RECKONERS

And here's a slightly wonky translation: 

RECKONERS - Reckoners

 

A little soul and a lot of rock'n'roll! The Reckoners are an all-star musical group where some of the best actors of the Boston music scene have decided to spread their artistic word by producing a great album, simply titled Reckoners. 

 

Leading the group is the great Tim Gearan on vocals and guitar, cohabiting with the extraordinary guitarist Johnny Trama (Bettye LaVette). Keeping the rhythm section going are the masterful Tom Arey (Peter Wolf, The J. Geils Band, G. Love) on drums, Marc Hickox (Bettye LaVette, Charlie Musselwhite) on bass and the talented Darby Wolf on keyboards. 

 

Paying homage to the roots of soul and classic rock, their songs and their vibes make you experience something new and original but at the same time familiar. In short, you will have understood that here we are talking about great, great music with echoes of the South and of Muscle Shoals, in the best tradition of the Allmans and in the wake of the Tedeschi-Trucks Band. And Susan Tedeschi is the luxury guest of the opening track Looking For A Reason, full-throttle soul-rock with a spine-chilling intro are given to Wolf's Hammond, a high-school rhythmic base on which Susan's unmistakable voice and guitar, together with Gearan, uphold the honor of southern rock. 

 

Rock-blues for connoisseurs in the following Bring it Down, with electric guitars in top form and a captivating text. Soul and R&B in Woman's Woman, where Gearan's raspy voice becomes the cornerstone of the entire song, while bass and drums hold the sound for a piece from another era. The best ones. The instrumental Bigger Than The Sky is also beautiful, similar to the stylistic figure of certain groups from the Capricorn stable (for example Stillwater or Sea Leavel), and the southern front of a Long Hard Road with something of the most rootsy Skynyrds. 

 

If it is a journey, the train stops in Memphis, with the sublime soul of Last Thing In Sight. The notable background of this supergroup is evident from the continuous variation of genres: listen to Get It Back, up-tempo with a rhythmic base through the roof, 4 electric plucked guitars and the voice of the leader who has fun changing tonality, chasing the organic flow of the profuse notes. Splendid, as is the following Gone Hungry, which is very reminiscent of the everlasting Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd. If Broken Promised Land reminds us how captivating country-rock still is, if done properly, in Kaleidoscopic Love the Reckoners celebrate rock-blues with the whole band on the shields and the sound of the electric distilled in incisive solos. Guitars are also protagonists in the final Come Back Home, another song to frame, between soul and Americana, to remind us how certain music will never die. Remember the Reckoners, They will not disappoint you. - Gianni Beraldo