MUSIC
ITS SUMMER….. ITS HOT and I’ve got just the right album to share with you this month. The new masterpiece by Matt Pearce & The Mutiny, The Soul Food Store, it’s a SCORCHER!!
It may sound like a spiritual health store, and actually, it is just that ….good for the soul! Matt Pearce, a Scotsman living in London, produced the album featuring himself as lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He added top London blues scene talent and produced an album which has been described as one of the
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best albums of 2022. The Soul Food Store, released in April, is their second album, and has reached the number one position in the Blues charts with the debut released in 2019, GOTTA GET HOME, reaching number one in the Amazon charts. The album’s release was delayed due to the pandemic; however, the outstanding result
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has received acclaimed reviews and secured a place in the Blues charts. Released into our world at the time when gigs and live music returned to venues and stadiums, it can easily be labelled a celebratory album. It’s an elevating, colourful, energetic crowd pleaser filled with an array of soul, funk, blues, and rock vibes. Its fresh and unique, delivered with a desire to express Matt’s musical knowledge, passion and skill. The album’s blues rock up-tempo opener, ‘Got a thing going on’ is an uplifting song brimming with positive good vibes. It has you moving and grooving before the first chorus and the strong lyrics are a positive lift off to the eleven-track album. The following ten songs pleasantly feature a variety of musical influences including the
