Keeper of the Flame

Luka Bloom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bar/None Records
• ASIN: B00005BI46
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 8-MAY-2001

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, January 19, 2002

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Behind Camera "behindthecamera" (Elmira, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper of the Flame (Audio CD)

I wasn't paying attention when I bought this CD. I knew Luka Bloom from "The Acoustic Motorbike", which remains a personal fave.

So I had no idea that this was an album of Cover Songs. All I can say is "Wow". The most surprising thing about this disc is the eclectic collection of artists Luka chose to cover, from Rose Royce to Robbie Robertson ("Golden Feather"), to Nina Simone (nice choice, that one), to The Cure and Bob Dylan. An acoustic version of Abba's "Dancing Queen"? No problem. U2's "Bad" (possibly my favorite U2 song) comes across in a whole new fashion.

This is a great album of consumate artistry. For the life of me, I can't figure out why commercial radio hasn't found a place for the work of Luka Bloom. Then again, you can buy this CD, and he'll be our little secret.

Whaddya think?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums of 2001 (my opinion...), December 27, 2001

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raoulsch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper of the Flame (Audio CD)

I found this album to be a very interesting surprise. I would venture that those of you who like Eva Cassidy's Songbird album will like this one too: a set of covers (from Dylan to Abba) in an acoustic setting, with a very memorable voice. I think all the songs work, even though the combination seems odd. Those of you who remember the British group "The Bible" which had one stellar album called "Eureka" somewhere during the 80's will find this album familiar, and it even brings back memories from another British band of the 70's: Magna Carta. All in all an excellent set, and I' hoping for more great music from Luka.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing - possibly two mazings, December 29, 2004

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Little Bear (Northern, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper of the Flame (Audio CD)

I stumbled upon this artist several years ago while enduring a three year job assignment in Elmira, NY. I was looking through the public library's CD section and came across a Luka Bloom CD, picked it up, put it down and continued to rummage around and ended up picking it back up quite by accident. I had selected several others by Robert Cray, Rusted Root,The Rolling Stones, Santana and there it was the Bloom CD. Said I to the librarian as I checked it out, "It's worth a free listen." On the way back home I popped it into my car's CD player and was hooked. Simple uncomplicated and better yet very soothing to the ear.

Anyway back to the subject at hand. "Keeper of the Flame" is an interesting compliation of "covers". Who'd a thunk that an ABBA song would sound like anything other than an ABBA song - Bloom's styling of "Dancing Queen" is definitly unlike ABBA's antispectic presentation. The best cut is Radiohead's "No Surprises". But as I reflect upon it there are several other very listenable cuts The Cure's "In Between Days", Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love", and Joni Mitchell's "Urge for Going". For that matter of the twelve cuts on the CD none will disappoint.