Black Dub is the debut album by the Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...

-instigated collaboration Black Dub, an amalgam of dub, blues and soul and rock. All Music Guide

All Music Guide

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 gave the album three and a half stars out of five, praising singer Trixie Whitley's "deeply soulful contralto

Contralto

Contralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...

." All songs are written by Lanois, save for the group effort "Last Time."

Black Dub consists of Daryl Johnson (bass), Trixie Whitley (vocals), Brian Blade

Brian Blade

Brian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter.-Early years:...

 (drums), and Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...

(piano, guitar).

Track listing

External links

• Official Black Dub site http://www.blackdub.net/