This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Plenty of soul singers are — or at least claim to be — influenced by the likes of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. D.C. crooner Ricky Fanté goes one better: He channels the legends with eerie precision on this outstanding debut of self-penned Stax-Volt soul and R&B.
