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Over a 20-year trajectory from playing in bars with no audience to filling arenas, the Black Keys have never lost the blues. The Ohio duo of singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carneyâs 10th album illustrates the point with a set of songs by the north Mississippi artists that continue to inspire them, such as Lafayette Countyâs late RL Burnside and Hudsonvilleâs also deceased Junior Kimbrough, a labelmate when the early Black Keys recorded for Fat Possum.
The Black Keys: Delta Kream album cover. Photograph: AP
Backed by those bluesmenâs own sidemen â Burnsideâs slide guitarist Kenny Brown and Kimbroughâs bassist Eric Deaton â the pair have returned to the simpler joys of their early records. With Auerbach sparing the postmodern production that has been intrinsic to later Black Keys albums, in just 10 hours the four men recorded more than two post-tour afternoons, mostly in first takes.
The Black Keys Line Up May Release For Blues Covers Album Delta Kream Friday, 16 April 2021
The Black Keys have shared details of their 10th studio album. Delta Kream will arrive on May 14 via Nonesuch Records and feature 11 Mississippi hill country blues staples that inspired Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others.
The pair recorded the LP at Auerbach s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, where they were accompanied by Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, longtime musicians from bands of legendary blues acts. Auerbach said: We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.