Ain\u2019t no Reverend like the Reverend Freakchild.<\/p>\n
The good Reverend has returned with another album of the blues from his own somewhat warped and irreverent perspective. I don\u2019t know if there is such a term as psychedelic blues, but\u00a0his new release, Dial It In,<\/em>\u00a0would fit\u00a0that approach.<\/p>\n The only thing\u00a0traditional about his new album is in his use of a number of mainstream musicians on a number of tracks. Guitarist Mark Karan (Bob Weir), harmonica player Garrett Dutton (G Love and Special Sauce), pianist Brian Mitchell (BB King), and\u00a0saxophonist Jay Collins (Greg Allman) all bring a little sanity to the good Reverend\u2019s vision of music.<\/p>\n While Freakchild may travel a different path, he is grounded in the blues.<\/p>\n The three cover tunes all move in different directions. Dylan\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Alright Ma (I\u2019m Only Bleeding)\u201d is a fusion of jazz and blues. Depeche Mode\u2019s \u201cPersonal Jesus (On The Mainline)\u201d is stripped to basics and reemerges as a stark blues tune. \u201cSoul Of A Man\u201d is a rare emotional moment from the Reverend as he pays homage to the bluesman, Blind Willie Johnson.<\/p>\n \u201cOpus Earth\u201d and \u201cOpus Space,\u201d which bookend the album, combine with \u201cRoadtrance,\u201d \u201cDamaged Souls,\u201d and \u201c15 Going On 50\u201d to present Freakchild\u2019s own eclectic view of the world around him.<\/p>\n Dial It In <\/em>(and Reverend Freakchild himself) requires some getting used to, but his passion for the blues shines through. It may not be music for everyone but if you want a different experience, then this may be an album to try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":33447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10149],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45265","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-reverend-freakchild","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45265"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45265"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}