{"id":63530,"date":"2026-04-29T15:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/black-keys-cover-blues-classics-on-peaches\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:46:28","slug":"black-keys-cover-blues-classics-on-peaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/black-keys-cover-blues-classics-on-peaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Keys Cover Blues Classics on Peaches!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The long-running duo go back to the blues for new inspiration on Peaches!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\tThe past couple of Black Keys records have seen the Akron, Ohio, arena-garage blues-rock duo stretch out of their comfort zone a little. Their 2024 Ohio Players<\/a><\/em> brought on collaborators like Beck, Dan the Automator, and Noel Gallagher. Last year\u2019s No Rain, No Flowers<\/a><\/em> saw them work with A-list pop technicians such as Lana Del Rey producer Rick Nowels and hip-hop\/R&B vet Scott Storch. But singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney\u2019s 14th album leans into their back-to-basics side with a collection of tunes by other artists, inspired by these lifelong friends\u2019 shared journey as deep record nerds.<\/p>\n

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\n\tA decent hunk of Peaches!<\/em> finds them interpreting the north Mississippi blues that\u2019s always been a key element of their sound, much like their similarly titled 2019 covers record, Delta Kream<\/a>.<\/em> The Keys sink into tunes by RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Jessie Mae Hemphill, with second guitarist Kenny Brown and multi-instrumentalist Jimbo Mathus adding depth and shape. These versions often aren\u2019t particularly explosive or even all that grabby. In some ways they\u2019re kind of insular, exuding a pickup-hoops naturalism that adds to the music\u2019s deep grind or brackish crunch. Press materials that accompany the album note that Auerbach\u2019s father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2025 and is being cared for in Auerbach\u2019s Nashville home. It\u2019s hard not to hear a band-of-brothers perseverance in this LP, the sound of two dudes with arms around shoulders while they look off in the same direction.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Keys don\u2019t spend the whole album in the Delta. The rockingest moment is a rip through Ike Turner\u2019s Chicago-blues scorcher \u201cYou Got to Lose,\u201d based on George Thorogood\u2019s studly 1977 version. Peaches!<\/em> was recorded with raw one-take urgency, but that doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t lovingly burnished; their reimagining of Willie Griffin\u2019s crate-digger gem \u201cWhere There\u2019s Smoke, There\u2019s Fire\u201d turns a spooky shimmy into something with the haunted intensity of Bob Dylan\u2019s 2000s roots conjurings. Even when the Keys are just hanging out, they make an echoing noise.<\/p>\n

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