{"product_id":"curtis-harding_soul-power_2015_pia","title":"Soul Power","description":"Curtis Harding's debut album is finally being released in Europe. Discover an exceptional new talent that will undoubtedly make its mark in 2015.\n\n\"Soul Power spans a spectrum from soul – proto-disco rhythms, Larry Graham-esque bass lines, Gospel phrasing – to raw rock'n'roll, with a certain cool nonchalance very 2014\" - The New York Times\n\nFor CURTIS HARDING, Soul music, and his music, need no introduction. This is strikingly evident to anyone who listens to Soul Power. There's something striking about the wild rhythm, about the guitar chords. Faced with such an accomplished work, it almost becomes reductive to question its genesis, but some fundamental elements of Harding's youth deserve to be mentioned.\n\nHarding's style originated in Michigan and grew up on the road – an itinerant childhood spent singing gospel with an evangelist mother, then came to fruition in Atlanta, where he sang backup for Cee Lo Green and befriended the Black Lips. But profoundly nomadic, Harding's music has a much broader scope than its geographical and musical origins. The poignant lyrics could easily tell Harding's story, or yours. These are scenes you haven't played in, but whose lines you know all too well.\n\n\"Gospel inspired me a lot,\" Harding says. \"Transforming trials and suffering into something beautiful. That's the story of black people in America, what we went through with slavery, those are the origins of Blues, R\u0026B, Soul, Country, Rock.\" But Harding doesn't just preach to the converted – he's on the road, and he blends his voice with the songs of those who are looking for something authentic.","brand":"Curtis Harding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55303995031896,"sku":null,"price":20150202.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/8714092739619.jpg?v=1772564347","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/curtis-harding_soul-power_2015_pia","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}