New Orleans soul-rocker Benjamin Booker is a couple of weeks away from the release of Lower, his first album in seven years, and he’s going in a different direction on this one. After appearing on Armand Hammer’s single “Doves” last year, Booker recorded Lower with the prolific indie-rap producer Kenny Segal. Segal’s abstract boom-bap lends a very different feeling to what was once a real throwback sound.
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New Orleans soul-rocker Benjamin Booker is a couple of weeks away from the release of Lower, his first album in seven years, and he’s going in a different direction ... more info