• Record Label: Concord
  • Release Date: Oct 27, 2023
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Nov 8, 2023
    80
    The lyrics are wryly humorous, the music gritty and steamy. There isn't a dull moment here. Get it.
  2. 80
    Another rollicking, rolling set of the 69-year-old Finley’s Louisiana-based soul, blues, and gospel-laced intensity.
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 14, 2023
    80
    Finley applies versatile pipes and stinging licks to extraordinary songs of broad experience. [Dec 2023, p.79]
  4. Oct 25, 2023
    80
    Auerbach and Finley stick closely to the format of Sharecropper’s Son – a mix of raw blues, gospel, soul, and funk. This one does feel a tad more personal and musically more on the swampy side, weighted that way by “Alligator Bait,” as memorable a story as you’ll hear, where Finley’s anger seeps through convincingly.
  5. Oct 25, 2023
    100
    Black Bayou is surely the album Finley was put on Earth to create, filled with stories only he could tell. [Dec 2023, p.82]
  6. Oct 25, 2023
    80
    Black Bayou is a showcase for Finley the storyteller, an artist who can convincingly inhabit narratives that may not be entirely based on his own experiences, lifestyle or even beliefs. [Nov 2023, p.27]

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