Stasis is something alien to Beady Belle. Having released an enviable series of albums, each of which would a perfectly adequate template for a separate career, with "Cricklewood Broadway" they have taken a whole new path.Based upon the novel "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith, a critically acclaimed novel dealing with London-based immigrants struggling with assimilation into the dominant culture of their new home, while attempting to preserve their own culture, Beady Belle have created a musical framework that dispenses with the lush country-tinged smooth jazz arrangements found on albums such as "Belvedere" and "At Welding Bridge" and instead embraces a kind of minimalist soul and funk. Of course, the melodies and chord progressions, the basic musi... ...More