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ALBUM review: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The Lion the Beast the Beat
Album in stores now.
Having seen alternative rocker Grace Potter jam out with Daryl Hall on Live from Daryl’s House earlier this year and most recently on VH1’s Storytellers and Good Morning America, hearing The Lion the Beast the Beat was a must for me.
Based in Vermont, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ fourth album is an amalgam of “big riffs and bellowing vocals”—basically, an eclectic project with no specific genre in mind. However, The Lion does stay somewhere along the pop-rock-country lane.
Potter, a multi-instrumentalist, has large vocal abilities and an almost cult following, so one does feel the tug of commercial success calling. Standout moments include “Never Go Back” and “Timekeeper” for their transparency. (original review at SSNYC)
Meshell Ndegeocello set to release Nina Simone tribute album; tracklist included
Releases October 9, 2012
Meshell Ndegeocello will be releasing Pour Une Ame Souveraine (“For a Sovereign Soul”), an album dedicated to the late Nina Simone, on October 9. In a statement on alternative music site afropunk.com, the singer-songwriter and bassist says, “ She had things to say, she protested. She was a loud, proud black, female voice during a time when black female voices were not encouraged to make themselves heard”.
If lead single “Be My Husband” featuring newcomer Valerie June is any indication of the sound of the project, it should be quite the sound experience. With appearances by Toshi Reagan, Sinead O’Connor, Lizz Wright and Cody ChestNuTT, I’m definitely looking forward to it. “Be My Husband” can be heard now via NPR.
Tracklist:
1. “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
2. “Suzanne”
3. “Real Real” feat. Toshi Reagon
4. “House of the Rising Sun” feat. Toshi Reagon
5. “Turn Me On”
6. “Feelin’ Good”
7. “Don’t Take All Night” feat. Sinead O’Connor
8. “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” feat. Lizz Wright
9. “Be My Husband” feat. Valerie June
10. “Black is the Color of My True Loves Hair” feat. Valerie June
11. “See Line Woman” feat. Tracy Wannomae
12. “Either Way I Lose”
13. “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” feat. Cody ChesnuTT
14. “Four Women”
