Work Through The Mud

St. Panther “These Days”

Daniela Bojorges-Giraldo sings with a soulful rasp and a very mature level of nuance and control, but that’s just part of what makes “These Days” so captivating. The most fascinating thing for me is Bojorges-Giraldo’s performance on bass and drums, which keeps a nice pocket groove with a loose feel along the lines of Mitch Mitchell’s drumming for Jimi Hendrix. It’s an R&B song stripped down to raw essentials without feeling “minimalist,” and she gives space in the arrangement so that common elements like backing vocals and horn parts hit with maximum impact. Everything sounds very in-the-moment, nothing feels overthought. She just sounds like a musician with great instincts who fully trusts those instincts.

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