Cray, Robert

"Cookin' in Mobile" serves up a marathon of first-rate tension, thrilling sparks and a teasing swell of emotion.

Shoulda Been Home follows Cray's old recipe, carrying on the mission of serving up undemanding nods toward soul music, but all too often it turns its back on the blues.

Robert Cray is finally back, this time with a fairly exploratory record that mostly banks on the intoxicating power of a tried-and-true recipe of blues, soul and, at moments, even jazz.

Robert Cray belongs to the younger generation of blues musicians who woke up the blues movement in the early 80s and, with their fresh new approach, kicked off a kind of renaissance for blues music, with which