Keb’ Mo’ – ‘Good To Be’ [Album Review]

Blues suffers from the awful (and usually erroneous) perception that listening to it, well, gives you the blues. Good To Be, the latest record from five-time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Kevin Moore, better known to the world as Keb’ Mo’ (at least since 1994, when he adopted this moniker over his birth name), effortlessly dispels this misconception with a selection of songs about life, belonging and rediscovery of the true meaning of “home.” What really shines through on this record, is that home is more than a place: recorded between the two vastly different environments of Compton and Nashville, both lend their own flavour to the proceedings. The authenticity of Compton’s streets is reflected in the no-nonsense and easily relatable lyrical content, but the dash of country ambiance th...

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