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Shagg's melding of blues, jazz, rock, and funk elements is a winning combination. Vocalist Aaron Mitchell is clearly the centerpiece of this record: he comes at notes from unexpected angles, delivering hits like a sneaky boxer, always disarmingly soulful. [The band's] musicianship is tasteful and tight, and the songs are a seamless and highly recommended soul-rock mélange.

Fresh, fat and funky, Shagg will have you break a sweat just listening, no movement necessary. It's the exuberant and funkadelic title track [Buh Ba Ba Ba] that will force you finally out of your chair and into the street.

The groove was great and the overall vibe of it was really cool ... a little bit of Neville Brothers or Los Lobos or maybe even Latin Playboys.

The music not only resonates with a contemporary freshness, but also revels in the influences of their organic fathers of funk and groove. This is some very fresh and exciting new music.