Blessid Union of Souls

An earnestness recalling Hootie and the Blowfish and the sunnier Lenny Kravitz stamps this
fresh Cincinnati foursome. They're emphatic good-news guys wielding wicked chops. Eliot
Sloan's vocals hint at Stevie Wonder; so, too, does the blithe, Aquarian spirit of the songs
he pens with guitarist Jeff Pence. Synth-string arrangements lend luster, sampled
percussion a hip-hop flavor, but ultimately this is a kind of soulful folk music sold... More >