Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Babajack - The Maker

Styles: Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
Label: Independent
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 95,4 MB
Time: 41:40
Art: full

1. Life Is A Struggle - 5:14
2. Standing On The Corner - 4:04
3. Coming Home - 5:02
4. A Thousand Angels - 3:25
5. Mary - 4:09
6. Daddy's Gone - 4:11
7. Stones In My Shoes - 3:09
8. I Wish - 4:21
9. The Lady baby Stomp - 4:16
10. But I'm Happy - 3:46


Notes: 'The Maker' finds Trevor Steger laying down guitar, dobro, harmonica and vocals and Becky Tate providing drum, percussion, stompbox and vocals; two become one, Steger and Tate are BabaJack! This is a ten track work that's right up there with the best; well crafted songs delivered with complete unity and mutual understanding of exactly what's required to produce the goods. BabaJack absolutely nail it! I reviewed a demo from this duo earlier in the year which showed great potential but possibly also showed a little recording naivety - 'The Maker', however, is well recorded and is blessed with great clarity and just the right balance throughout. BabaJack's 'The Maker' is a little gem in fact!
'The Maker' brings together several facets of roots blues and suggests that BabaJack can be a force to reckoned with on the blues circuit. BabaJack keep it all relatively simple but make the most of their stripped back approach; there's nothing at all showy about BabaJack and their subtle style only emphasises their nicely syncopated way. The songs are nicely crafted and Steger and Tate seem more than a little happy in each others musical company - their strength is in their 'compact' approach and their unified belief in each other - oh, and the fact that they can write, play and sing to a very high standard .
With 'The Maker', BabaJack have seriously impressed me - I already knew that they were capable but 'The Maker' takes BabaJack to the next level and makes them very competitive and majorly saleable. I can only offer praise to this tasty duo and hope that others will see the bigger picture through this excellent album. 'The Maker' by BabaJack puts Steger and Tate fully in the frame - hopefully BabaJack will continue to grow and get themselves on the road with some serious belief in themselves and show that roots blues is fully workable in this stripped down, two 'man' form. Impressive work this from a truly dedicated twosome - and I can't help but feel that this is just the start of much bigger things from the excellent BabaJack.
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Oznake: Babajack, Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk, England