BY: Samantha Eddy
Out May 14th 2021 via Nonesuch, The Black Keys have prepared a new album titled Delta Kream. The album’s top song ‘Crawling Kingsnake’ is a covered version of the original by Big Joe Williams, which became popular thanks to John Lee Hooker and his producer Bernard Besman. You can watch the music video below.
Delta Kream, recorded with musicians Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, is detailed as “Mississippi hill country blues standards,” says the musical duo, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. “It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural,” says Auerbach. This album has a short upcoming claims Carney, “The session was planned only days in advance and nothing was rehearsed. We recorded the entire album in about 10 hours, over two afternoons.”
Delta Kream Tracklist:
01 Crawling Kingsnake
02 Louise
03 Poor Boy a Long Way From Home
04 Stay All Night
05 Going Down South
06 Coal Black Mattie
07 Do the Romp
08 Sad Days, Lonely Nights
09 Walk With Me
10 Mellow Peaches
11 Come On and Go With Me