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CHUCK JOHNSON - Crows In The Basilica

Name: CHUCK JOHNSON – Crows In The Basilica
Item: Crows In The Basilica
Rating: 6.5
Author: Lorenzo Righetto

2013 (Three Lobed Recordings)

fingerpicking

by Lorenzo Righetto

6.5

A liturgical and pagan setting frames the new, intricate, evocative work of Chuck Johnson, an obscure virtuoso of American Primitive. Leafy cathedrals and sudden snowy landscapes follow one another in the colorful, lyrical wandering of Johnson's fingerpicking, whose erudition (drawing inspiration from the Piedmont Blues tradition, as well as from Appalachian and Eastern music) shines through clearly in every passage.

Whether it's climbing steep slopes in search of a hidden vision, closing itself off in a pensive silence, or orchestrating the movement of animals and plants and, with it, the soul's gentle and passionate biorhythm, "Crows In The Basilica" offers a pure, vibrant look—free of post-modern affectation (and, above all, of any kind of verbosity)—at American folk minimalist composition.

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04/09/2013

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Lorenzo Righetto, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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