Zachary Cale - Blue rider

SKU: V-71017
Category: records
Manufacturers: Jellyfant

Format: lp ($ 17,35)

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Often cited by critics and peers alike as a songwriter?s songwriter, Zachary Cale has been quietly constructing a catalog for nearly a decade, one which showcases mastery and a unique voice across folk ballads, guitar instrumentals, and country-tinged rock. On his 4th release, Blue Rider, Cale?s songs are marked with his signature finger-style guitar playing and lyrical command. Abandoned are the full-band arrangements of his previous album, 2011′s Noise of Welcome, for a minimalist approach that illuminates his strengths as a solo performer. Blending the echoed open-tuned guitar patterns of artists like John Martyn and Bert Jansch with the desolate American lyricism of lone riders like Simon Joyner and Elliott Smith, Cale continues to stand out as a songwriter of uncommon power. The title Blue Rider refers to the passing of yesterday?s vanguard, a group of painters that were known for their wild jagged color, but it also brings up the blues. Cale claims, ?It?s sort of like my ?blues? record, I?m using the same tuning that Skip James used, or what Fahey called ?The Sphinx? tuning.? And, with song titles such as ?Hold Fast? and ?Unfeeling? the reference is both musical and lyrical. The image of the bluesman or troubadour is an iconic one in the American psyche, and Cale plays with this image in a unique fashion upholding the idea that above all: the solo artist lives as a servant to song.

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