If you are looking for some gritty, blues influenced rock... look no further than I Mother Earth. This eclectic Canadian quartet excels on their debut disc, Dig. Sometimes sounding reminiscient of bands like Santana, I Mother Earth churns out some excellent rhythms guaranteed to get your blood flowing. Songs like 'Levitate', 'Not Quite Sonic' and 'Rain Will Fall' will immediately grab your attention as catchy, fast and great tunes. 'So Gently We Go' is an excellent song that is a slower, more emotional, track. 'Lost My America' is a darker song with a bluesy influence. 'And The Experience' and 'The Universe In You' are both great songs with more blues influences throughout. This is really a phenomenal CD.

You will be surprised to find some unusual sounds on this CD. Some spanish influenced congas and other percussion of the like are played by Luis Conte, who isn't officially a band member, but plays with them all the time, assisting Christian Tanna in his drumming duties. Jagori Tanna's guitar at first comes off as a poor production job, but realizing that Mike Clink (Guns N' Roses) is producing this album you then understand that the guitar is intentionally a dirty, textured tone that just works so well with the gritty, ambiguous quality of the songs.

Unfortunately for us, this is the only opportunity to hear this sound from I Mother Earth. From here, they released the highly commercialized Scenery & Fish. Edwin left the band a while after to start his solo career, leaving the rest of the band to get a new lead singer. They then released Blue, Green, Orange which is an attempt to return to their roots. Dig, however, is the real deal which has yet to be topped.