mi nded
s tat em ent o f s pi r i tu al r ebi r t h
a nd pol it i c al r ec k on ing .
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me lod ic a ,t ak e the s pot li ght
th en dr if t bac k i nt o t he mi x .
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