Keb' Mo' - Big Wide Grin
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Artist: Keb' Mo'Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Music Label: Sony Wonder (Audio)
Soundtracks:
- Everybody By Yoself
- Love Train
- Don't Say No
- Infinite Eyes
- Grandma's Hands
- Color Him Father
- Family Affair
- The Flat Foot Floogie
- I Am Your Mother Too
- Big Yellow Taxi
- Isn't She Lovely
- America The Beautiful
Free Music Notes for Big Wide Grin
Free Music Review: A throw-back to good ol' family folk music
Hit: 5 Stars
Like many of the negative reviewers here, I, too, was surprised at this CD. I was expecting the same folksy blues as his other albums.
But this CD is wonderful in its own way. This is happy family music, which goes back to the roots of folk music. It's stuff with a strong values, a good message, that's easy to sing along (whether with children, or maybe you just need a smile).
I had to post this review in defense of this CD. No, it's not my favorite Keb Mo. But when I need a smile, I pop in this CD. This is not impressive music from a technical/artistic perspective - his wife and kids sing (and even his grandmother, I think). But this is such a gem - it's charming in its own way.
Sure, I wish I'd known in advance what to expect ... but now that I have the CD, I'm glad I can pull it out whenever I feel "blue" or need to sing along with something. This could have easily been a Disney soundtrack.
Just because it's different doesn't make it bad, folks. I love that Keb Mo shows us a personal side, and now, will even share his family with us. This CD isn't for everybody, but I believe it's a great expression of personal and cultural diversity through music. I don't have anything negative to say about it.
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Every photo included in Big Wide Grin's booklet has Keb' Mo' looking just as pleased as punch. The material on his fifth album is likewise overwhelmingly cheerful, a series of upbeat meditations on family life that, while occasionally idealized, are usually refreshingly realistic. It's this realism, the implicit understanding that families are frequently assembled out of far-flung components rather than adhering to some nuclear ideal, that makes Grin such a winner. That principle informs songs such as "I Am Your Mother, Too," addressed to an adopted child, and "Color Him Father," about the entrance of a stepparent into a family. The whole album is, in fact, a family affair, with members of Mo's family occasionally pulling background-vocal duty. Big Wide Grin is a summertime album for those still young enough to have the summer off. Fortunately, there's just enough bittersweet mixed in to keep the result from Pollyanna-hood. After all, what's the point of being reminded to count your blessings if you don't realize that that's what they are? --Genevieve WilliamsBlues Music CDs
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