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Style: Southern soul; compare to Mike Farris, Jason Crabb, Michael English
Top tracks: "Heaven," "God's Love," "Help Me"
Christian music's most unique voice continues his legendary thirty-year recording legacy with a project inspired by friends from and recorded in the Faroe Islands. An amalgamation of his career's genre-bending diversity, the bluesy singer covers southern rock ("Rock Bound"), pop ("Love Is a Cross"), alt-country ("Here Comes Jesus"), gospel ("Heaven"), and inspirational tearjerkers ("Help Me") compellingly, while alternating original co-writes with his Faroe friends with high-profile covers of Larry Gatlin and Bob Dylan. Horn hits, ultimate background vocal soul, and funky tight band arrangements complete the stellar set. And though the album's influences are varied, Taff's scruffy vocal soul is constant.
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