Time: 76:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, Rock, Soul
Art: Front
01. The River (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (4:29)
02. Beware (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (3:53)
03. Whiskey Drinking Woman (Live At Better Get Hit Festival, 10.09.22) (6:24)
04. Deaf & Blind (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (7:04)
05. Guide Me Home (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (6:07)
06. I Wish I Could Go Running (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (4:27)
07. Please Watch My Bag (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (8:19)
08. Got To Get Better In A Little While (Live At Better Get Hit Festival, 10.09.22) (5:22)
09. That's How Strong My Love Is (Live At Better Get Hit Festival, 10.09.22) (8:49)
10. The Letter (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (4:01)
11. I Won't Complain (Live At Better Get Hit Festival, 10.09.22) (8:15)
12. Don't Change Horses (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (5:49)
13. Jack In The Box (Live At Culemborg Blues, 27.08.22) (3:05)
A nearly full Volition Live CD includes the best of Harlem Lake songs, recorded at the Culemborg Blues Festival on August 27, 2022 and Better Get Hit Festival on September 10, 2022. Six tracks are from the album "A Fool's Paradise Vol. 1 " from 2021.
Harlem Lake performs in different line-ups. So we hear the band on the present album, among other things, in a ten-piece line-up. Also included among the six cover songs is Barrelhouse's number "Beware" . Other foreign compositions include The Box Tops ' "The Letter" . Joe Cocker was particularly successful with his version of the classic.
Whether original compositions or cover songs, the mix is great fun.
The listening fun begins after the first notes of the opener "The River".
This piece sorts itself into the Blues Rock department. The number comes across with a great sound and already here one of the trademarks of the band becomes clear. A voluminous sound characterizes this song and Sonny Ray van den Berg refines his contribution with a great use of a bottleneck.
In the following "Beware" we experience the combo in full cast with the brass section, so to speak. Hammer! The line-up without the horns is already highly convincing, but what the group with the horns calls up is stunning. What's more, "Beware" is one of the funk numbers on the album. Excellent! Harlem Lake pulls on the handbrake on "Whiskey Drinking Woman." What is definitely preserved is the intensity. This song puts his stamp on Sonny Ray van den Berg with a beautifully relaxed solo. The rocking "Deaf & Blind" feels like the track is over, but we're only halfway there at this point.Jon Lord comes to mind. At just over seven minutes, this song is one of the longest on "Volition Live".
In relation to the length of the songs, we also dedicate to "Please Watch My Bag". This piece impresses with dynamic fluctuations that reach into the balladesque area and once again guitarist Sonny Ray van den Berg shows himself to be downright inventive in his solo fantasies. It's a pleasure to listen to him on his own, subtly framed by drums, bass and keyboards.
In this context the singer Janne Timmer has to be mentioned. Brilliant, how the blues flows through her veins and shapes her vocal cords. Excellent! The rhythm section with bassist Kjelt Ostendorf and Benjamin Torbijn on drums is also great. Both thumps up!
"That's How Strong My Love Is" scratches the nine-minute mark. Only with a little organ accompaniment is Janne Timmer's singing, embedded by a two-piece choir, in the foreground. Goosebumps are the order of the day when the front woman gives in to her emotions and gives everything between a rough voice and gospel. You almost know where the song title comes from. Highlights!
You only have to listen to "The Letter" with its rousing horns and it becomes clear how competently Harlem Lake oscillates between closeness to the original and their own handwriting. The wind solos alone are reason enough to listen to this piece more often. In general, every new run of the album is worthwhile.
"Volition Live" shows Harlem Lake's blues/blues rock at a very high level.
Harlem Lake performs in different line-ups. So we hear the band on the present album, among other things, in a ten-piece line-up. Also included among the six cover songs is Barrelhouse's number "Beware" . Other foreign compositions include The Box Tops ' "The Letter" . Joe Cocker was particularly successful with his version of the classic.
Whether original compositions or cover songs, the mix is great fun.
The listening fun begins after the first notes of the opener "The River".
This piece sorts itself into the Blues Rock department. The number comes across with a great sound and already here one of the trademarks of the band becomes clear. A voluminous sound characterizes this song and Sonny Ray van den Berg refines his contribution with a great use of a bottleneck.
In the following "Beware" we experience the combo in full cast with the brass section, so to speak. Hammer! The line-up without the horns is already highly convincing, but what the group with the horns calls up is stunning. What's more, "Beware" is one of the funk numbers on the album. Excellent! Harlem Lake pulls on the handbrake on "Whiskey Drinking Woman." What is definitely preserved is the intensity. This song puts his stamp on Sonny Ray van den Berg with a beautifully relaxed solo. The rocking "Deaf & Blind" feels like the track is over, but we're only halfway there at this point.Jon Lord comes to mind. At just over seven minutes, this song is one of the longest on "Volition Live".
In relation to the length of the songs, we also dedicate to "Please Watch My Bag". This piece impresses with dynamic fluctuations that reach into the balladesque area and once again guitarist Sonny Ray van den Berg shows himself to be downright inventive in his solo fantasies. It's a pleasure to listen to him on his own, subtly framed by drums, bass and keyboards.
In this context the singer Janne Timmer has to be mentioned. Brilliant, how the blues flows through her veins and shapes her vocal cords. Excellent! The rhythm section with bassist Kjelt Ostendorf and Benjamin Torbijn on drums is also great. Both thumps up!
"That's How Strong My Love Is" scratches the nine-minute mark. Only with a little organ accompaniment is Janne Timmer's singing, embedded by a two-piece choir, in the foreground. Goosebumps are the order of the day when the front woman gives in to her emotions and gives everything between a rough voice and gospel. You almost know where the song title comes from. Highlights!
You only have to listen to "The Letter" with its rousing horns and it becomes clear how competently Harlem Lake oscillates between closeness to the original and their own handwriting. The wind solos alone are reason enough to listen to this piece more often. In general, every new run of the album is worthwhile.
"Volition Live" shows Harlem Lake's blues/blues rock at a very high level.
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