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Debut album for spectacular vocalist Hope Waits. Born in the Louisiana Delta, her voice was strong from the beginning. She grew up singing in baptist choirs, writing love songs underneath her bed, and learning how to pull a tune out of her bizarre ... Full Descriptionhome l
Personnel: Hope Waits (guitar); Peter Malick (guitars); Phil Parlapiano (accordion); Dave Marsh (clarinet); David Woodford (baritone saxophone); Lee Thornberg (trombone); Marco Godoy (keyboards); Jeff Turmes (bass guitar); Jon Ossman (fretless bass); Butch Norton (drums); Ducky Carlisle (snare drum); Marty Ballou (unknown instrument).
Down Beat (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The enlightened album closer, 'Ignatius,' is its longest and most adventurous song."
Dirty Linen (p.81) - "These musicians shift easily from blues to R&B to jazz to amalgams of all three. This is a disc to be reckoned with." Hide DescriptionPurchase Hope Waits CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | David Bromberg Try Me One More Time CD (2007)
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On his first solo album in nearly two decades, folk guitarist David Bromberg picks up just exactly where he left off. TRY ME ONE MORE TIME is an all-acoustic set of 16 songs, nearly all of them traditional folk and blues tunes, such as the ballad "East Virginia" and the sprightly instrumental showcase "Buck Dancer's Choice." Along with these, Bromberg essays a pair of tunes by Robert Johnson and one each by Blind Willie McTell, Reverend Gary Davis, and ...
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Mavis Staple's 2007 album, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is a stunning achievement from one of soul and gospel's most revered singers. Produced by Ry Cooder, the album is built around freedom songs of the civil rights movement--some are traditional ("Eyes on the Prize"), some are appropriated for the theme ("99 and 1/2"), while others are originals ("I'll Be Rested"). As much a celebration of hard-won freedom as a reminder of past and current injustices, the album features stirring gospel choir vocals from both Ladysmith Black Mombazo and original members of the SNCC Freedom Singers.
Yet the album is first and foremost a platform for Mavis Staples's stirring voice, one that is as much a liberating force as any protest. Cooder, to his credit, keeps things appropriately raw ...
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Hope Waits Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)   Great Vocals
Up and coming star. However most songs sound rather similar. Music is more Norah Jones like than blues.
Submitted by stroink56 (Twin Cities, MN, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Isn't Blind to the Beauty of New Orleans
“Fortune Teller,” the third track from Monroe, Louisiana singer/songwriter Hope Waits’ self-titled debut, tells the tale of going to a palm and/or tarot card reader in Jackson Square for advice and solace. The music, a somber acoustic guitar, swampy accordion and organ, and a wide-open drumbeat, gives a sonic vignette of a hazy, lonely night in the French Quarter.
New Orleans is central to the record. Although Waits rarely references the Crescent City in her lyrics, she weaves the genres that color the city’s musical landscape into the record. Local purists may sneer at this Monroe native who lives and records in Hollywood and her attempts to put out a “New Orleans” record, but Waits silences haters as both she and her backing band effortlessly move from swing to jazz to R&B, blues romps and grainy soul. She creates interesting hybrids out of her jazz, blues and soul influences, so “Get Behind the Mule” rides a disjointed blues groove that recalls another non-native who used New Orleans’ influence to help define his sound, Tom Waits (no relation—I checked).
The album’s closer, “Ignatius,” plays like the beautiful, somber soundtrack to the sunlight peering through the oak trees on St. Charles Avenue. Because she didn’t grow up here, Hope Waits isn’t blind to the beauty of New Orleans the way many natives can be, and she presents fresh interpretations of the city’s musical heritage, filtering it through her vision.
—Rory Callais, OffBeat
Submitted by Joseph (New Orleans, LA, USA)
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