Mavis新作はRy Cooderプロデュース!
Tuesday, March 27th 2007
Stax50周年となる今年、 ディープソウル・ファンなら避けては通れない女性シンガーMavis Staplesが、ニューアルバムをEpitaph傘下のAntiからリリースします。
Mavis Staplesと言えば、ゴスペル・ソウルのファミリーグループStaple Singersのリード・ヴォーカルとして活躍し、そのスピリチュアルでパワフルな歌唱でAretha Franklinと並ぶ女性シンガーとしてソウル・ファンから 絶大な支持を得ています。またStaples時代はBob DylanやStephen Stills等、フォーク系の曲を好んで取り上げていたことでも知られる異色の存在でもあります。また、かのPrinceもMavisの歌声に惚れこみ、89年ペイズリー・パークからアルバムをリリースし高い評価を得ています。
そして2004年、7年ぶりにAlligatorから「Have A Little Faith」を発表しブランクを感じさせぬ熱い歌声を聴かせてくれたMavis。 あれから約3年ぶりとなるニューアルバム「We'll Never Turn Back」は、なんとプロデューサーにあのRy Cooderを迎えて制作です!
しかもバックミュージシャンのラインナップは、Dr Dreや50 Centといったヒップホップ作品からFiona Appleまで手がけるMike Elizondo(Bass、Piano)、ロックファンなら知らない人はいない伝説のドラマーJim Keltner(drums:John Lennon、Steely Dan、Bob Dylan、Eric Clapton...etc.)、Ryの息子Joachim Cooder(percussion)、さらにLadysmith Black Mambazo、Rutha Harris、Charles Neblett、Bettie-Mae Fikesらがバックヴォーカルとして参加。
音を聴いてもらえばわかるように、非常にRy Cooderらしいルーツ・ミュージックをバックにMavisがブルージーに、そしてソウルフルに歌い上げます。 もちろん、Stax全盛期のようなキレのある絶唱を聴くことは出来ませんが、代わりにその皺一本一本に刻み込まれたような重厚さや年齢を重ねた深みのあるヴォーカルを堪能できます。
また、 「We'll Never Turn Back」を聞いていると、あたかも、60年代公民権運動当時、自由を求めてメッセージ色の濃い作品を歌い続けてきたStaplesのドキュメンタリー映画を見ているかのような気持ちになります。 経験した者だけが持つ真実味のあるメッセージ、まさに「We'll Never Turn Back」が込められた作品です。
【トラックリスト】
1 "Down In Mississippi "
2 "Eyes On The Prize"
3 "We Shall Not Be Moved"
4 "In The Mississippi River"
5 "On My Way "
6 "This Little Light Of Mine"
7 "99 And 1/2"
8 "My Own Eyes"
9 "Turn Me Around "
10 "We'll Never Turn Back"
11 "I'll Be Rested "
12 "Jesus Is On The Main Line"
Mavis Comment〜
When we started our family group, The Staple Singers, we started out mostly singing in churches in the south. Pops saw Dr. Martin Luther King speak in 1963 and from there we started to broaden our musical vision beyond just gospel songs. Pops told us, “I like this man. I like his message. And if he can preach it, we can sing it.” So we started to write “freedom songs,” like “Why Am I Treated So Bad,” “When Will We Be Paid for the Work We’ve Done,” “Long Walk to DC,” and many others. Like many in the civil rights movement, we drew on the spirituality and the strength from the church to help gain social justice and to try to achieve equal rights.
We became a major voice for the civil rights movement and hopefully helped to make a difference in this country. It was a difficult and dangerous time (in 1965 we spent a night in jail in West Memphis, Arkansas and I wondered if we’d ever make it out alive) but we felt we needed to stand up and be heard.
So for us, and for many in the civil rights movement, we looked to the church for inner strength and to help make positive changes. And that seems to be missing today. Here it is, 2007, and there are still so many problems and social injustices in the world. Well, I tell you ¬we need a change now more than ever, and I’m turning to the church again for strength.
With this record, I hope to get across the same feeling, the same spirit and the same message as we did with the Staple Singers – and to hopefully continue to make positive changes. We’ve got to keep pushing to make the world a better place. Things are better but we’re not where we need to be and we’ll never turn back. 99 and 1/2 just won’t do!
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