the Black Keys have always rocked in shades of the blues.But on “Delta Kream,” their 10th studio album, the Grammy-winning duo goes deeper than ever into the genre, with covers of 11 Mississippi hill country blues songs by greats such as R.L.
Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.Lead singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach — who turns 42 when the new LP drops on Friday — reveals what the Black Keys owe to this music, how they’ve stayed together for 20 years, and why he and drummer Patrick Carney are more brothers than bandmates.What made you decide to devote an album to Mississippi hill country blues?I had a session going on with [blues musician] Robert Finley for his new album, and on that session I invited Kenny Brown, the guitar player who played.
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