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02-04-2008, 13:39
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05-05-2008, 22:20
some reviews of his new album:
About.com Tim is back with a killer solo songwriter record full of country- and blues-inspired original folk songs. Tim O'Brien's career has been built on the sheer fact that the man can seemingly do anything musically. Navel-gazing folk songs, check. High-powered bluegrass fiddle tunes, check. Meandering mandolin noodling, check. Toe-tapping blues tunes, check. Classic old timey Celtic and American gospel songs, check. Bazouki, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocals...get the point? popmatters.com 'Chameleon' may be some of his best work to date, even if he’s veered from the traditional bluegrass that made him famous in the country music world. Chameleon shows why he’s one of the best pickers in music as he plays the guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bouzouki, and mandola. Chameleon sees O’Brien as more of a Woody Guthrie folkie type, dispensing both silliness and political commentary with a sly wink. Some of the catchiest songs on Chameleon see O’Brien getting political, albeit with a wacky twist or two. “World of Trouble” has a little “Cotton-Eyed Joe” breakdown, this time with Osama bin Laden as the titular figure. “This World Was Made for Everyone” is deliberately reminiscent of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”; that is, cutting commentary combined with earwormy hooks, this time about Manifest Destiny, 19th century New England whaling practices, and air pollution. After all, as O’Brien sings, “This world was made for everyone / Especially for us”. George Bush, Clinton, Jesus, and Bob Geldof also get name-dropped in a couple of tracks which are equally chock-full of O’Brien’s whimsical and wry social observations. O’Brien has definitely picked the right name for this new record, because in just the past few years we’ve seen him go from traditional bluegrass to Scots-Irish ballads to his current incarnation as witty folkie. Sure, he may be a chameleon, but let’s hope he stays this color for a while. It sure seems to suit him. |
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06-05-2008, 08:26
*grumbles*
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06-05-2008, 15:20
Support
Ray Bonneville www.raybonneville.com MySpace.com - Ray Bonneville - Montreal/Austin, CA - Americana / Roots Music / Blues - www.myspace.com/raybonneville Ray Bonneville is a roaming gritty blues poet who won a prestigious Juno Award, the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy, in 1999, for his third album, Gust of Wind. A distinctive artist, a man who cooks up a deep groove soup, stirring his own unique percussive electric guitar style, his weathered voice, and soulful rack harmonica lines into songs that can be believed. The result is a powerful and visceral sound, with an almost primitive quality to it and a lot of forward momentum. “He creates his own powerful and unique version of the blues” (Dirty Linen). |
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12-05-2008, 12:37
this gig on friday.....
Tim performs regularly in Steve Earle's Bluegrass Dukes and here are some sessions from the recent BBC Transatlantic Sessions YouTube - Look Down That Lonesome Road - Tim O'Brien YouTube - Brother Wind -- Tim O'Brien with Darrell Scott YouTube - The Crossing - Tim O'Brien |
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