Labella

Labella: Child of the Soil

by Seton Hawkins
December 16, 2005

Labella is an artist in transition. Her debut album, Still Lonely, showed a singer with strong R&B and dance influences. However, for Child of the Soil, she has teamed up with guitarist/composer/producer Selaelo Selota--the album is for his label, C-Lota Records--in a move towards forging a more old-school Afropop/Safro jazz sound.Selaelo's influence is constantly felt on this album--he composed and/or arranged nearly all of the tracks and plays guitar on some of the tunes. The trademarks of a ...