Keziah Jones Reaches New Heights With Nigerian Wood
02 Sep 2008 11:19 AM / Filed in: Music
It’s only been two days that I added Nigerian Wood, Keziah Jones’ latest release, to my Music collection. And I must admit that I like it very much.
After listening to My Kinda Girl, the single that was released this summer, I was afraid that I wouldn’t enjoy the new album. My Kinda Girl is about a fine tune but not the kind of Music that I really enjoy and that I came to expect from this artist. I really dig his previous release, Black Orpheus. But I put aside my initial worries and bought a ticket for his concert in Olympia, Paris this November. This guy is a real showman as far as I can tell from a DVD of a concert he gave a few years ago in Paris.
Yesterday morning was my first exposure to Nigerian Wood. I listened to it while commuting and I really enjoyed it overall. So far, I dig the following songs: Nigerian Wood (same title as the album and also the opening song, with a wonderful mixture of Funk and Soul), Beautifulblackbutterfly (the drums are really great on this one), In Love Forever (kind of standard Pop-ish Keziah style, so enjoyable), and Long Distance Love (the drums are, again, just perfect and their Hip-hopish beats fits greatly with the otherwise Soulish tone of the song).
If you want to sample these songs, they are available on Deezer:
After listening to My Kinda Girl, the single that was released this summer, I was afraid that I wouldn’t enjoy the new album. My Kinda Girl is about a fine tune but not the kind of Music that I really enjoy and that I came to expect from this artist. I really dig his previous release, Black Orpheus. But I put aside my initial worries and bought a ticket for his concert in Olympia, Paris this November. This guy is a real showman as far as I can tell from a DVD of a concert he gave a few years ago in Paris.
Yesterday morning was my first exposure to Nigerian Wood. I listened to it while commuting and I really enjoyed it overall. So far, I dig the following songs: Nigerian Wood (same title as the album and also the opening song, with a wonderful mixture of Funk and Soul), Beautifulblackbutterfly (the drums are really great on this one), In Love Forever (kind of standard Pop-ish Keziah style, so enjoyable), and Long Distance Love (the drums are, again, just perfect and their Hip-hopish beats fits greatly with the otherwise Soulish tone of the song).
If you want to sample these songs, they are available on Deezer: