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| Adriana Evans - Walking With The Night - XECD57 |
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Price: £12.99
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Waiting
Suddenly
Midnight
Love Me On The One
Never Thought
Surrender
Astral Projection
Let You Get Away
Sooner or Later
Walking With The Night
Weatherman
El Sol
Set In Stone
Weatherman (12" Version) |
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About this Album
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From the very first sound, the opening drum, bass and tambourine wack at the beginning of track 1 (“Waiting”) you’d be forgiven for thinking the Funk Brother’s were back in the Detroit snakepit. That is until the strings, horns and familiar voice of Adriana Evans soar from the speakers.
Adriana’s back in 2010 with a brand new record, the brilliant “Walking With The Night” (released on Expansion Records), a stylistic return to the authentic soul magic of her critically acclaimed RCA debut, the 1997 Billboard R&B hit “Adriana Evans”.
Once again Evans has teamed up with long-time collaborator, producer and other half, Jonathon “Dred” Scott to create a record of contemporary soul music influenced by the vintage classics of the 60’s through 80’s. Recorded by living, breathing musicians with real instruments; the credits list trumpets, saxophones, flugal horns, flutes, drums, vibes, strings, guitars, keys and bass as being present in the Los Angeles based studio. All complimented by the gorgeous vocals of Adriana herself, daughter of Jazz singer Mary Stallings and god-daughter to jazz saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders.
Standouts include the aforementioned opener “Waiting”, a glorious sweet soul gem with a fatback Motown style beat. The first single “Weatherman”; a “Mr. Big Stuff” influenced feel good pop-soul monster complete with “Shoo-doo’s”, the UK soul crowd will love the classy, sparkling title track “Walking With The Night” and the muted trumpet blown, uptempo dancefloor killer “Surrender” (where Adriana implores you to party like it’s 1979). Another highlight is the beautifully sung, vibes led, Philly soul’ish slowie “Sooner Or Later”, which calms down the bpm’s (if not the heartbeat).
Already destined to be highlighted in the end of year albums honours list, “Walking With The Night” confirms that Adriana Evans is one of the best vocalists of the neo-soul generation. |
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