Welcome to the new music week. This one is full of '70s flashbacks. Sheryl Crow tries to convince us that she's a '70s Southern soul singer, Marc Cohn channels his inner Cat Stevens, Big Head Todd & the Monsters make us believe we're still living out of a 1970s Vw van, and rapper Rick Ross lays down some tracks that feel like the great '70s soul sides... until you hear the lyrics. Ouch. I don't remember the '70s like that. Skip: Sheryl Crow, "100 Miles From Memphis" Sheryl Crow wants you to know she digs soul music. She's all about peace and love and keeping it groovy in a '70s, "Superfly" kinda way. She's recruited Southern soul musicians and producers Doyle Bramhall II and Justin Stanley to convince you. She's written new songs with funky '70s horn lines to convince you. She...
- 7/20/2010
- by Shawn Amos
- Huffington Post
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