I stay backlogged in my listening, so pardon my late pass on Kings Go Forth’s The Outsiders Are Back. When I finally got around to listening, I immediately hit LC off with a hundred apologies for not having taken heed to her earlier recommendation. Read the rest of this entry »

If this song were wine it would need to breathe for hours after you uncorked it. It would need time to settle on your eardrums and brainwaves before you could pick out the intricacies of its flavor. And oh does it ever have flavor.

Kings Go Forth is deeply rooted in the greats: overriding tones of Curtis, an earthy start with Isaac and a clean finish with Marvin. What’s the vintage? Oh, I’d say a 1970, ’71 California blend. Ah but no, we’re talking about Read the rest of this entry »