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For his tenth album in 15 years, Chicago singer-guitarist Moss continues his project of moving house from blues alley into a more diverse neighbourhood, where the music coming

The only trace of older-times blues here is Son House’s Death Letter, rendered as a rock-blues workout with little left of House’s melody. The rest is a stew of soul, blues-soul and blues-rock, the vocals divided between Moss and rhythm guitarist Michael Ledbetter (a descendant of Leadbelly), who brings a polished voice to the soul ballad I Want The World To Know and the Faces’ Bad ‘n’ Ruin. As always, the ensemble playing is tight, impeccably so in the funky closer (Big Mike’s) Sweet Potato Pie.

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A music historian and critic, Tony Russell has written about blues, country, jazz and other American musics for MOJO, The Guardian and many specialist magazines. He has also acted as a consultant on several TV documentaries, and been nominated for a Grammy three times for his authorship (with Ted Olson) of the books accompanying the Bear Family boxed sets. He is the author of Blacks, Whites and Blues (1970), The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray (1997) and Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost (2007).