Fans of the style and of Buddy Guy himself won’t be disappointed with this record, but it also holds few surprises.
Mick Jagger swaggers in his guest appearance on “You Did The Crime,” a nice, smooth slab of slow electric blues, while his band mate Keith Richards teams up with Buddy and Jeff Beck on the somehow even smoother ode, “Cognac.” The whole record is chock full of Buddy Guy’s signature storytelling style and cool electric blues, but the record is not without its somber and reflective moments. “Blues Is Alive and Well” is the man’s 18th solo record, and he brings along some appearances from other blues royalty to sweeten the deal even further. Even with that combination, we get a subdued Christina who is content to be more vibe-y and sit in the groove of the beat.īuddy Guy, “Blues is Alive and Well”Blues music has its fair share of prolific artists, but if we were to have a conversation about the greatest of the greats, Buddy Guy would certainly be in the running. And then we get tracks like “Accelerate,” with 2 Chainz and Ty Dollar $ign, and produced by Kanye West. The majority of the record is heavy with pianos and strings, focusing on slow ballads rather than the bombastic pop songs or the slick with sex appeal style of her more popular work. The inspiration behind the record is evident from the title, with Aguilera exploring and harnessing the waves of various female empowerment movements and political agitation into an album that, while somewhat low energy, does well to show her strengths as a vocalist and a songwriter. June 14 Christina Aguilera, “Liberation”One of the queens of pop music has returned for her first album in six years.
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