Since COVID lockdown, we’ve run a recurring print column called Another Look that rounds up several super-brief record reviews. It’s a way to highlight worthy releases from Nashville-residing musicians during the past few months that we haven’t yet covered in-depth. The time has come for an evolution: Rather than one whopping article, we’re revamping Another Look as a series of single short reviews, with one or more iterations online each week.
If old-school R&B and funk are your jam, then you’re going to dig This Love Is Gonna Last, the first album in more than a decade from dynamic vocalist Charles “Wigg” Walker. The 84-year-old Walker is one of the few OG soul singers still kicking it, and on the album’s nine tracks produced by Charles Treadway and Gary Gold, he shows he’s still got a lot of kick left.
The material, which was mostly co-written by Walker and Treadway, is essentially a love letter from Walker to his late wife Marva, who passed away in 2024. Featuring accompaniment from keyboardist Treadway, guitarist Pat Bergeson, drummer Pete Abbott and a number of well-regarded horn players and backing vocalists, the album ranges musically from heartfelt ballads to infectious, funkier fare.
