Walker, Ryley - Primrose Green
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28-DEDO51401.2
There are a lot of singer/songwriters taking their cues from the Joe Boyd Island releases of the 70s, which is a fine influence, but most of them sound like sort of limp versions of those guys.
Ryley Walker, from Chicago is different because while anyone who loves John Martyn's & Nick Drake's albums from their classic period will also love this, it doesn't sound a bit like them to my ears.
Additionally, he's working with a host of the great Chicago jazz guys here: cellists Fred Lonberg-Holm and Whitney Johnson, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, drummer Frank Rosaly, keyboardist Ben Boye, upright and electric bassist Anton Hatwich, and electric guitarist Brian Sulpizio and there's a lot of real musical sophistication going on; this isn't strummy strummy folk music with singing. Recommended!
- LabelDead Oceans
- UPC656605140124