The king of contemporary American roots rock scares his fans. Since Jack White went solo in the early ten's, this singer-songwriter and producer has mainly been dealing in nostalgic music styles such as blues, country and primary rock. It is not without reason that he exchanged his hometown Detroit for Nashville, the cradle of the country. On his third solo album Boarding House Reach, he returns to
… Motor City, where he stumbled upon and psychedelic funk records from the 1970s by the label. Funk grooves with thick synthesizers and Clavinet form the basis for songs that hardly adhere to a song structure but that rumbly on. White mainly chants and even starts rapping in Ice Station Zebra, with which also the suddenly appear around the corner. A daring musical step by White and, craftsman as he is, also quite a successful one. (MR)more