{"id":4761,"date":"2010-12-03T10:39:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/?post_type=recordings&#038;p=4761"},"modified":"2021-12-05T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:20:10","slug":"tinted-windows-to-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"recordings","link":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/recordings\/tinted-windows-to-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinted Windows To the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAt first I thought &#8211; Sweet, a converted blue-eyed souler proclaiming his authenticity. Wrong. Thankfully, Ray Bs got his own bag. Vocally, he s drunk deep from the Bill Withers-Pops Staples well understated (and underrated). Song-wise, hes kinda Mayfield, kinda old Nashville, kinda Gamble &amp; Huff, kinda his own deal. There s also this subtle sense of classic reggae percolating in the production. This gives it a much different slant than retro stars Sharon Jones, James Hunter, and Amy Winehouse. The clever use of horns and MPC loops adds cool neo-soul flourishes. My faves are: &#8216;Carolee&#8217; and &#8216;Classified,&#8217; a dense, funky, stonewall to a nosy ex-lover. I was intrigued by the protest song in reverse, Deportation Day, and loved the spooky, visceral Race with the Devil. Overall this CD is a shining jewel from out of left field.\u201d -Joe Robbie Luke &#8211; The Roots &amp; Funky Numbers<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one far out, fascinating soul record retro &amp; mod, pretty &amp; gritty, subtle &amp; cinematic.\u201d <em>-Sweet Marie Kelly &#8211; Van Buren Record Review<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAt first I thought &#8211; Sweet, a converted blue-eyed souler proclaiming his authenticity. Wrong. Thankfully, Ray Bs got his own bag. Vocally, he s drunk deep from the Bill Withers-Pops Staples well understated (and underrated). Song-wise, hes kinda Mayfield, kinda old Nashville, kinda Gamble &amp; Huff, kinda his own deal. There s also this subtle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":133,"template":"","format":"standard","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recordings\/4761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recordings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recordings"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ray-barnard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}