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Love My Stuff buy CD music Revelator is the debut studio album from the 11-piece Tedeschi-Trucks Band, who already have a reputation as a wildly exciting live jam group. That said, the record that Susan Tedeschi and husband Derek Trucks have recorded proves something beyond their well-founded reputation as a live unit: that they can write, perform, and produce great songs that capture the authentic, emotional fire and original arrangements that so many modern blues and roots recordings lack. The duo forged their two individual solo bands (Trucks remains with the Allman Brothers Band) and added some other players. Oteil and Kofi Burbridge and Mike Mattison, as well as drummers Tyler Greenwell and J.J. Johnson are on board, as well as backing vocalists and a horn section. Produced by Trucks and Jim Scott, these 12 songs seamlessly meld blues, rock, Southern soul, gospel, and funk traditions into a heady, seductive, spine-slipping stew. The record also showcases Tedeschi as one of the finest vocal stylists in roots music, and Trucks, has become the only true heir of Duane Allman's bell-like slide guitar tone, his taste and restraint. More than this, Revelator offers proof that this pair and their bandmates are serious songwriters as well as players--anyone remember the original Little Feat? It's like that, but with a woman up front. While the single, "Midnight in Harlem," highlights the softer,side of the band with Tedeschi's soulful croon and Trucks' swooning slide, it's the harder numbers that fill out the story. The sexy opener "Come See About Me," the bluesy, gospelized "Don't Let Me Slide" (one of two cuts written by Trucks and Tedeschi with Jayhawk Gary Louris), the second-line funk-blues of "Bound for Glory" with its punchy horns; all of these offer evidence of the real depth that this band abundantly possesses. There's the skittering, slow-tempo guitar and B-3 soul-blues of "Simple Things," and the New Orleans-style horns introducing "Until You Remember," which can distract the listener for a moment from experiencing these songs for what they are-- until Tedeschi opens her mouth and lets the lyrics come up from her belly and drip from her lips and Trucks matches her emotion in his solo-- love songs; the likes of which we haven't heard since Delaney & Bonnie. The Eastern modal tinge in Trucks' playing and tablas dustinguishes "These Walls," tempered by the quiet conviction in the grain of Tedeschi's vocal would have made for a better single. The nasty, funky, Hendrixian droning blues of "Learn How to Love" is textured by Kofi's funky clavinet and Wurlitzer. Speaking of funk, Tedeschi takes her own smoking guitar break in "Love Has Something Else to Say," a slamming, break-ridden funk tune that quakes. It combines hard Southern Stax-styled rhythm, soul, blues, and nasty-ass rock. Revelator is a roots record that sets a modern standard even as it draws its inspiration from the past. It's got everything a listener could want: grit, groove, raw, spiritual emotion, and expert-level musical truth. ~ Thom Jurek Recording information: Plyrz Studios; Rong-Tai Studio; Studio P, Sausalito, CA; Swamp Raga Studios, Jacksonville, FL. Photographers: James Minchin; Jessica Shouse. Personnel: J.J. Johnson (drums). Audio Mixer: Jim Scott .

Love My Stuff songs Lavette's latest, which she co-produced with Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens, is a tour through classic British Invasion songs by the Beatles, the Who, Pink Floyd, and others. Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman. Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London, UK (08/2009); Jan Folkson Productions (08/2009); Kennedy Center Honors, Washington, DC (08/2009); Peaceful Waters Music, Pound Ridge, NY (08/2009); Water Music Records, Hoboken, NJ (08/2009); Abbey Road Studios, London, UK (12/06/2008); Jan Folkson Productions (12/06/2008); Kennedy Center Honors, Washington, DC (12/06/2008); Peaceful Waters Music, Pound Ridge, NY (12/06/2008); Water Music Records, Hoboken, NJ (12/06/2008). Photographer: Kevin Kiley. Arranger: Rob Mathes. Personnel: Bettye LaVette (vocals); Rob Mathes (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Shane Fontayne (electric guitar); Aaron Heick (alto saxophone); Andy Snitzer (tenor saxophone); Jeff Kievit (trumpet); Mike Davis (trombone); Zev Katz (upright bass, electric bass); Charley Drayton (drums, percussion); James "D-Train" Williams , Tabitha Fair, Vaneese Thomas (background vocals). Audio Mixer: David Bianco.

Love My Stuff album for sale Eric Bibb's version of the blues has always been patient and positive, and it serves as a reminder that the blues isn't necessarily always about despair, darkness, and ominous guitar riffs, but is also built on the concept of survival and moving forward, on the idea of getting through tough times and reaching brighter days. In Bibb's hands, the blues becomes sustaining, moving closer to the spiritual uplift of gospel, and the often shaky division between Saturday night blues and Sunday morning praise drops away with this man. Bibb isn't haunted by personal demons as much as he is by cultural ones. He doesn't have a hellhound on his trail, and he isn't about to go down to the crossroads and make deals with the Devil. His 21st century version of the folk-blues isn't about that kind of stuff. It's about healing. A voice of temperate reason and unyielding hope in the dawning of better days is welcome in any musical style and in any era, and Bibb continues down that path with his latest release, Troubadour Live, recorded at a December 9, 2010 concert in Stockholm, Sweden, and featuring guest electric guitarist Staffan Astner. Astner's astounding tone and sharp efficiency on guitar dovetails neatly with Bibb's own accomplished and full-sounding acoustic guitar playing, and it's obvious that the two guitarists enjoy working together. There's an intimate feel to this set, which illustrates Bibb's presence and vitality as a live performer. Highlights include the majestic opener "The Cape," a Guy Clark/Susanna Clark/Jim Janosky composition, the country blues boogie shuffle "New Home" (complete with an absolutely burning guitar lead from Astner), and the pop soul of "For You," which features the gospel trio Psalm4 (Glen Scott, Andre De Lange, and Paris Renita), and shows that Bibb is quite comfortable outside of the blues medium. As an added bonus, a couple of studio tracks ("Put Your Love First," a duet with Troy Cassar-Daley, and "If You Were Not My Woman") are tacked on at the end of this charming, pleasant, and wonderfully intimate live album. ~ Steve Leggett Liner Note Author: Katalin. Recording information: Katalin's, Stockholm, Sweden (12/09/2010); The Gastation (12/09/2010). Photographers: Lotta Schwarz; Juhani Niiranen; Jonas Egehult. Personnel: Eric Bibb (vocals, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, baritone guitar); Staffan Astner (electric guitar). Audio Mixers: Lennart Östlund; Magnus Ringström; Glen Scott.

Love My Stuff CD music Eric Bibb's version of the blues is calm, wise, hushed, and elegant, as much or more about redemption as it is about despair, and above all, Bibb sees the blues as narrative, part of the story we all drift through. His best songs, often built on traditional patterns and rhythms, are wise and affirming, and they fall to the brighter and more hopeful side of the blues. There are several such gems on Deeper in the Well, including the opening track, a delightful piece of Louisiana shuffle funk called "Bayou Belle," the string band gospel bounce of "Dig a Little Deeper in the Well," a modal and relentlessly driving "Boll Weevil," "Sittin' in a Hotel Room," which is a wise and hopeful story of contentment, and the final track, a stunningly beautiful banjo version of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'." It all adds up to a beautifully redemptive album, one of Bibb's best. ~ Steve Leggett Liner Note Author: Eric Bibb. Recording information: Dirk Powell's Cypress House Studio (09/13/2011-09/17/2011). Photographer: Patricia de Gorostarzu. Personnel: Eric Bibb (vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic 6-string guitar, 7-string guitar, resonator guitar, baritone guitar, contra guitar); Dirk Powell (banjo, fretless banjo, mandolin, fiddle, accordion, upright bass); Cedric Watson (fiddle, background vocals); Grant Dermody (harmonica); Danny Devillier (drums, tambourine). Audio Mixer: Michael Bishop .