Matt Keen
one stroke down
© 2005 matt keen (634479149153)
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Any fan of Celtic and slide acoustic guitar (mixed with a hint of Cuba) will find many songs and pieces to delight them. But this music is also about fusion and exploring the places where music comes from.
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- 1 building up a river
- 2 be there at the end
- 3 woodbourne
- 4 one stroke down
- 5 change his mind
- 6 ready
- 7 take me there
- 8 cannot keep from crying
- 9 growing up sideways
- 10 steel sparks now
- 11 another minute
- 12 when you are alone
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The emergence of this collection from the East Midlands of England is pretty stunning. Keen has been around in various guises for several years, but this is his first collection as himself, and represents his work distilled into the purest of forms. It is an acoustic set, emotionally intense yet always contemporary rather than backward looking. Moreover it is upbeat, and at times both lyrics and guitar are angry and possessive: see the instrumental Woodbourne or the lyrics to Building Up A River and Another Minute. Moreover the sounds are all in there: Cuban and American South, sinuous percussion and fretless bass, all woven around a bluesy guitar backdrop. Anyone who can rhyme "breakfast" with "reckless" gets my vote - this is one stroke up.
Andy Hibbert - Cavendish Chronicle, Cambridge, England
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