Album – BED OF STONE
Producer – Blair MacKichan
Label – Naive Records (2014)
Running time – 47:52
Emotions make for the best music classics ever to sound the surface of the earth. ASA’s background had opened her early to a fine collection of soul. With her rich deep baritones and lit up heart, she found silver lining in churning out records that will outlive her physical presence and existence in the universe. 4 years after Beautiful Imperfection was received amidst streaming eulogies, Asa’s come out again blazing with Bed of Stone, a beautifully put together body of work with lines that speak straight to and renders your heart.
Like Lauryn Hill, like Adele, like Erykah Badu, like Jill Scott whose soulful symphonies literally ignites a fire that burns with a passion for the world to live, Asa’s Bed of Stone is like the commandments slate from the ageless Holy Book that excites, teaches, chastises and condemns. You can’t but just be amazed… not only at Asa’s music mind but also at the reservatory of insightful knowledge from where she muses. Not only is she a fabulous songstress, she’s a lyricist par excellence – a tiny, yet you-couldn’t-have-missed-it detail that reveals her prowess in musical scripting and professional direction.
One word, ASA is amazing! And her BED OF STONE is a different flavour of a timeless record that we haven’t had in music years. In this genre of soul, she sampled contemporary alternatives from funk to pop, ballad and electro with her rich deep baritones giving all the afro influence it deserved. The musical arrangement is void of any flaw whatsoever, you can literally feel the album’s synergy even strengthening as you slide from track to track. Best of all, one music mind delivered all of this variety in a singular production effort. Blair MacKichan (who also co-wrote Bed of Stone) would be the other music genius who makes Asa’s rhinestone shine even through bright light. I had so much fun reviewing this album as I did listening to it. Imagine loosing track of time writing just because you got too engrossed in listening? Well, that’s Asa… Bed of Stone!
ALBUM REVIEW: ASA –BED OF STONE
4/
5
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