Like It Or Not

It starts with a slinky drumbeat, soon joined by a funky little electric piano lick and the sound of a swelling horn section. Then comes a bassline that sounds like a pimp bopping down the boulevard, and finally the raspy, world-weary vocal: “Between you and me, too many lovers have suffered...” So goes the opening title track of Bob Malone’s 3rd album, Like It or Not, and by the time the record ends, you’ve taken a musical cross-country trip, from “Meet Me in Manhattan” to “Texas,” with stops at the Crescent City, Memphis and Chicago along the way. WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: "This tin-pan troubadour achieves perfection with his third album. An award-winning singer/ songwriter and piano man, Malone taps his New Orleans roots to explore life, love and irony in his own immutable way. Whisky vocals regale offbeat tales as boogie-woogie R&B shapes a Southern ambiance. Malone displays remarkable craftsmanship as he digs deep within himself, resulting in a self-portrait that reveals his war