As Melody Gardot turns 30, she has released what is undoubtedly her most personal album yet. Whilst the American singer’s previous releases have been undoubtedly brilliant, her latest, Currency Of Man, has been written, recorded and mastered in the spirit of Philadelphia, the town in which Gardot grew up and where you can sense a unique, distinct groove.
Melody Gardot is in full soul’n’blues mode here, with plenty of brass but less explicit references than on the excellently-retro My One And Only Thrill or the similarly sublime The Absence, with its bossa, tango and fado touches. The brass may be a slight shock in 2015, but their charm soon takes over. As usual, without ever settling on just one of jazz, soul, blues and pop, Gardot meanders through different musical styles without sacrificing her vocals. On a recent trip to Paris, Melody stopped to by to talk about why her new album is unlike anything she has done before.
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