{"id":45713,"date":"2019-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/beyond-the-blue-door\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T00:00:00","slug":"beyond-the-blue-door","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/beyond-the-blue-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond The Blue Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all blues enthusiasts: Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters has returned with a new album.\u00a0<em>Beyond The Blue Door\u00a0<\/em>is a blues tour-de-force that smolders on the slow blues tracks and scintillates on the faster-paced material.<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie Earl, former guitarist for Blues Traveler and four-time Blues Music Award winner, is now three decades into his solo career. The Broadcasters includes keyboardist Dave Limina, drummer Forrest Padgett, bassist Paul Kochanski, and vocalist Diane Blue.<\/p>\n<p>There are three classic soul songs that vocalist Diane Blue gets just right. Add in Earl\u2019s blues guitar runs on \u201cBrand New Me,\u201d \u201cWhy Can\u2019t We Live Together,\u201d and \u201cDrowning In The Sea Of Love,\u201d and you have performances that present a soul and blues fusion at its best.<\/p>\n<p>Many times, simple is best. Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cIt Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry\u201d has been recorded dozens and maybe hundreds of times. Here, it is just Ronnie Earl and guest David Bromberg. It is a raw and basic take on this old song that gives it a new perspective. Possibly the best moments on the album occur on \u201cAlexis\u2019 Song\u201d courtesy of the duet between Earl\u2019s guitar and Greg Piccolo\u2019s tenor saxophone.<\/p>\n<p>Earl, like most elite guitarists, has a sound that is very recognizable. This is very apparent on slower blues numbers \u201cBaby How Long\u201d and \u201cBlues With A Feeling.\u201d The clarity of his impeccable technique is clearly on display.<\/p>\n<p>  A new album by Ronnie Earl is always a cause for celebration.\u00a0<em>Beyond The Blue Door\u00a0<\/em>is one of his most soulful releases. It is modern day blues at its best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":33886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10417],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45713","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-ronnie-earl-and-the-broadcasters","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45713","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=45713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45713"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45713"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}