Eric Bibb – Global Griot
Label: Stony Plain Records
On the heels of Eric Bibb’s Grammy nominated Migration Blues comes his most ambitious project to date, which, considering the artist in question, is saying a lot. Here’s yet another artist attempting to make sense of the supposedly turbulent times we’re living in (as if that’s anything new), with songs that tackle the current state of affairs in the world, peppered with socio/political commentary, including our desire for conspicuous consumption (“We Don’t Care,” the album’s first single). The music itself sounds a whole lot better than any description of it. On Global Griot, Eric Bibb’s new 2-CD set, he adapts the West African oral storytelling tradition with his own background of blues, folk and world music to create a collection of insightful and inspiring grooves. Where else do Pre-war blues mixed with West African rhythms find such contemporary relevance, and weave such a beautiful spell?
Track Listing, Act One:
Gathering of the Tribes – featuring Solo Cissokho
Wherza Money At
Human River
What’s He Gonna Say Today
Brazos River Blues
We Don’t Care – featuring Habib Koité
Black, Brown & White
Listen for the Spirit
Hoist up the Banner
Mami Wata / Sebastian’s Tune – featuring Habib Koité
Send Me Your Jesus
A Room For You
Remember Family
Act Two:
Race & Equality
Grateful
All Because
Spirit Day – featuring Solo Cissokho
Let God
Last Night I had the Strangest Dream
Picture a New World (instrumental)
New Friends – featuring Linda Tillery
Mole in the Ground
Michael, Row da Boat Ashore
Needed Time
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