Martin Sexton "Black Sheep"
Produced by Crit Harmon

Martin Sexton's acoustic singer/songwriter routine is just one of many flavors here; along with Motown-style R&B, sweeping pop ballads, gypsy fiddling, blues, and jazz, there's even a little rapping. The genre jumping works surprisingly well. Producer Crit Harmon sequences the switches with sensitivity and class, and gives the set a consistent sound — warm, spontaneous, grounded in acoustics, deeply soulful. Darryl Carter