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arts ^ entertainment Martin Luther Rebel Soul Music by Chris Warren Chris Warren is a free lance writer from Mooresville, NC. The second album from inde pendent artist Martin Luther, Rebel Soul Music, hearkens a deeper sense of soul than most artists in his genre. Imagine if the vocal stylings of Luther Vandross had been backed by Jimi Hendrix, or if Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye had jammed with Funk- adelic. Self produced and written almost entirely by Luther, Rebel Soul Music has everything that any music fan could enjoy. If you want smooth R&B, sample the leadoff trio of tracks Heartwood EP no1 by Nathan Thomas Following in the trend-laced footsteps of bands like Copeland, Mae, Something Corporate, and Two Thirty Eight comes the Charlotte-based band Heartwood. They fill their predecessors foot steps through catchy vocal melo dies and interesting syncopated drum hits. Heartwood leads its listeners to a world where the rules and cliches of music are thrown out the window and recre ated in 5-minute anthems of love and loss. Though the songs don’t have the song formula of verse, choms, Heartwood still keeps its listen ers attention by Andy Hoffman’s smartly written drum parts in which he utilizes rims of drums and bells of cymbals; Carter Owen’s subtle and tasteful key board parts, Nathan Yost’s guitar riffs, which set off his upper register plea, and Daniel Owen’s finger and pick style bass tones that complement each songs sound. The highlight of their debut CD, EP no 1, is definitely the production on “Silence” which isn’t present until this, the last song on the CD. By using bells, reverb, reversed snare hits, and other production tricks. Heart- Getting Started ^ ^ ^Watercolor PasieL ^LUn jiit. Candbcape. Marketing four Art ^ TT >^ed>\^iA Nature PAINTING JcurjutOnj HrawinM Digital Photography ^ 2 Hour Seminars, Starry Night Art Shop, $10.00 per person May-August, 2005, \vww^starr>Tiightait.com for schedule or call 669-5396 “Daily Bread”, “Home” and’ Rise.” If you fee! like a little bit of rock, listen to the pounding rhythms of the next two songs “Sleep Walking” and “Growing Pains.” Neo-soul grooves make their way onto the “Liquid Sun shine” and “Tmth or Dare.” “The I.R.S.” starts with a soft piano intro before hitting the listener with a guitar lick that sounds as if the ghost of Eddie Hazel (of Funkadelic fame) had saved a little piece from the infa mous “Maggot Brain” instrumen tal. Title track “Rebel Soul Music” would make Andi'e 3000 proud with a thump ing drumbeat reminiscent of “HeyYa.” “Prodigal Son” blends beat poetry with samples from Luther’s father, elec tronic blips and scathing guitars, kind of a new age version of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground.” Fans of the above mentioned artists please take note: Martin reckoned with.... so, let your ears Luther is a musical force to be embrace this sonic beauty. wood emphasizes, “There are no words to say. Silence has become our voice,” and the listener is left still, quiet, reflective and tacit. Yost is the tour guide through out the journey and leads the listener song to song with his fal setto, interweaving each track into a magnificent whirlwind of emo tion-filled songs. As Heartwood’s sound evolves and their songwrit ing craft becomes concrete, they will soon be leading the way for their comparable predecessors to try to keep up with and recreate. open early and late > free high-speed wireless internet access > espresso beverages > fair-trade coffees > smoothies >hon»«d.pa»,i., get you some. Vbted’Best Coffeehou:^ inyVNa' 221 west state street > black mountain > 828.669.0999 April. 22 2005, Page 5 The Whetstone
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