Music / soul

Out of the blues


Reviews (2)


American songwriter

d. 25. July 2018

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Hal Horowitz

d. 25. July 2018

"Scaggs shifts into Bobby "Blue" Bland mode on these nine tracks (he also covers two tunes associated with Bland), featuring a sterling backup group of musicians ... the singer uses his relaxed, rolling voice to create a vibrant, predominantly low key groove ... Boz Scaggs at 74 is bookending a remarkable career by reviving a love of the refined soul/blues that began over 50 years ago".


Living blues

2018 August

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Henry L. Carrigan

2018 August

"Out of the Blues, the final album in the unofficial trilogy that includes Memphis and A Fool to Care, showcases Scaggs' dazzling ability to make a song his own with his intuitive guitar stylings and his vocal ingenuity ... Out of the Blues is a highlight in Scaggs' catalog. Scaggs delivers an album filled with elegantly produced arrangements that take the songs to places we might not expect them to go; the musicians build the songs layer by layer, and Scaggs' clear and strong vocals float over the music as the songs sail out of the blues and into our souls".