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Mar 31, 2025This is fully lived-in music with natural soul that is totally free of pretence, and a shot in the arm for anyone who hears it. It may only be six tracks long but Can’t Lose My (Soul) is one of those records the listener is simply grateful to have encountered. We are all the richer for it.
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Mar 21, 2025Can't Lose My (Soul) is a shining addition to the Caldwells' legacy and fits beside gospel-soul comps like Overdose of the Holy Ghost, Divine Disco, and Divine Funk.
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Mar 26, 2025Doing retro soul without sounding redundant remains a challenge, but the Caldwells sound fresh, mainly because they sound so energized at every moment. Even when “Don’t You Hear Me Calling” drops the tempo way down, the group maintains its passion while locking into its message.
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Mar 21, 2025Can’t Lose My (Soul) was years in the making, but that extended timeline does nothing to diminish its power. If anything, it just proves Annie & the Caldwells can create an unrepentantly soul-stirring sound capable of transcending time, place, and—on occasion—even the most unshakable atheism.
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Mar 21, 2025It’s the mature husk of Annie’s voice that commands most attention. Effortlessly soaring through the yearning emotion of Don’t You Hear Me Calling and producing celebratory shouts on Dear Lord, her lead vocal carries a life’s worth of experience that is joyous to hear.
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Mar 21, 2025[The tracks] are stripped back, letting the raw essence rise to the surface and evoking the strength of feeling that comes through their live performances. There’s the swing of Sam Cooke at the Harlem Square Club, the search for ecstasy of the Family Stone at Woodstock, the power of Aretha Franklin at LA’s New Temple Missionary Baptist Church and the fervour of Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival. [May 2025, p.82]