| Several  years in the making, this is Eric Bibb’s most innovative  recording to date and the best album ever released by  Dixiefrog over the course of 27 years. The producer,  Glen Scott, who Eric calls “a kindred soul”, comes from  a tradition of Gospel and Black heritage music.  Through this collaboration Eric has further expanded  his soulful, gospel-infused folk blues palette to include new  flavors and sounds. “This  project”, said Eric, “is about compassion and doing the right thing. The more I  collected songs, the more I realized that there is an underlying theme  throughout my repertoire. It has to do with looking at the world, looking at the  trouble in the world, and wanting to say something about it”. David  Evans, noted blues scholar from Memphis (TN), ethnomusicologist and  musician wrote about this album:
 “Eric has a  great, expressive voice, very much his own, and a unique guitar  style, full, bluesy, but with unusual harmonies.
 He combines  blues, gospel and folk influences with a modern sensibility, sounding  young and strong, yet wise and experienced. The songwriting makes an  impact with uplifting, positive messages. Every song is a mini-drama  that holds the listener’s attention. This album is directed not only to  Black America but to the world, from someone who has seen a lot of the  world and can preach from that perspective”.
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