Cut of the Week: Magic In Threes- "Nicks Theme"

I return, with some fresh Soul.

One thing a lot of modern soul doesn't do enough of lately is take the time to . . . slow down, ease back, and let you get comfortable.  Everything is groovy, of course, but the Barry White or Issac Hayes school of chilled out soul seems to have drifted off.  I think that the main blame for this is the focus on live music as a revenue stream for funk bands and small labels.  Live venues lend themselves to the higher energy tunes by nature (when was the last time you went out to see a slow jam?), leaving the chill cuts to the album and B sides.

Yet here we have a revival of that style in a labor of love from GED Soul, The Magic In Threes.  Released alongside a new release from The Coolin' System (reviewed here next week!) just last week, Magic in Threes brings back the chill jazz soul of the 70s, and today's track exemplifies this perfectly.

Nicks theme is a smooth number riding on a guitar and rhoads rhythm (GED must have added a Rhoads to its instrumental stable, because its all over this record), with a woodwind and reed accompaniment, that invites you to lean back and take it in.  Nothing stands out past what it needs, and the Flute solo is tasty as hell.

Here it now, and enjoy:





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http://gedsoulrecords.com/home.html

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