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Bridget Kearney's most lucrative gig is playing bass with the retro-soul band Lake Street Dive, and she's also shown she can make fine music with a personality of its own outside the context of the group. In 2017, Kearney cut a charming solo effort, Won't Let You Down, that revealed she was a fine vocalist, a songwriter with a talent for merging soul, pop, and rock idioms, and could handle guitar, keys, and lead vocals with the same confidence she brought to her bass playing. Kearney is also friends with Benjamin Lazar Davis, who has worked with Okkervil River and Joan as Police Woman and shares her passion for music from West Africa. In 2015, Kearney and Davis traveled to Ghana to record an EP, BAWA, and five years later the two returned to West Africa to make a full-length album, Still Flying. Cut using a makeshift recording setup, Kearney and Davis laid down the basic tracks in Ghana and added overdubs in the United States, and the result is a cross-cultural delight, mixing up African sounds with Western pop, dance, and electronic flavors. If Dirty Projectors confirmed you could blend indie rock and King Sunny Ade and make it work, on Still Flying Kearney and Davis take the idea and run with it, creating music that's adventurous and fun while bouncing back and forth between cool dance beats and the sinewy nexus of rhythm and melody that their collaborators from Ghana brought to the table. Still Flying features crucial contributions from two Ghanaian musicians of note, Stevo Atambire, an expert on the two-string instrument the kologo, and Aaron Bebe Sukura, who plays the gyil, a percussion instrument not unlike the xylophone. The cool surfaces of the keyboards, samples, and percussion loops and the warm, natural tone of Atambire's and Sukura's performances complement one another remarkably well. While this music often revels in the contrasts between the various elements, the mutual respect between the artists is clear, and Kearney, Davis, Atambire, and Sukura remind us that it may be a cliché that music is a universal language, but most clichés get to be that way because they're true, and that's absolutely the case here.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Aaron Bebe Sukura, Xylophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stevo Atambire, Lute, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Banjo, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Kissi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eli Amewode, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stevo Atambire, Lute, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aaron Bebe Sukura, Xylophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stevo Atambire, Lute, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Banjo, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Kissi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eli Amewode, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Somuah, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional (Public Domain), ComposerLyricist - Aaron Bebe Sukura, Xylophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Moog Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Moog Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Electric Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Frank Kissi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eli Amewode, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Somuah, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Calabrese, Percussion, Asst. Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Christina Ruotolo, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Upright Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stevo Atambire, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Stiles, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Christina Ruotolo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, Moog Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stevo Atambire, Lute, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Recording Engineer, Moog Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Kissi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Moog Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Will Graefe, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional (Public Domain), ComposerLyricist - Aaron Bebe Sukura, Xylophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aaron Bebe Sukura, ComposerLyricist - Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Upright Bass, Rhodes , MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stevo Atambire, Lute, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Piano, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eli Amewode, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Somuah, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Christina Ruotolo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aaron Bebe Sukura, Xylophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Moellman, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bridget Kearney, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Lazar Davis, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, Moog Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Colter Harper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Bridget Kearney's most lucrative gig is playing bass with the retro-soul band Lake Street Dive, and she's also shown she can make fine music with a personality of its own outside the context of the group. In 2017, Kearney cut a charming solo effort, Won't Let You Down, that revealed she was a fine vocalist, a songwriter with a talent for merging soul, pop, and rock idioms, and could handle guitar, keys, and lead vocals with the same confidence she brought to her bass playing. Kearney is also friends with Benjamin Lazar Davis, who has worked with Okkervil River and Joan as Police Woman and shares her passion for music from West Africa. In 2015, Kearney and Davis traveled to Ghana to record an EP, BAWA, and five years later the two returned to West Africa to make a full-length album, Still Flying. Cut using a makeshift recording setup, Kearney and Davis laid down the basic tracks in Ghana and added overdubs in the United States, and the result is a cross-cultural delight, mixing up African sounds with Western pop, dance, and electronic flavors. If Dirty Projectors confirmed you could blend indie rock and King Sunny Ade and make it work, on Still Flying Kearney and Davis take the idea and run with it, creating music that's adventurous and fun while bouncing back and forth between cool dance beats and the sinewy nexus of rhythm and melody that their collaborators from Ghana brought to the table. Still Flying features crucial contributions from two Ghanaian musicians of note, Stevo Atambire, an expert on the two-string instrument the kologo, and Aaron Bebe Sukura, who plays the gyil, a percussion instrument not unlike the xylophone. The cool surfaces of the keyboards, samples, and percussion loops and the warm, natural tone of Atambire's and Sukura's performances complement one another remarkably well. While this music often revels in the contrasts between the various elements, the mutual respect between the artists is clear, and Kearney, Davis, Atambire, and Sukura remind us that it may be a cliché that music is a universal language, but most clichés get to be that way because they're true, and that's absolutely the case here.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:32
- Main artists: Bridget Kearney Benjamin Lazar Davis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Forecast
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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