Kings Go Forth I Dont Love You No More 2010

Kings Go Forth I Don t Love You No More (The Outsiders Are Back LP, Luaka Bop, 2010) The soul revival isn t reviving any careers it s creating them. Older musicians like Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, and Charles Walker were never exactly household names, not even among record collectors, but now they find themselves with more professional potential in front of them than behind them. Since there is little context for these artists, they aren t obliged to sleepwalk through old hits or old routines. Despite the reliance on old sounds, it s all new. It s an exciting moment for soul music, as albums by Jones, Fields, Walker s the Dynamites, and now Kings Go Forth indicate these older musicians are taking nothing for granted, which lends their music an urgency that transcends mere revivalism. The musician known as Black Wolf wasn t well known outside the world of cratediggers and soul enthusiasts when he struck up a conversation with Andy Noble, owner of Lotus Records i br, br,