A Long Way To Go - Cinqui - New Release Review

I've been listening to A Long Way To Go... the new Cinqui release and although not bluesy in a traditional sense, it's a pretty nice recording. It is overall a vocal oriented recording with a good shot of tasty guitar riffs, cool Hammond playing, light rhythm and strong seductive backing vocals
Chuck Berry's Memphis Tennessee gets a funky blues makeover which is actually quite cool. Should I is another song that stands out as heavily blues influenced with a cool guitar intro and solitary guitar interludes interspersed. I'm A Train is another standout song on the cd with it's funky (Sly Stone) style blues. My Heart, a bonus track, is played acoustically and is a real clean ballad. Cinqui is Ian Sinclair (vocals) backed by Stuart Dixon (Guitars), Richard Newman (drums), Sandeep Ravel (chimes), John Buys (bass), Jenoe Bajtala (Keys), Kristel Morrison (vocals), Ann-Marie Johnson (vocals), Will Wilde (Harmonica), Dani Wilde (Vocals). I also want to comment on the packaging. I'm sure this isn't the first time but the cd is pressed to look convincingly like a 45...cool.

Overall this is quite a strong recording and should fair well along side as contemporaries such as Ben Harper, Jack Johnson and John Mayer.
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I'm A Train - Cinqui

Ian or 'Cinqui' (pronounced 'Sinkie', a nickname acquired as a child) was a recording artist in his own right with Creole Records, and has also worked as a session vocalist, most notably he has collaborated and performed with Phil Collins to produce charity concerts for the Princes' Trust.

Cinqui says “Originally I didn’t intend to necessarily perform these songs myself. As I worked the material with guitarist/arranger Stuart Dixon it immediately became clear that the combination of styles could, and did, evolve into a hybrid of musical genre.

The result of this collaboration was the eventual recording of the acoustic album titles ‘Cinqui’ which basically recreated, albeit in a studio environment, the essence of the acoustic duo, on songs such as "Mighty Mighty" and "Never Forget your Face".

Audience feedback showed phenomenal appreciation of the rhythms and intimacy of the acoustic duo and also the way that Cinqui deconstruct some classic songs and make them their own. Less "cover" and more "version"...
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