Willie Salomon “Let Your Light Shine”

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    Artista / Grupo: Willie Salomon

    Álbum: Let Your Light Shine

    Discográfica: Acoustic Music

    Año publicación: 2011

    Fecha crítica: 4/2012

    Valoración: ESSENTIAL

Specialist and great connoisseur of roots music, especially deep rural blues from Afroamerican tradition, although he comes from Ragensburg, Germany, Willie Salomon drives us with this album to a marvelous trip through last century 20’s and 30’s, backed by his voice, his acoustic guitars, a twelve-string guitar, the National Resophonic, piano, mandolin and harmonica, along sixteen songs ranging from Charley Patton, Blind Willie Johnson, Leroy Carr, Josh White, Buddy Boy Hawkins, to extremely deep and beautiful own songs Intense passionate harmonious blues and even exuberant in some cases, but always with the simplicity of the twelve bars, where Willie Salomon brings all his elegance and extreme good taste Music played from the deepest part of his heart with respect and veneration for the old last century blues troubadours, played with old instruments in an elegant performing Willie pays homage playing a lively tribute to the most genuine blues, swing, gospel and ragtime music With artists like Willie Salomon the light of blues will stay alive forever in our hearts



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