Benjamin Booker: Witness (ATO, 2017)
This is a really good album for cubicle dwellers. Nothing particularly surprising in the sounds and the lyrics but it’s a fresh blend of sounds. The first tune, Right on You, is my favorite tune on the record (clipped below) so though while the rest of the album unfolds at a less rocking tempo it is the best showcase of Booker’s guitar playing and his raspy voice.
There is some politics in here but not overtly so, it’s mostly a collection of blues inflected rock with updated indie sounds.
I’m a big fan of mixtures of African-American musical influences and white people music and Booker does a really good job blending the two into his own thing.
Deep In the Music 