PETER KARP & SUE FOLEY: Beyond the Crossroads
PETER KARP & SUE FOLEY
Beyond the Crossroads
Blind Pig 5132
This latest chapter in the bluesy, chemistry-rich Karp and Foley alliance was recorded in studios in both Winnipeg, Canada and New Jersey and features the duoâs road band (drummer Mike Catapano and bassist Niles Terrat) along with old friends like fellow bass player Mike Turenne and drummer Ken McMahon as well as the renowned Swingadelic Horns (with compelling arrangements by tenor saxist Paul Carlon). All twelve titles are Karp/Foley originals or collaborations, with the pairâs plangent vocals, singly or together, accompanied by plenty of Foleyâs Fender Telecaster fretwork and Karpâs candidly incisive handiwork on his National Steel ResoRocket slide and Gibson 335 guitars. Picks begin with the resolutely optimistic opener âWeâre Gonna Make It,â a fiery instrumental guitar jam appropriately titled âPlank Spankâ and the nostalgic âTake Your Time,â featuring a particularly sly vocal turn from Foley. A just-as-entertaining follow-up to last yearâs concept album He SaidâShe Said.
â Gary von Tersch