In recent times, Detroit bandleader Marcus Malone has been playing his A Better Man album front-to-back live, which takes some balls and speaks volumes about his confidence in this material. There’s a whiff of career-best about these tracks, from the route-one muscle of Too Long Gone to the lighter touch and piano flourishes of Shine Your Light – and for Malone, that’s praise indeed.
Marcus Malone - A Better Man album review
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