Summertime in the Motown:Going Back to Marc Broussard's S.O.S.: Save Our Soul

Now that summer 2008 is here, it’s time to go back and talk about a perfect summer companion released in 2007. Marc Broussard’s S.O.S.: Save Our Soul has this tremendously fresh nostalgic blend of Motown and blues, custom-made for sunny picnics, beach blanket bingo, drives through the country, and backyard barbeques. As the songs bounce along on horns, piano, soul guitar, Broussard’s smooth-smoky vocals, and beehive-hair voiced backup girls, it’s no wonder that Hollywood goes back to 60’s Motown as the soundtrack for hopeful, romantic, upbeat scenes. That classic soul/R&B sound punches negativity with a blow so loving that you forget that these are fighting words. It’s a sound that rises up on a rogue wave that—instead of dragging a tired swimmer into an undertow—floats you peacefully in the moonlight. Broussard doesn’t just mimic this sound; he exudes this sound.

Marc Broussard
Atlantic Records