The follow-up to blue-eyed soul singer Jesper Lindell’s March, 2026 release which found the Swedish vocalist and his band ensconced at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, replicates the process at Memphis’ famed Royal Studios.
The concept was to record previously chosen and rehearsed covers of music originated at those iconic locations in the 60s and 70s, bringing a fresh perspective from a guy who only knew these songs from the radio (or probably streaming), and have it engineered and mixed by Boo Mitchell, son of the famous Willie Mitchell.
The simply titled Royal like the previous iteration, combines relatively popular songs crafted in Memphis such as Sam & Dave’s “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” and Ann Peebles’…
Tag Archive: Jesper Lindell
Most all within the sphere of my reach has a reverence for classic soul music. Not upper-cased to designate any genre distinction, but closer to the ground… the small “s” signifying what truly changes and crosses the course of our blood. We’ve sought solace and direction as if a spinning disc were a communion rail before which we surrender; as if at the bent knee of our parents. It’s a ritual that has remained fortifying and alive – because the music itself has: refusing challenges to its legacy and relevance by evolving as we do.
Otis Redding, being but one sharp example, continues to sound like a living human being leaping from a pair of speakers because, in a very real way, he is one: his voice still reaching out with what poet William Carlos Williams…