Ron Blake & Ron Blake SCRATCH Band - SCRATCH Band (2025) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit-96kHz - 1.04 GB
56:35 | Jazz | Label: 7tēn33 Productions
FLAC (tracks) 24bit-96kHz - 1.04 GB
56:35 | Jazz | Label: 7tēn33 Productions
The term "scratch band" refers to a tradition of folk music, Ron Blake explains in his album notes, "performed by storytellers and groove makers in the community I grew up with in the Virgin Islands." The music here isn't reflective of the genre of scratch bands, called quelbe, but "the intention when putting the album together … is. Groove and other elements of music–melody, harmony, & space, imagined without pretense."