Description
One of Ken’s deepest and most exciting albums yet. Freedom Blues is steeped in African American blues and gospel music. This recording abounds in glorious vocal harmonies, in the cry of the slide guitar, in the density of complex horn arrangements and the wail of the Hammond organ, all anchored by the heartbeat rhythm of bass and drums. It confronts the social forces of power in our society yet affirms our struggle, individually and collectively, to make the world, and ourselves, better.
Song List:
Bring It All Down, Freedom Blues, Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, Throw Me Anywhere, Omar Khadr’s Blues, Give Your Hands To Struggle, Sewing Machines, Right Here In My Town, Halls of Folsom, That Other Shore, Midnight Special
All songs ©2016 by Ken Whiteley (Pair-a-dice Music / SOCAN) except: Halls of Folsom by Jenny Whiteley; Sewing Machines by Nancy White; Give Your Hands To Struggle by Bernice Reagon
The Musicians:
Ken Whiteley, Ben Whiteley, Bucky Berger, The Fabulous Levy Sisters, Pat Patrick, Richard Underhill, Perry White, Ewan Devitt.
Produced by Ken Whiteley
Engineered by Nicolas Tjelios at Casa Wroxton Studio, Toronto, Ontario
Recorded and mixed January 2016
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montreal, Quebec
Released on Borealis Records BCD242
Photography by Ellen Manney
Art design and illustration by David Wallace
Ken Whiteley proudly uses Elixir strings on all of his many guitars.
