Nostalgia And Other Fantasies

Reviewed: 2019-11-03
Genre: General
FCCs: none

If You Like: Jesse Sykes, John Fahey, Bill Frisell, BJ Cole, Tin Hat Trio, Run Boy Run, Cowboy Junkies
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Gone For Awhile II – slide guitar starts> slow jam builds in volume>slow fade
**2/ Willow Bunch – guitar starts> slow jam> slow guitar solo builds in volume & morphs into a rocking midtempo jam> slow fade on drums
***3/ Memory Is An Anchor – guitar starts> cello joins> midtempo jam> cello solo> midtempo hesitating jam> bass solo> midtempo jam wings uptempo> electric guitar solo morphs into uptempo rocking jam> crescendo> pause> cello leads sow tempo jam> fade
4/ Stars In A Midnight Lake (Intro) – guitar starts> slow tempo jam> quick fade
***5/ Stars In A Midnight Lake – guitar starts> slow tempo jam with repetitive rift> cello joins> slow jam> female vocal joins softly> midtempo jam> fadequick stop
**6/ Gone For Awhile III – guitars start> uptempo bluegrass-like jam> quick stop
7/ Giving (With) – guitar/cello start> slow tempo jam> pause> hesitating heavy guitar chords duet with drums> quick stop
8/ Signs Of Change – guitar starts> slow tempo jam> pause> slow hesitating jam builds into midtempo jam> quick fade
*9/ Ballad For An Old Barn – guitar starts> slow jam with slide guitar & cello duet> builds in volume & intensity> crescendo> mellower slow jam to fade pause> brief slow jam & fade
10/ Old Barn (Interlude) – drums start> brief slow tempo jam with electric guitar & cello> fade
*11/ Gone For Awhile – bass starts> midtempo jam> cello solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
**12/ Has It Been A Year, Already? – guitar starts, swings into mellow uptempo jam> builds in volume & intensity> rocking uptempo jam> screaming guitar solo> crescendo> slow jam> slow fade
13/ Willow Bunch (Reprise) – guitar starts> midtempo guitar solo> quick fade