Nakia - Blues Grifter (2018)

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A matter of voice

Raised in Alabama, living in Austin, built like a wrestler, gifted with powerful vocal genes, Nakia Reynoso was a semi-finalist of the singing reality show contest “The Voice” in 2011. Immediately you worry ! At the same time, as his album is labeled as blues, curiosity gets hold of you. So you play it, just a bit, to check if it's true…

And, surprise !, what you hear is blues indeed, a heavily soul-infused blues sung with a powerful gravel-textured voice backed by a nice little band, the Blues Grifters, featuring a skilled guitarist named Mac MacNabb.
“I wanted this album to be a homage to the great blues artists who inspired me", he explained, and that's exactly what it is, an exciting collection of horn-filled R'n'B-flavored covers.