Singer-songwriter J.M. Hart has every right to be worried (and angry) about the current clusterfuck that is holding sway across the USA. Diving into his folk and country leanings, he tries to cope by counting his blessings on his new album Turned Around. Sure, there is some despair, but he still has hope that sanity will get the upper hand again. Hiding in your shell does not help, but enjoying the company of your loved ones provides both short time solace as well as the realisation that not everything is turning to shit.
He has a deep knowledge of North-American roots music, which he has put to good use, giving nods to Neil Young, Gene Clark and of course the undisputed champion of Cosmic music, Gram Parsons. Turned Around is an intimate album, a celebration of storytelling. He holds on the numbers that the clock is showing back home, while he was Nashville during a snowstorm (Central Time), stares at the cards that life has dealt him in the title track, and goes all out with a lengthy progressive folk instrumental part in Holding On as a showcase for the lengthy hours he put in honing his guitar skills.
The extreme right-wing nut jobs can not kill art and the message of hope. Many moons from now historians will try to make sense of their twisted narratives, but they might also stumble on artists like Hart who did not back down and said their piece through music.
J.M. Hart: vocals, guitar, bass and stuff
Ryan Jewell: drums (1, 3, 5, 6)
Mike Horn: lead guitar (2)
Mike Gorman: mandolin & backing vocals (4)
Turned Around is available for pre-order (CD, digital) here. Release date: September 16.
Tracks:- Give Me Love
- Nobody's Watching
- Holding On
- Central Time
- Some Things
- Better Let It Go
- Soon Will Come
- Turned Around
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