There Will Be A Light - Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama

...Blind Boys of Alabama with There Will Be A Light. We are hearing the union of a combination of artists at their peak. The Blind Boys bring the raw Negro Spiritual tradition and decades of blended hymnal harmonising. Harper and his band bring the stripped down arrangements to vocals aged in oak caskets for generations, soaking up decades and life experience. As you expect there is variety without vanity. The lonely slide guitar in Dylan cover Well, ...
...resolve punching their melodies. There Will Be A Light would be perfect for a coffee advert. It’s mellow, optimistic and you can almost see the sunrise between the chords and the bitter sweet vocals. The album was recorded after improvision between Ben and The Boys on-stage when the latter opened for the former for three nights in Paris, producing an alchemy of talent There is very much a jam atmosphere to the album, recorded at Capitol Records’ ...

mark_allen71 01.12.2004 · Read full review
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This is a nice album alright but it tends to go far too much into the religious side of things. Some will say outstanding but I'm really not a fan of this one although I'm a huge fan of Ben Harper .. If you are into lyrics but not into religion, it might get a bit too much. ...

Tof17 29.06.2007
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