June 2008
JuneJun 30 Monday 08
"Soul Science" in Mix Magazine: "a hybrid sound sparking with roots blues"
JULDEH CAMARA
AND JUSTIN ADAMS
"SOUL SCIENCE"
(World Village)
Justin Adams, guitarist for Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, teams with Juldeh Camara, Gambian singer and ritti (traditional one-stringed fiddle) virtuoso. The two, along with a rock rhythm section, …
JuneJun 20 Friday 08
"Soul Science" in Common Ground: "a rugged, raw delight"
Soul Science
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
(World Village)
"The man behind some of the most intriguing international music releases of recent years -- including efforts by Tuareg group, Tinariwen and French globetrotters Lo'Jo -- guitarist/producer Justin Adams …
JuneJun 19 Thursday 08
Justin Adams in The Argus
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, June 19
By Warren Pegg
"I think the way to look at it is musicians have always listened to other kinds of music," says Afro-blues guitarist Justin Adams. "There's never been a time when people have …
JuneJun 18 Wednesday 08
"Soul Science" on NPR's Morning Edition
A track from Soul Science was played this morning (June 18th) on NPR's Morning Edition, Music Interludes:
MUSIC INTERLUDES
'We Wairi Bainguray Am [I Miss My Family]'
Listen Now [30 sec]
Artist: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
Composer: …
JuneJun 17 Tuesday 08
"Soul Science" in The Beat: "revved-up, super-charged, rockified"
"You'll find a revved-up, super-charged, rockified approach to West African desert blues on Soul Science (WorldVillage)...It sounds more like the music of northern Mali overheated to a high sizzle, a half-invented, half-folk-based crazy genre for global nomads. …
JuneJun 11 Wednesday 08
WNYC CD of the Week "Soul Science"
Soul Science is a WNYC CD of the Week today:
"Rock'n'roll pioneer Bo Diddley died last week, but the beat he created lives on. The latest musicians to re-invigorate it are British guitarist and producer Justin Adams and Gambian fiddle player Juldeh Camara. Adams …
JuneJun 9 Monday 08
Global Rhythm feature & interview!
Justin Adams will be featured in the July issue of Global Rhythm magazine! Adams is also quoted in an article about African music in the current Christian Science Monitor.
"On Soul Science [Adams] teams with Gambian vocalist and ritti (single-stringed fiddle) …
JuneJun 5 Thursday 08
"Soul Science" on John Schaefer's WNYC Soundcheck
Soul Science tracks included on "New Sounds" on WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer on May 12th. You can listen to the show here.
For this New Sounds, there's world music from Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara's record "Soul Science," along with something from …
JuneJun 4 Wednesday 08
R.I.P. Bo Diddley! His Influence Lives On
Legendary blues musician Bo Diddley passed away this week at age 79. Known for creating the "Bo Diddley beat", which applied the Cuban clavé beat to the electric guitar, Diddley wrote his songs around driving rhythms, with few chord changes, a style often …
JuneJun 3 Tuesday 08
Blog Critics review "this amazing record"
"One of my favorite current CDs is the newest release from guitarist Justin Adams, Soul Science...
Justin's an amazing rock/blues guitarist who's time spent immersed in the music of Algeria, Morocco and Mali, blended with Camara's own roots has created this …