Browse the soul websites and drop in to to a few of the extra up entrance soul stations and likelihood is you’ll come throughout/ point out/hear a few new album – ‘Ten Of Diamonds’ from GLOW. Astute analysis reveals that GLOW is not a band or artist; reasonably it is an acronym for GIFTED LEAGUE OF WRITERS. The challenge is the brainchild of producer DAWN McGHEE who commissioned a few of her favorite musicians to jot down some new music. Then she paired that music with specific lyricists after which recorded the music. Her template for this was the way in which Motown labored with their famed “Company”. Amongst the writers, lyricists and artists on the 12 tracker that’s ‘Ten Of Diamonds’ are Bobby Sparks, Gino Lockhart, Ernie G, Omar, Cymphony Jaxon and Honey Larochelle.
The GLOW folks describe their music as “an beautiful mixing of Jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Rock taking the listener into the depths of soul music. It’s acquainted. It’s futuristic. It’s unapologetically pure”. Yep, it’s simply that – cross style, extremely up to date and envelope pushing. To place it into, possibly, a extra particular musical context, the sound is mostly downbeat – in locations it jogs my memory of neo-soul; elsewhere I am listening to the affect of Teddy Riley and Blackstreet. Hear that neo-soul sound at its greatest on the semi-spoken, early Jill Scott sounding ‘Sister Xoxo (Prelude)’ or ‘Let’s Make Music’. Whereas in the event you’re craving for the nice days of Blackstreet, strive the opener ‘Finest Of Me’ or ‘Smile Once more’.
Elsewhere? Properly, every kind of every little thing. Omar is on the mic for ‘Give Myself To You’ (sometimes Omar) and in honesty I did not join with the rocky, explosive nearer ‘Beginning’. I do not suppose any soul fan would join with its excesses. Nonetheless if you wish to examine, the album (excesses and all) is out now.