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ALBUM REVIEWS: "OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP" BY Dominique Fils-Aimé 8/10

Our Roots Run Deep

Ensoul Records

Producers: Kevin Annocque and Jacques Roy

JUNO Award-winning R&B songstress Dominique Fils-Aimé releases her fourth full-length project with clear, tight harmonized a cappella vocals throughout, and using bare minimal instrumentals, relying instead on syncopated inflection and a great use of dynamics, vocal leaps and scat stylings. Fils-Aimé presents haunting lead melody lines and a delicious full sound, with precise delivery and gorgeous melismas. Acoustic bass, minimal drumkit sounds, and muted trumpet build over scat intros with stunning mix and production quality shining through. – Andrea Beenham