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[BLUES] The list of musicians credited on Keb Mo’s latest album, 2014’s BluesAmericana, is extensive. It starts with Keb Mo’s, a.k.a. Kevin Moore’s own work on the record—ranging from bass playing to banjo strumming, guitar picking, horn blowing, and keyboard tapping—and works down through nearly 50 names. Included are composers, sax players, engineers, mandolinists, and even, at the very end, a professional handclapper. They say it takes a community to raise a child; well it also takes a community to make a damn good Americana record. Top rated musicianship is clearly present on BluesAmericana, but Moore also lays out his complex emotional status. His depth shouldn’t scare you away, though; his music is still the equivalent of grandma’s mac and cheese—comfort food for the ears. The 63-year-old, three-time Grammy Award-winning delta blues musician brings his country Americana tour to Babeville’s Asbury Hall on Thursday, August 13.