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Malcolm Holcombe - Tricks Of The Trade

Posted by Remo Ricaldone | Labels: Malcolm Holcombe , Cd Review

With his now unmistakable rumpled, hoarse and tremendously sincere voice, Malcolm Holcombe is a character like not many in Nashville. Gifted with an oblique and personal view of the deepest roots of American music, Malcolm Holcombe has always managed to combine country music, folk tradition and bluesy impressionism into a beautifully packaged ensemble by some of the most valid names on the other side of Music City, that on the fringes of the business he looks at with disenchantment and humor. Dave Roe and Jared Tyler with Brian Brinkerhoff have long been the ones who have sewn the best suit for Mr. Holcombe, the tastefully electro-acoustic one that fits perfectly with the suggestive and disillusioned stories that represent his trademark. "Tricks Of The Trade" follows in the best way the previous albums, always adding that little bit extra that shows great inspiration and stainless love for the aforementioned sounds, delivered to listeners with extraordinary vitality and freshness. The vicissitudes of a life certainly not without difficulties to put it mildly have not slowed the inspirational and poetic flow of Malcolm Holcombe who, especially in recent years, has regularly delivered records worthy of the best 'American music', crowded with losers and forgotten with their poignant stories full of humanity and brotherhood. The aforementioned Jared Tyler and Dave Roe above all are those who inlay with their talent arrangements of great beauty, Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris are the female voices that add sweetness and intensity, Ron De La Vega, bassist with an impeccable career fixes rhythms and sensations with solidity. And also this time the 'plate' is rich and vigorous, cohesive and enthralling, from the first to the last episode, from "Money Train", a masterpiece of expressive force to "Shaky Ground" that closes with country sweetness, with songs that we will long remember as "Crazy Man Blues", "Good Intentions", "On Tennessee Land", "Into The Sunlight", "Lenora Cynthia". A music with a strong specific weight that always acquires new colors with each listening. Absolutely and inevitably recommended. "On Tennessee Land", "Into The Sunlight", "Lenora Cynthia". A music with a strong specific weight that always acquires new colors with each listening. Absolutely and inevitably recommended. "On Tennessee Land", "Into The Sunlight", "Lenora Cynthia". A music with a strong specific weight that always acquires new colors with each listening. Absolutely and inevitably recommended.

Remo Ricaldone