Lover's Game

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  Mark Harrison

  • Genre: Americana, southern soul, blues, gospel, roots.

  • Influenced by: Mahalia Jackson, Dolly Parton, Sister Odette, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Charley Pryde.

  • Similar artists: The Teskey Brothers, Marcus King, Devon Gilfillian, Ruthie Foster, Yola.

  • About this album: As noted on the song Dumb Luck, husband and wife duo of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter are here “slinging gospel country.” It both is and isn’t that simple – here they fuse blues, soul, rock, and gospel into a genre-bending knockout of an album. Close your eyes in some parts of this album, and you can easily imagine you’re listening to Ray Charles or Dionne Warwick. Produced by Nashville-based nine time Grammy award winner Dave Cobb (also featured on acoustic guitar), who you may recognize from producing the work of (amongst others) Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, The Highwomen, and some guy named John Prine.

  • Metacritic Score: N/A.

  • Grammy Nominations: Best New Artist and Best American Roots Song (Blank Page).

  • Song To Sample: Blank Page and Up Yonder, inspired by the famous church hymn When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder, composed by James Milton Black in 1893 and recorded in modern times by the likes of Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Jim Nabors, and Willie Nelson. Take ‘em to church, Trotters.