New music: Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe

The soul legend's voice is given even richer resonance thanks to Damon Albarn and Richard Russell's productionOf all the idiotic phrases TV talent-show judges have given us, one of the best (worst) is "you could sing the phone book and I'd love it". Frankly, there are few people who could do that and make it sound moving. But Bobby Womack's voice has so much soul and earthiness, he could start reciting the Yellow Pages and I'd be in tears before he'd even finished the As. Two people who obviousl...

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