Robert Cray

Depending on what comes next, the twelfth album from Eighties crossover smash and
Sixties soul revivalist Robert Cray will either be considered a hodgepodge or a transition.
It's beautiful in places -- Cray has slowly turned himself into a great singer, whether he's
trying not to wake the kids in the low-talking "Far Away" or trying to leap over Sam Cooke
in "Anytime." But where Cray's impeccable 1999 album Take Your Shoes Off had... More >

Pushing 50, on the road, and "afraid to let this one go" ("No One Special," "Baby's Arms") (Grade - ***)