With 2003's Don't Give Up On Me, an album of unique song contributions from some of the greatest living songwriters, soul veteran Solomon Burke made a remarkable comeback. The follow-up Make Do With What You Got (2005) had a similar concept but was less impressive. With Nashville, Burke shifts the musical course to country & western, the genre he once embraced as the first black singer with the
… single Just Out Of Reach (1960). Recording an album with only country songs was therefore no more than a logical step for the singer, who found in Buddy Miller the ideal producer. Miller, one of the key figures of today's American roots and country scene, brought Burke into contact with celebrities such as Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin. For the first time in his career, Burke ventured into a few duets. That alone makes Nashville a special record. And we're not even talking about the beautiful tearjerker Atta Way To Go and the modest closing track 'Till I Get It Right. (MS)more
