Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

This is a world music album. The sound they produce is very much influences by a diverse selection of sounds from folk, Asian, blues, country and rock. Quite a mixture, eh? But then Cordola seems to be making a virtue of genre hopping as his last couple of projects have been jazz blues so at least he's keeping himself interested. But will this latest effort inspire you to write home? Not convinced is the verdict here! Okay, so there's an acoustic cover version of a Black Sabbath song "War Pigs" to open up. Erm, well, that's certainly interesting, Lanny! (I even got the musical joke with the chimes and the Paranoid riff.) Then there's a version of Mr Marley's "Redemption Song" which is nearly a copycat of the original and not very interesting! Then there are four Cordola originals tackling poverty, homelessness and alcoholism. The idea being that if we focus on the dirt of human existence we appreciate more of God. In the sleeve notes the band suggest that the songs are "six messages, in them find what you will." Unfortunately, I found a Paul Daniels' style "not a lot". This is excellent music but a pretentious idea!

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