As a fan of Robert Cray myself, it's hard for me to judge his new release from the little bits and pieces of clips presented here. Mr. Meister tells us that he felt Cray's new 'non-blues' style (my term for a lack of a better one), and messages in his songs unconvincing. Not to meddle with his opinions, but maybe Cray's intention was to expand to a new listener base. Of course that's just speculation from my part. Artists have a tough time stepping out their role as the spokesperson of the style they've been identified with, but I guess my angle on this is that Cray is bold enough to risk that, and encounter new territorry. There're always room for more blues album in the years to come.
Review of Blues File: review Robert Cray album "Twenty"
Emon Hassan
Posted on May 21, 2005 at 09:24 AM
As a fan of Robert Cray myself, it's hard for me to judge his new release from the little bits and pieces of clips presented here. Mr. Meister tells us that he felt Cray's new 'non-blues' style (my term for a lack of a better one), and messages in his songs unconvincing. Not to meddle with his opinions, but maybe Cray's intention was to expand to a new listener base. Of course that's just speculation from my part. Artists have a tough time stepping out their role as the spokesperson of the style they've been identified with, but I guess my angle on this is that Cray is bold enough to risk that, and encounter new territorry. There're always room for more blues album in the years to come.