FreeWorld “What It Is”

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    Artista / Grupo: FreeWorld

    Álbum: What It Is

    Discográfica: Swirldisc / Blind Raccoon

    Año publicación: 2017

    Fecha crítica: 3/2018

    Valoración: GREAT

To celebrate their 30 anniversary, FreeWorld publishes now an excellent album recorded in the famous Ardent Studios in Memphis FreeWorld is an essential attractive group of the entertaining Memphis scene, which have given them the opportunity of sharing stage with such high quality artists like Levon Helm, Billy Preston, Dereck Trucks, Hot Tuna, Los Lobos, Dr John, James Cotton, Jimmie Vaughan, Susan Tedeschi and many more great ones The age of current eight band members ranges from 20 years of his youngest member to eighty-seven years of legendary sax player Dr Herman Green (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, BB King, Lionel Hampton, Bob Weir…) The eleven songs included in the album reflect an interesting mixture of their many, varied and diverse influences ranging from Booker T & the MG’s to John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Steely Dan or The Meters All these and some more can be found in the recording, which gives as a result an amazing variety of colours and textures Nevertheless, the album has a departure point and a thread that runs with a perfect coordination and an outstanding musical quality that will pleasantly surprise most listeners



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