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	Ken Whiteley "The title song on Ken Whiteley's latest album is an infectious gospel number featuring four part vocal harmonies and the pedal steel of Chuck Campbell of the Campbell Brothers of sacred steel fame. Listening is also an apt title for the album as, track to track, Whiteley demonstrates that he has, indeed, been listening to all kinds of music and integrating the influences into his own original songs. Stylistically, these songs range from Dixieland to blues, from R&B to world beat, from gospel to jazz and folk, sometimes combining more than one style in a particular song, as in "Falling Snow," a gentle jazz tune featuring a Celtic harp accompaniment. Whiteley's messages are positive throughout the album. "Bird, Mole, Flower" is a paean to personal growth that uses nature's images of flying, digging and blooming as metaphors for perpetual self-discovery. The song has Whiteley's mandolin and Ernie Tollar's soprano sax soaring over Middle Eastern rhythms laid down by percussionist Ben Grossman. "Candlelight," which ends the album, is a quiet, jazz tune that pays tribute to the continuity of a love that, at the end of the day, one knows will be there tomorrow. The only non-original song on the album is a rousing a cappella version of "Woke Up This Morning" that kick starts the CD." -Sing Out! Spring 2001
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