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Free Music Notes for NashvilleFree Music Review: the best - done right Hit: 5 StarsFrom song selection to arrangement to production to guest artists to Solomon Burke at the top of his game, this is a collection for the ages. So good in so many ways, you can play it again and again and never stop marveling at the power of the performances. Go, Solomon!
Free Music Review: Incredible! Hit: 5 StarsVery seldom do I listen to an album that transcends genre by including so many musical styles that the songs become "music" instead of country music or gospel music or blues music. This is one of those albums. Burke's voice is strong and emotional in rip roarin' honkytonk tunes and in the slow weepy ones. Five stars, easily!
Free Music Review: Soloman Burke Nashville Hit: 3 StarsA really great effort ..Soloman Burke proves once again why he is still recording music ..He has the voice that says Soloman Burke as soon as you hear it...He knows how to phrase a lyric to get all its meaning out front.....His voice is the difinition of soul music....Nashville shows... off his ability to move from one place to the next and not miss the meaning of the style of the music he is singing.......This CD gets better with each playing..............G.Ross
Free Music Review: Disappointed Hit: 1 StarsI ordered this after reading that a critic reveiwed it as the best country album of the year. I was very disappointed. I didn't like the content at all, and the production sounded low-grade. For blues-based Americana, order MoFro instead.
Free Music Review: Best Yet From Mr. Burke Hit: 5 StarsSolomon Burke has always had things to teach. The soul he brought to "If you Need Me" 45 years ago, and "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" had a profound impact on the Rolling Stones' early work. He could tease the listener a bit, and preach the truth on a sober Sunday morning. The struggle through those early recordings came from being hamstrung by the limited backup arrangements.
Those days are gone. Solomon's voice soars over the acoustic charts used for "That's How I Got To Memphis" and "Valley Of Tears", and punches straight to the heart asking, "Honey Where's The Money Gone". He brings a seasoned reflection to Springsteen's "Ain't Got You" that steps across the decades since the Basie band had Joe Williams shouting to throw him "Smack Dab In The Middle". Each track here engages the vocalist with smart country instrumentalists and vivid duets. It's a triumph all around.
Jagger and Richards (and Brian Jones) brought pointed, fresh guitar arrangements to their early albums, taking Solomon Burke's truth and transforming the genre. With "Nashville" we find lots more to learn from a master.
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