Home to Me

Home to Me

Editorial Reviews
<"b00004tzch7499"> Amazon.com
The fourth album from modern bluesman Eric Bibb is a get-out-of-bed delight, the kind of record that makes you feel like being productive. As with his previous efforts, Home to Me contains some strong folk elements, especially on the slower, mellower numbers such as "Singin' in My Heart." The son of folk musician Leon Bibb, the Eric Bibb met and learned from such luminaries as Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. Though Bibb's career is based in Europe (he lives in Sweden), he has cultivated a growing American following, which is only appropriate, as his music--a flavorful mix of folk, country, and soul over a solid blues base--is very much a U.S. creation. Even "Mandela Is Free," which contains African-style chants and rhythms, is sung over a folk-blues accompaniment--and what could be more uniquely American than fusing disparate musical styles? Full of sunshine and good feeling, Home to Me is a perfect summer release, guaranteed to provide warmth all through the year. --Genevieve Williams

<"b00004tzch7281"> From Rhythm Magazine
Guitarist/singer Eric Bibb represents a new breed of performers who acknowledge and perpetuate the blues-troubadour tradition. From a technical standpoint, Bibb is light-years ahead of country-blues masters such as Mississippi Fred McDowell and Lightnin' Hopkins, but when it comes to capturing the feeling of the legends, he often comes up short. His vocals have a smoky quality, and he is an accomplished guitarist, but while the material on Home to Me-mostly originals, with a few covers like... read more