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Blood Moon Boulder
LP $17.50

02/01/2019 764072748054 

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MP3 $6.99

06/29/2015 889326307600 

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FLAC $7.99

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“Chuck Johnson’s impact on the contemporary guitar world continues to be felt. His first two solo records signaled the arrival of a  unique player, steeped in various forms of playing and influence, yet distinctly modern. Johnson eschews a weathered traditionalism for the wide-scope expanse of 21st Century Americana.
“On his third album, Blood Moon Boulder, Johnson reaches a compositional peak in a nod to the picturesque naturalism of the American landscape. The dynamics of his range can be felt on this singular record, a soundtrack-like listen that rewards the ear with rich detail.
“His precision and tone recall the heights of Ry Cooder’s Paris, Texas on the extended opening track “Corvid Tactics.” Notably, the guitarist duels with a phantom Chinese radio signal that slips through the silences during the recording session.
“One can hear the ghostly sounds peek through at moments as Johnson bends his strings. “Medicine Map” delivers a melodic melancholy, with an every-note-perfectly-placed aesthetic. Rather than ramble or evoke some kind of outdated nostalgia, Johnson lets his cinematic  instincts take lead.
“Perhaps most evocative of this approach is “Private Violence,” a meditative composition with gorgeous pedal steel played on top of electric six-string, ending in a sustained tonal minimalism that could easily stretch into a whole LP of its own. Blood Moon Boulder  contains a lyricism, an exactitude and emotional arc all its own. And that’s worth playing again and again.”
—Steve Lowenthal, author of Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist

Tracklist

  1. #1 Corvid Tactics

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  2. #2 Silver Teeth in the Sun

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  3. #3 Medicine Map

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  4. #4 Inversion Layer

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  5. #5 The Deer and the Snake

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  6. #6 Private Violence

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