Album Review: Sharecropper’s Son by Robert Finley Sharecropper s Son, the third album from overnight blues sensation Robert Finley, is his strongest yet By Sean Maunier on May 21, 2021
Robert Finley Photo: Alysse Gafjken
Late bloomers might take time to find their groove, but ones like Robert Finley are worth waiting for. Now 67, the Winnsboro, Louisiana native, who turned heads with his 2016 debut
Age Don’t Mean a Thing and 2017’s critically acclaimed, tongue-in-cheek
Goin’ Platinum, seems far from ready to slow down.
His latest collection of songs,
Sharecropper’s Son (★★★★☆), is steeped in blues and soul tradition, bringing a whole lifetime of performance and love of southern musical tradition to bear on an album that brilliantly showcases all of Finley’s strengths.
Blues And Soul Sensation Robert Finley Announces New LP, ‘Sharecropper’s Son’
The autobiographical album, which was produced by Dan Auerbach, is out May 21.
Published on
Sharecropper’s Son. Available on May 21 via
Easy Eye Sound, the autobiographical project was co-written and produced by Auerbach, who declared Finley to be “the greatest living soul singer.”
Ahead of the album, Finley is sharing the expressive “Souled Out on You” – a captivating first taste of
Sharecropper’s Son.
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The ballad, Finley explained in a press release, tells “the story of a relationship that’s ending. It’s about someone who takes on everything in the relationship. All the good and the bad and even after all of that, they notice that it just isn’t going to work out and the relationship has run its course. I took all I could take and I’m starting my life over.”