"Soul Science is what happens when you mix a British electric blues guitar dude, best known for pop/rock work with Robert Plant's post-Led Zep solo band, with a Gambian riti (one-string fiddle) hotshot who's a griot from Africa but clearly conversant with mainstream Western tunes. Unobtrusive bass and percussion fills in the picture. The vibe is African, yet the supporting undercurrent is easily accessible Western-familiar pop blues. Nice stuff, well worth a listen...

One thing I can certainly say about the fusion of Soul Science is that these guys clearly know their stuff. So often, the difference between making this kind of thing work and falling disastrously on your face is how well the musicians appreciate the musical traditions they're melding together. It's beautifully obvious that Adams and Camara know whereof they jam, with deep roots in their various musical cultures.

I had a great time teasing apart the various influences that Adams and Camara draw on. The Soul Science schtick is that Adams backs up Camara's African framework with his encyclopedic familiarity with the full range of Western urban blues. It's fun seeing what pops up. For example, just try listening to their tune Naafigi without being reminded of the blues classic Baby Please Don't Go. Another example is Adams' brilliant backing of Yo Ta Kaaya with the kind of guitar riffing Bo Diddley made famous. It comes off kind of like Buddy Holly singing Not Fade Away in Mandinkan. Wild stuff...

Adams' brilliant blues-infused guitar, and Camara's rifti riffs often hauntingly reminiscent of Papa John Creech wailing with the Airplane, have together created something unique and really quite lovely...check these guys out. Good stuff." Barry Smiler (link)

"This album crosses continents and time like humanity was still walking among the mountains of Panea, making devotional tunes for the dark and vast waters beyond." - Derek Beres