Have You Heard (CD - 2005)

Personnel: Toshi Reagon (vocals, guitar, bass instrument); Adam Widoff (electric guitar); Catherine Russell (mandolin, background vocals); Mark Anthony Thompson (harmonica, background vocals); Glenn Patscha (organ, keyboards); Fred Cash (bass instrument); Robert "Chicken" Burke (drums); Marcelle Lashley (tambourine); Stephanie McKay (background vocals); Chocolate Genius.

Audio Mixer: Elliot Mazer.

Recording information: 60Cycles.

All tracks have been digitally mastered using 24-bit technology.

Arrangers: Toshi Reagon; Fred Cash; Robert Burke.

On Toshi Reagon's first album for Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label, the singer/songwriter keeps her signature folk/blues/gospel hybrid lean and mean. This spare approach allows the spotlight to shine on Reagon's soulful vocals and solid acoustic-guitar work. Whether she's digging into a deep groove (with Chocolate Genius's Mark Anthony Thompson on "22 Hours") or settling into a mesmerizing minimalist blues riff ("Building Blues"), Reagon is assured and compelling here, making HAVE YOU HEARD one of her finest records. minimize