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Each of these three singers --
,
, and
-- has been performing on the gospel music circuit for roughly 50 years. But as
, they're a relatively new act and this is only their second album. Here they go back deep into the roots of modern gospel music, which is to say they go in a variety of directions: strong hints of country music on
a soulful take on the
song
and a brilliantly bluesy rendition of the
classic
There are some weak moments, most of them related to pitch:
's opening solo is a bit flat, as is some of the singing on the trio's otherwise lovely version of the traditional
and, especially, the opening section of
But in most cases the group pushes through those ragged moments and immediately lifts the songs heavenward -- most notably and impressively on the stunningly powerful rendition of
which also features a brilliant slide guitar solo by
. If the pitch problems had been caught and fixed in the studio, this would be a world-class gospel album; as it is, it's merely very, very good. ~ Rick Anderson