2009-09-06
Out of Kalamazoo, Funktion offers soul-tinged blues on this, their debut release. Andrew Schrock does a nice job with the vocals, sometimes doing it soulfully, such as on "Hypnotyze" and sometimes doing it hip-hop style, such as on the title track. Horn solos abound, but are kept tastefully short, such as Terrence Massey's trumpet solo on "#4". Funky soul can be had on the track "Funk Spot" and on the slightly slower "Make You See". All in all, this is a fine debut album of dance floor-filling, radio-friendly blues. Rebecca RuthOTIS TAYLOR
Recapturing the Banjo
THE APPLESEED COLLECTIVE
Young Love
DEVON ALLMAN
TURQUOISE
"Big" Al Dorn & The Blues Howlers
They Call Me Big Al
TRACY NELSON
VICITIM OF THE BLUES
THE MIGHTY MOJO PROPHETS
FLYIN' HOME FROM MEMPHIS
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