Artist.......: Clarence Bucaro
Album........: New Orleans
Label........: Hyena Records
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Dec-30-2009
str.date.....: Oct.2009
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Light in your eyes 03:43
02. Matters of the heart 04:06
03. On my coast 04:15
04. Unfulfilled love 05:12
05. Standing on old grounds 03:59
06. The other end 03:52
07. It's only you tonight 04:00
08. Let me let go of you 03:40
09. Abandoned mine 04:22
10. Red Herring 03:20
Runtime 40:29 min
Size 52,7 MB
Release Notes:
New Orleans, the new release from Clarence Bucaro
due October 13 on Hyena Records, is a set of 10
timeless songs brought to life by the 29-year-old
singer/songwriter's stunning falsetto vocals
infused with the flowing spirit of the Big Easy.
New Orleans, named after the city where it was
written and recorded, was produced by Anders
Osborne and features a stellar ensemble, including
Kirk Joseph (founding member of Dirty Dozen Brass
Band), Doug Belote and Mike Burkhart. Dripping with
romance, despair and the restlessness of youth, it
documents an intense love affair with the
enchanting Crescent City as a backdrop.
Clarence Bucaro, a Cleveland Ohio native, moved to
New Orleans in 2004 after a long two-year haul
touring the U.S. and Europe and hiking the entire
length of the Appalachian Trail. He intended to
soak up its rich culture and make music with his
mentor and collaborator Anders Osborne. Soon
thereafter, Bucaro found himself enmeshed in a
relationship. The combination of both his new love
and home opened the creative floodgates. The
results culminated in recording this collection of
freshly penned songs in a single six-hour session.
Bucaro abandoned the project, however, immediately
after laying the tracks to tape, the personal
nature of the material weighing heavy on him. Soon
thereafter, he would head west to Los Angeles to
find new directly before eventually settling a year
later in New York City. After the release of his
critically acclaimed Til Spring, Bucaro decided to
open up the material from the New Orleans sessions,
going on to complete it and now share it for
release.
The final results are 10 intimate songs that range
from the sweet syncopated soul of "Let Me Let Go of
You" to the skewed rocker "The Other End," the
pleading gospel-tinged "Light in Your Eyes" to the
intimate ballads "Matters of the Heart," "On My
Coast" and "Abandoned Mine." The warm tone of the
recording paired with Bucaro's love worn lyrics and
heartfelt delivery call to mind artists like
Jackson Browne and Van Morrison, but never impeding
on his uniqueness as an artist.