Although trading under Richard Jones' name, the six pieces chosen for this new trio's album are divided between the three players; Jones on piano, Joshua Cavanagh-Brierly on bass and Johnny Hunter on drums and it is this democratic approach that gives the album its appeal, no one player overwhelming the direction.
Daily Archives: 05/06/2023
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...these are arrangements bulbous with care and attention, but also with an ear towards appealing to a broader audience than his previous noisey business. For all the idiomatic guitar vocabulary, queasy bends and odd timekeeping, these are lovely wee miniatures of melodic blues numbers that you might want to stick on when you're driving with your Ma.
Still happily ensconced on Tapete, his fifth album for them emerges from the gloom with a stripped-down sound that, although still slow and steady, certainly has chinks of light filtering through the treetops.