Music, Finally REAL Music!

There's a lot to be said about our culture based on the music that we are putting out.  From Lady Gaga to Eminem, from Linkin Park to Kings of Leon, a lot of what we're hearing is auto-tuned voices.  Voices that are warped, changed, unnatural, and increasingly hostile.  You hear about love, understanding, peace, and hope only occasionally interspersed between sex and violence.  Today I bought Wake Up!, a new collabo between John Legend, a singer / songwriter with a heavy gospel background, and the Legendary Roots Crew, a hip-hop band that stays true to the genre's jazz and blues traditions.  The voices and sounds are natural and highly reminiscent of the soulful ballads that emerged out of the 1950s and 60s.  The themes are centered on change, hope, love, humanity, and all the things that make life hard for people trying to live out that "Humanity".  It is truly inspirational without being overtly religious, it speaks to the real experiences of many people living in "Hard Times", hoping that "Our Generation" will "Wake Up Everybody" from the stupor and trance of the political lap dance that seems to have enveloped everyone around us.  It speaks to the soul about the heart in a time when both are increasingly cast aside, ripped from us like the tide that washes trash up on our shores.  I highly recommend it and I truly hope this is the beginning of a trend that will bring REAL MUSIC back to our radios and hearts.