There’s a poem by Robert Dickson, the famed Franco-Ontarian author, that explains how to live like a poet. One bit of advice is to feel it when the band gets into it.
Here’s a singer-songwriter who is clearly fronting a band. His crew is tight and bright with a contagious vitality that you feel at the gut level, said press material issued by the artist. It’s energizing music that’s meant to befriend everyday life, rather than plow through it. The overall attitude is a measured sense of confidence in one’s ability to face life’s challenges. That comes in part from lessons learned in times of social distancing, about who we are, what is ours and what isn’t.
Further into the album, there are heartwarming phrases of violin and steel guitar in compositions with rhythms that become a bit more intricate, yet remain squarely in the album’s groove.
Bravo!