Keb' Mo'

Editor's Review:

Keb’ Mo’s wish is this title’s command. In response to the ever-increasing, modern day pressure to complicate, Keep It Simple is a reminder to both his audience and his self to do just that. While purist in nature, this mostly blues-centered collection actually “keeps simple” about 16 different kinds of music, but most importantly, his own. “Let Your Light Shine” forces foot-tapping, while a soft duet with Jenny Yates (“One Friend”) begs for happy tears from the listener. Every track, equally amazing, exudes obvious jazz undertones, interweaving a surfeit of piano, violin, banjo and other acoustics. Keb comes off like a slightly more Southern roots version of Jack Johnson and Ben Harper — like them, inspirational, even self-motivational, yet somehow still cool. Overall, Keep It Simple is (simply) the best chillin-on-your-front-porch-drinking-lemonade-on-a-hot-summer-day backdrop in recent circulation, which must be why it was released in…February? – David P. Brown
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Record Label Epic Records Released June 2004

Tracks France Let Your Light Shine One Friend Shave Yo’ Legs Prosperity Blues Closer Keep it Simple Riley B. King House in California Walk Back In I’m Amazing Proving You Wrong

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