Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:47
Size: 127.7 MB
Styles: Bllues/Roots/Soul
Year: 2015
Art: Front
[3:02] 1. Big Love
[4:30] 2. I Keep Things Running
[4:12] 3. Shackin' Up
[4:59] 4. I Am Family
[2:43] 5. Sweet Feeling
[4:18] 6. Born To Love You
[4:57] 7. Seven States Away
[3:06] 8. Way Down In The Hole
[5:29] 9. Step Back
[4:32] 10. You Don't Know Your Mind
[3:52] 11. Crazy 'bout You Baby
[5:27] 12. Slow As Molasses, Sweet As Honey
[4:35] 13. I Been Hoodood
This CD, produced by renowned producer and drummer Tony Braunagel, was recorded at Ultratone Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Deb and guitar player Allen James travelled to Los Angeles in February 2015 to record the tracks with an all star studio line-up including Johnny Lee Schell, engineering and slide guitar, Mike Finnigan on keyboards, Reggie McBride on bass, Braunagel on drums and James on guitar. This group of LA musicians have recorded and toured with performers such as Etta James, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal so it was a truly wonderful experience to play with and learn from each one.
It’s been almost 5 years since Deb’s last CD, “Tell It Like It Is” was released. Shortly after this release, Deb became a mom to her now 4 year old son Elijah. The experience of being a new mom has had a direct impact on her writing and focus in her life. The songs from “Sweet Soul” were written during an overall sweet and rich phase of life. Deb worked with James and Chris Arms (who produced Deb’s last 3 CD’s) to write the original material and with producer Braunagel to find some gems written by others that fit the vibe as well. The mood of this blues, soul, roots CD is upbeat, rockin, funky and fun and explores the theme of love and family with an honest and at times humorous view into both its joys and challenges. This includes the experience of loving a child or partner, the connection and sweetness you feel when you slow down and just be present with ones you love, the pain and difficulty of letting go of a family member, the ups and downs of living with someone, the inner tension about balancing family and career, the energy it takes to keep things running to do a lot of different things in life.
It’s been almost 5 years since Deb’s last CD, “Tell It Like It Is” was released. Shortly after this release, Deb became a mom to her now 4 year old son Elijah. The experience of being a new mom has had a direct impact on her writing and focus in her life. The songs from “Sweet Soul” were written during an overall sweet and rich phase of life. Deb worked with James and Chris Arms (who produced Deb’s last 3 CD’s) to write the original material and with producer Braunagel to find some gems written by others that fit the vibe as well. The mood of this blues, soul, roots CD is upbeat, rockin, funky and fun and explores the theme of love and family with an honest and at times humorous view into both its joys and challenges. This includes the experience of loving a child or partner, the connection and sweetness you feel when you slow down and just be present with ones you love, the pain and difficulty of letting go of a family member, the ups and downs of living with someone, the inner tension about balancing family and career, the energy it takes to keep things running to do a lot of different things in life.
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Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:15
Size: 96.8 MB
Styles: Blues/Soul
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[3:55] 1. Gonna Get There
[4:09] 2. Sun Is Rising
[2:58] 3. I Got It Bad
[3:49] 4. Old Ways
[3:58] 5. Funkier Than A Mosquita's Tweeter
[2:52] 6. Sweet Words
[3:39] 7. I Feel The Spirit
[2:30] 8. In My Bones
[4:47] 9. Long Suffering Woman
[3:26] 10. Throwaway Child
[6:07] 11. Cold Irons Bound
Spacious arrangements of bluesy songs characterize Tell It Like It Is, suiting the sultry voice of Deb Callahan well. The Philadelphia singer is particularly fine on the soulful “Long Suffering Woman” and turns in equally superb performances on the rocking “Gonna Get There”, the swampy “I got it bad” and the old time jazz of “Sweet Words.” She over reaches on the lone cover (Dylan’s Cold Irons Bound” doesn’t work) but ”In My Bones”, “Old Ways” and “I Got It Bad” are fine ringers for “real” blues. Jason Crosby’s gospelized piano and organ turn “I Fell The Spirit” into a revivial tent-wrecker and the discs high point, and Allen James is MVP for his clean guitar work across the CD. ~Tom Hyslop
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1 comment:
@mat tiggas :
Many thanks for this posting, I love this artist !
Would you have also some others :
- Grace & Grit (2008)
- The Blue Pearl (2005)
- If The Blues had Wings (2002)
Best regards
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