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\"\"One of my favorite new albums is Oakland folk singer Aireene Espiritu\u2019s \u201cBack Where I Belong,\u201d a project focusing on songs by or associated with Bay Area R&B great Sugar Pie DeSanto.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of four new roots-music-with-a-twist projects released by the pianist Jim Pugh\u2019s Little Village Foundation. The CD that\u2019s gotten the lion\u2019s share of attention, not undeservedly, is Indian-born blues harmonica player Aki Kumar\u2019s \u201cAki Goes to Bollywood.\u201d But the Philippine-born Espiritu\u2019s tribute to the great Filipina R&B singer who recorded for Chess Records in the 1960s is similarly head-turning, with arrangements filtered through her love of American roots music.<\/p>\n

Backed by a top-shelf band led by Norwegian-born guitarist and producer Kid Andersen (who recorded the project in his Greaseland Studios in San Jose), Espiritu plays tenor ukulele and belts out songs in an array of styles. She sings spirituals, Motown, blues, R&B and even covers several songs associated with Pinoy rock icon Freddie Aguilar, infusing Philippine standards with Oakland soul. But at the heart of the album is DeSanto, who wrote some great tunes. Espiritu delivers her \u201cGoing Back Where I Belong\u201d with total conviction, and lets her wicked side out on \u201cWitch For a Night.\u201d But my favorite track is her aching version of \u201cMy Illusions,\u201d an overlooked b-side from a 1970 DeSanto single. – By Andrew Gilbert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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