• Higher Ground

    Album Review
    Expanded Reissue of 2002 Follow-Up to Gospel-Soul Breakthrough
    Hyperbolium Posted On September 21, 2016


    On the follow-up to their groundbreaking Spirit of the Century, the Blind Boys of Alabama reached even wider for material, and picked up Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Ben Harper as backing musicians. Working again with producers John […]


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    Album Review
    Blind Boys Of Alabama – Higher Ground
    Archive Posted On November 1, 2002


    The Blind Boys’ first record for Real World, last year’s Spirit Of The Century, was an instant classic. This follow-up again matches the quintet with gospel standards and quasi-spiritual numbers from more secular artists (Aretha Franklin’s “Spirit In The Dark”, […]


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