The Transcendent Music Movement Presents: The Black Keys

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The Transcendent Music Movement Presents: The Black Keys

One summer day as I was watching television, a commercial came on and completely grabbed my attention.  It was not the car that being advertised, but it was the music on the commercial that really captivated me.  The song was Tighten Up by The Black Keys.  After further review, I realized that I had discovered a gem. The Transcendent Music Movement presents The Black Keys.

The Black Keys are one of the most electrifying musical groups gracing stages across the world and making records in today’s popular music culture.  Their combination of blues, soul and psychedelic rock, as last.fm describes it, makes the group very attractive to a wide audience of listeners.  Their pleasantly unique sound is very exciting and is mostly due to their pioneered instrumentation.  I do not claim to be aware of every artist and band’s work but I am sure that most people would agree that there are very few bands that offer a sound even remotely similar to The Black Keys.  Particularly in modern popular music, there are not many groups who can balance making music that appeals to a large audience and still remain true to the roots of classic blues and soul.  They sufficiently and amazingly managed to incorporate a traditional blues and soul sound in to their progressive rock style.   

 

The group consists of a Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.  Dan is the lead singer and guitar player.  Patrick is the drummer and they have other varying contributing musicians.  The duo hails from Akron, Ohio.  These guys had really humble beginning launching their music career from Akron.  The group has labored long and hard and has truly earned their respect in the music industry.  They released their first album in 2002 and created great music that was used in movies, video games, TV shows and commercials.  It was not until 2010 that the band recorded an album in a legitimate studio.  The album was Brothers, which included Tighten Up.  Tighten Up was the song that I heard on that Subaru commercial.  The song was also used for the 2011 FIFA soundtrack.  Apparently, it really because popular from a viral YouTube video called Dancing T-Rex.  After increased popularity and their album’s incredible success, The Black Keys found themselves winning three Grammy’s. 

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Recently they released their sixth album, El Camino.  This album is sure to continue in the exponential success of the Akron, Ohio band.  The steadfastness and perseverance of The Black Keys is extremely commendable and their story is an encouraging one.  The Transcendent Music Movement will continue to support the unique work of this great band.  We look forward to them continuing to create TRANSCENDENT MUSIC.

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