{"id":21384,"date":"2021-08-07T05:30:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=21384"},"modified":"2021-08-02T10:19:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:19:57","slug":"album-review-tia-carroll-you-gotta-have-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/07\/album-review-tia-carroll-you-gotta-have-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Tia Carroll — You Gotta Have It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Soulful and funky are handy adjectives often used to describe above-average blues. And those words deserved to be employed yet again in a review of Tia Carroll\u2019s You Gotta Have It<\/i>. With a smoky, sensual and staggeringly powerful voice, Carroll is the real deal. Her delivery positively exudes well-earned confidence. And the band is so, so good that even an instrumental remix would be worth the listener\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

But that would rob said listener of the emotionally resonant experience of hearing Carroll as she works her way through a well-chosen collection of eleven songs. With note-perfect production by Kid Andersen and Jim Pugh, You Gotta Have It<\/i> displays the best that soul\/blues has to offer: solid songs (including the superb late-night feel of a Carroll cowrite, \u201cEven When I\u2019m Not Alone\u201d). The Sons of the Soul Revivers lend their Dixie Hummingbirds-styled gospel vocal chorus to a few tracks, and Charlie Hunter guests on the opening cut.<\/p>\n

The album traffics in multiple styles. \u201cOur Last Time\u201d is sassy, rollicking uptempo blues. \u201cDon\u2019t Put your Hands On Me\u201d features a breathtaking horn chart and may remind some listeners of \u201cHi Heel Sneakers.\u201d A torchy piano ballad, \u201cNever Let Me Go\u201d has a \u201850s vibe. \u201cLeaving Again\u201d is an exemplar of Bill Withers-styled subtlety. And \u201cMama Told Me\u201d is hard-charging brassy blues with some delightfully skittering piano in the mix.<\/p>\n

In a just world, \u201cReady to Love Again\u201d would be a hit; written by Andersen and his wife Lisa Leuschner, it\u2019s a real winner among a collection without any losers. And after serving up great tune after great tune, the album closes with another sol stirrer, a sublime cover of the Staple Singers\u2019 \u201cWhy Am I Treated So Bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Truth in labeling: You Gotta Have It<\/i> isn\u2019t only the title of Tia Carroll\u2019s new record. It\u2019s also a succinct way to sum up this reviewer\u2019s feeling about it. Quite possibly the finest blues release of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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