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Richard Buckner
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Hometown: Brooklyn, NY US "There are three kinds of American folk artist: those who sit, contented, on a back porch contemplating America's landscape and ways; those for whom its landscape and ways are something to stand against or move boldly through; and those whose America is a shadowy, impressionistic place that moves inside of them. This [latter] is the area that the sombre-voiced Richard Buckner has been exploring since 1984" (Sylvie Simmons; The Guardian, 2004)Meadow is the 8th full-length from Richard Buckner. Recorded in and around Brooklyn, NY, it marks the auspicious reunion of Buckner and J.D. Foster, producer of Buckner classics Since and Devotion + Doubt. The album was recorded in rather Spartan environments Buckner’s apartment, JD’s Hallway and an old pencil factory. Meadow soars and swells around Buckner¹s signature trifecta of enigmatic poetics, swirling melodies, and that voice a soothing drawl that’s somehow road-weary and buoyant all at once. The melodies are fleshed out by band that reads like an all-star line-up: Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Cobre Verde, solo); Kevin March (GBV, Those Bastard Souls, Dambuilders); JD Foster, and Steven Goulding (Mekons, Gram Parker, Waco Brothers). Doug Gillard’s guitar work is especially poignant, as he and Buckner play off one another to add an element to the recordings that is refreshing and new. Meadow is Richard Buckner at his finest. Fresh and evocative, poignant and real, it documents "the modern age wrapped up in the frustrations and sympathies of a wanderer" (Austin Chronicle). |
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