As big fans of Mr Lee Fields, we are so pleased to hear of his return to the London stage. Ok so it was only February that he was last here but it was some eight years prior to that that he last made an appearance over here. Well known for a slew of deep funk singles and a killer album from the late seventies, the North Carolina born-and-raised soul singer enjoyed a career revival in the late nineties when Philip Lehman and Gabriel Roth at Desco Records tracked him down and recorded a new album, “Let’s Get A Groove On”, much to the delight of enthusiasts. A second, equally heavy album, “Problems” later appeared on Soul Fire Records and Fields has been recording sporadically ever since.
Over a period of three years, Truth & Soul Records, fronted by Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman recorded a handful of new singles with Lee that took him in a new direction. Finally garnering enough material for an entire album “My World” in 2009, it actually sounds like a suite of songs designed to flow into each other and not a collection of sporadic recordings spanning three years. With an overall summery vibe that certainly benefits from its roots in the Brooklyn music scene, the new record is sometimes straight-talking grit but mostly shows the sweeter soul side of Mr. Fields. The result is arguably the finest Lee Fields album ever and high praise goes to Michels, Silverman and the musicians involved for crafting such a beautiful, modern take on soul.
So don’t miss this show then, as this might well be your only chance to hear Lee perform these songs live.
Lee Fields & The Expressions
Friday 16th July 2010
7pm-10pm
£18.50 in Advance
Scala
275 Pentonville Road
London N1 9NL
020 7833 2022
http://www.scala-london.co.uk/scala/event.php?id=1377
