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Keb' Mo' named his 2019 album Oklahoma after the home state of Dara Tucker, the songwriter who co-wrote the title song with the veteran blues troubadour. Until that collaboration, Keb' Mo' planned to make an acoustic album, but "Oklahoma" opened the door to an expansive record that finds space for plenty of cameos (Rosanne Cash, Robert Randolph, and Taj Mahal all make appearances), not to mention understated protest. While the bluesman doesn't disguise his political songs -- the messages of "Put a Woman in Charge" and "Don't Throw It Away" are plain in their titles -- he does wrap them in the same cozy groove that characterizes the rest of the record. This isn't sugarcoating a poison pill so much as it is reflecting the easy, soulful gait Keb' Mo' has at this stage of his career. Keb' Mo' may not move quickly, yet he moves confidently, inhabiting the heartbreak of "This Is My Home" as thoroughly as he does the back-porch stomp of "Ridin' on a Train." While "Ridin' on a Train" isn't the only cut that wears its blues roots proudly -- "I Should've" is a wry catalog of regrets -- much of Oklahoma feels smooth and soulful, a sound that suits Keb' Mo' quite well.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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BILL LABOUNTY, ComposerLyricist - Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Dara Tucker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Beth Nielsen Chapman, ComposerLyricist - John Lewis Parker, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - ROSANNE CASH, FeaturedArtist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Lewis Parker, ComposerLyricist - Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Charles Esten, Composer
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Lewis Parker, ComposerLyricist - Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jenny Yates, ComposerLyricist - Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Alan Wood, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Cliff Goldmacher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Lewis Parker, ComposerLyricist - Colin Linden, Producer, Recording Producer - Kevin Moore, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Robbie Brooks Moore, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Keb' Mo' named his 2019 album Oklahoma after the home state of Dara Tucker, the songwriter who co-wrote the title song with the veteran blues troubadour. Until that collaboration, Keb' Mo' planned to make an acoustic album, but "Oklahoma" opened the door to an expansive record that finds space for plenty of cameos (Rosanne Cash, Robert Randolph, and Taj Mahal all make appearances), not to mention understated protest. While the bluesman doesn't disguise his political songs -- the messages of "Put a Woman in Charge" and "Don't Throw It Away" are plain in their titles -- he does wrap them in the same cozy groove that characterizes the rest of the record. This isn't sugarcoating a poison pill so much as it is reflecting the easy, soulful gait Keb' Mo' has at this stage of his career. Keb' Mo' may not move quickly, yet he moves confidently, inhabiting the heartbreak of "This Is My Home" as thoroughly as he does the back-porch stomp of "Ridin' on a Train." While "Ridin' on a Train" isn't the only cut that wears its blues roots proudly -- "I Should've" is a wry catalog of regrets -- much of Oklahoma feels smooth and soulful, a sound that suits Keb' Mo' quite well.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:34
- Main artists: Keb' Mo'
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Blues
© 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2019 Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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