Nashville - Solomon Burke Album Review
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Album Review
Dutch producer Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, provided Solomon Burke with his only UK single chart entry, a lowly positioned (no.63 for one week) with Catch Up To My Step in 2003. Back in the 60s the enormous 66 year old was a pioneer of soul music, though ironically it was a country and western single, Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms ) that brought his first American hit in 1961. Now Burke reckons, “There’s a revival in my soul that’s called Nashville.” Produced at Buddy Miller’s home studio in Tennessee with country buddies, Dolly Parton, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris and Patty Loveless, Burke the father of 21 children and 70 grandchildren has returned to his latent love affair – country music. Though his voice is definitely unsuitable in places on this album of covers by Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Don Williams et al, it has an undeniable charm where the musicians have created the Nashville spirit. Burke is at his best with the gospel-tinged belters – full of gusto and pathos on Seems Like You’re Gonna Take Me Back, Springsteen’s Ain’t Got You.
His duets – Tomorrow Is Forever and We’re Gonna Hold On are given added countrification by some rootsy touches by Parton and Emmylou Harris’ country lilts.
Atta Way To Go, with lush blues-harp, pedal steel guitar and banjo make up for Burke’s lack-lustre delivery, though he’s back on form on swinging You’re The Kind Of Trouble.
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