With their 2016 self-titled
debut, Durand Jones & The Indications exuded a tremendous love for old soul music. They drew inspiration from the soul of the late 60s when it was still in high gear in terms of tempo and stemmed from rhythm & blues. With their third album Private Space it seems they have moved on a few years, to the Detroit of the early seventies. And not the Detroit that was dominated
… by the Motown label (which, until the political turnaround of Marvin Gaye, largely made music for white people - a black version of white pop music), but more the Detroit of bands like The Dramatics, Detroit Spinners and The Detroit Emeralds, who specialized in sultry, summery soul that resonated much more with the motor city's black population. Durand Jones & The Indications revive this joyous music in a very dedicated way. (AD)more
