
Since 2013, Detroit vocal trio Dames Brown aka Athena Johnson, Teresa Marbury and LaRae Starr have made countless appearances on killer records from the likes of Will Sessions, Sophie Lloyd, Horse Meat Disco and their mentor, the late, great Amp Fiddler. Throughout that time, they were recording this stellar debut album at the latter's home studio. It's little less than a wholehearted celebration of Motor City musical culture, with the trio singing collectively and confidently atop cuts that giddily reference stomping Motown soul, P-funk, garage-rock, Moodymann style sample-house jazziness, boogie (a fine cover of D-Train classic 'You're The One For Me'), gospel (Waajeed hook-up 'Glory'), neo-soul and proper deep house. With other local heroes also lending a hand (most notably Andres and Eddie Fowlkes), it's a glorious celebration of Detroit's distinctive dance music culture.