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Ohio Players

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The celebratory, joyful ‘Beautiful People (Stay High)’ is one of several songs on the duo's 12th album that feature collaborations between the b...
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Dropout Boogie

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this album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio basements.
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El Camino (10th Anniversary Edition)

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the duo have really gone to town with the 10th anniversary celebration of their landmark 7th album.
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Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition)

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The Black Keys release Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition), an expanded version of their watershed 2010 multi-platinum, Grammy-winning sixth studio...
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Turn Blue

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moving away from their traditional raw blues-rock style toward a looser, smoother sound influenced by psychedelic soul, the 8th full length album from Dan Auerb...
delta kream
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  1. Crawling Kingsnake
  2. Louise
  3. Poor Boy a Long Way From Home
  4. Stay All Night
  5. Going Down South
  6. Coal Black Mattie
  7. Do the Romp
  8. Sad Days, Lonely Nights
  9. Walk with Me
  10. Mellow Peaches
  11. Come on and Go with Me

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delta kream

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    Released: 14th May 2021

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Pivoting away from the full throttle rock of their previous album, ‘delta kream’ primarily has eyes for old school blues rock, and this loosening of their sound suits them beautifully.

The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream, via Nonesuch Records. The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded Delta Kream at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville; they were joined by musicians Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, long-time members of the bands of blues legends including R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. The album takes its name from William Eggleston’s iconic Mississippi photograph that is on its cover. Auerbach says of the album, “We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.” Carney concurs, “The session was planned only days in advance and nothing was rehearsed. We recorded the entire album in about ten hours, over two afternoons, at the end of the “Let’s Rock” tour.” Auerbach says of Delta Kream’s first single ‘Crawling Kingsnake’: “I first heard [John Lee] Hooker’s version in high school. My uncle Tim would have given me that record. But our version is definitely Junior Kimbrough’s take on it. It’s almost a disco riff!” Carney adds, "We fell into this drum intro; it's kind of accidental. The ultimate goal was to highlight the interplay between the guitars. My role with Eric was to create a deeper groove." The music from northern Mississippi, which came to life in juke joints, has long left an imprint on the band’s music, from their cover of R.L. Burnide’s ‘Busted’ and Junior Kimbrough’s ‘Do The Romp’ on their debut album, The Big Come Up; to their subsequent signing to Fat Possum Records, home to many of their musical heroes; and to their EP of Junior Kimbrough covers, Chulahoma.