Hugo Race and Michelangelo Russo

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A collaboration between Hugo Race and Michelangelo Russo that produced the 2017 tribute album 'John Lee Hooker's World Today', recorded in Berlin and released via Glitterhouse and Gustaff Records.

The release 'John Lee Hooker's World Today' (May 19, 2017) is a tribute to John Lee Hooker containing eight extended covers, recorded in a day and a half in Berlin. Michelangelo Russo is described in the review as a member of the Fatalists and a long-time collaborator with Hugo Race since the days of the True Spirits.

The reviewed release is a 2017 tribute album to John Lee Hooker by Hugo Race and Michelangelo Russo. Recorded in Berlin in a day and a half, it contains eight extended covers that favor prolonged, reverberant performances over short faithful renditions. Instrumentation is sparse (guitars, stomp-box, harmonica) and the result is presented as a devotional, session-like homage to Hooker's boogie and delta-blues legacy. The review rates the album 3/5.

For:Fans of blues, delta blues and boogie; listeners who appreciate extended, reverberant reinterpretations and stripped-down tribute sessions.

 Hugo Race is one of those musicians who over the years has never denied in his compositions what have been his great models and in particular, more than others, has always looked to the giants of delta blues, whom he has variously paid tribute to throughout his career.

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