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 Ruth
NEW MOON JELLY ROLL FREEDOM ROCKERS
VOLUME ONE
TAB BENOIT WITH LOUISIANA'S LEROUX
NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE
BRYAN LEE
SIX STRING THERAPY
VARIOUS
Louisiana Swamp Stomp
CHRIS WATSON BAND
Pleasure and Pain
BETTE SMITH
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE BETTE
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