Etheridge, Riley Jr. / Secrets, Hope & Waiting
Album: Secrets, Hope & Waiting   Collection:General
Artist:Etheridge, Riley Jr.   Added:Jan 2017
Label:Rock Ridge Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-01-24 Pull Date: 2017-03-28
Week Ending: Mar 26 Mar 19 Mar 12 Mar 5 Feb 26 Feb 19 Feb 12 Feb 5
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 20, 2018: KZSU Time Traveler
Like A Fool
4. Mar 24, 2017: KZSU Time Traveler
Hope & Waiting
2. Jan 12, 2018: KZSU Time Traveler (Top 39 of 2017)
Like A Fool
5. Mar 21, 2017: Music Casserole
Save Me From Myself (Solo)
3. Apr 14, 2017: KZSU Time Traveler
Like A Fool
6. Mar 17, 2017: KZSU Time Traveler
Like A Fool

Album Review
Francis D
Reviewed 2017-01-18
“Secrets, Hope & Waiting” Riley Etheridge Jr.
NYC-based singer-songwriter’s fifth studio album. This 10-song collection ranges from traditional folk-rock to something close to Americana. Riley searched the country until he found a unique recording studio in a refurbished church originally built in 1910 in New Orleans. Recordings were created with all musicians present and playing face-to-face to take advantage of the rich natural room sound. The feeling throughout is intimate, unrehearsed and largely acoustic — with only the simplest of drumming.
— Francis

Recommended: 1, 3, 2, 7, 8, 4. No FCCs detected.

1. (3:50) Like a Fool – Deliberate, intimate storytelling folk. Piano. Acoustic bass. Spare drumming sets the beat. ****
2. (3:09) Save Me from Myself – Lighter, more uplifting. Fingerpicked and strummed guitar. ***
3. (4:31) Everything You Wanted – Wistful and sad, shimmering and soft. Rich harmonies on the lead vocals. Piano and guitar carry the melody. ****
4. (5:22) The Moment’s Gone – Laid back and easy, with melodic piano and expressive, earnest vocals. **
5. (3:25) Do You Remember? – Slightly bouncier and brighter — something of an Americana feel. Counterpoint between piano and mandolin, with violin in the lead break.
6. (4:19) Life Unrehearsed — Almost a throwback feeling to the strong backbeat. Old timey stop ‘n’ go rhythm with slightly bluesy piano.
7. (3:50) Hope and Waiting – Dreamier. Harmonized lead vocals with more female balance than in the other songs. Simple strummed guitar with fingerpicked mandolin. ***
8. (3:45) Hush – Simple and sparse. Lead vocals shift between regular register and falsetto. Acoustic and pretty. ***
9. (3:22) Save Me from Myself (Solo) – Solo version of Track 2. Just Etheridge and his fingerpicked guitar. **
10. (5:33) Like a Fool (Reprise) – INSTRUMENTAL—Beautiful, delicate piano instrumental of Track 1. Like a Windham Hill arrangement.

Track Listing
1. Like A Fool   6. Life Unrehearsed
2. Save Me From Myself   7. Hope & Waiting
3. Everything You Wanted   8. Hush
4. The Moment's Gone   9. Save Me From Myself (Solo)
5. Do You Remember?   10. Like A Fool (Reprise)