A rare opportunity to catch two rather good guitarists sharing the stage happens on September 1 at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA. Naïm Amor and Kid Congo Powers bring along punk-rock quartet Hot Patooties.
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HCTF review of Stories (Naïm Amor)
French guitarist and violinist Naïm Amor will lock the door of his home in Tucson, Arizona, and fly to France for a string of shows to promote his Stories album: "He lets the instruments do the talking. As an an in-demand film scorer he can tell a tale without using hardly any words. Ry Cooder, Link Wray and Hank B. Marvin can all be traced back as major influences. Some of it is quite polished, but Amor throwns in some rougher sounds as well. Blissful and wistful."
HCTF's annual list of the 20 albums that will be in regular rotation for many years to come. As per usual many genres are represented. Here Comes The Flood covers a lot of ground and it shows in this eclectic, final tally.
Today: final countdown from number 5 to 1.
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French guitarist and violinist Naïm Amor has shared a video for The Start Over, a track from his new album Stories: "He lets the instruments do the talking. As an an in-demand film scorer he can tell a tale without using hardly any words. Ry Cooder, Link Wray and Hank B. Marvin can all be traced back as major influences. Some of it is quite polished, but Amor throwns in some rougher sounds as well. Blissful and wistful".
HCTF review of Stories.
French guitarist and violinist Naïm Amor is blessed with the dexterity to play fast and slow effortlessly. Add a knack to write memorable melodies that sounds both fresh and instantly familiar and you have a hard time to find fault with his new album Stories. He lets the instruments do the talking. As an an in-demand film scorer he can tell a tale without using hardly any words. Ry Cooder, Link Wray and Hank B. Marvin can all be traced back as major influences. Some of it is quite polished, but Amor throwns in some rougher sounds as well as a means for tension and release.
Stories is blissful and wistful. Amor appears to searching for something that has gone missing in his personal life and by doing so he created a record that should be enjoyed as a whole. The moods change ever so slightly and there might ne some sort of Hollywood ending in the cards, but the ambiguity is far more interesting than a straightforward predictable narrative that would ruin it all.
French guitarist and violinist Naïm Amor has the final single from his forthcoming new album Stories. September Escapade is like a slowly unfolding flower, showing off its colours one by one to create an aural spectacle that needs to revisited time and again to fully appreciate all the intricacies. It has a late 60s Nouvelle Vague soundtrack vibe, spiced up with a bit of noise, a dash of post-rock and Tex Mex.
French guitarist and violinist Naïm Amor has released another nugget from his forthcoming new album Stories. Amorsonic is the opening track, a sprinkling duet for two guitarists on which he connects with Ben Nisbet. Thøger Lund (bass) and Casey Hadland (drums) provide a safety net, but also find plenty of spots to make their mark.
French guitarist and violinist Naïm Amor keeps the art of the rock instrumental alive with Freeway Race, a track from his forthcoming new album Stories. He sounds like the missing between Link Wray and Hank B. Marvin on this one, and there is no doubt that it will frustrate tons of hopefuls hoping to replicate his dexterity. He is an in-demand film scorer and he has the ability to tell a captivating tale without words.
Stories will be released via Fort Lowell Records (vinyl, digital). The album is available for pre-order here. Release date: May 29th.
Naïm Amor, a French guitarist now living in Tuscon, AZ, is a musician you might have heard on Howe Gelb and Calexico albums, the kind of guys who can fill holes in a track with a few choice notes. He did a lot of film scores and his new album Hear the Walls has a cinematic feel, the soundtrack for a road movie that hasn't been made yet.
Amor is still trying to fit in. Listen to the melancholic instrumental Learning America, a gentle conversation between strings and acoustic guitar or the soft spoken No Way Back. Being a stranger in strange land isn't a bad thing for creating jazz-tinged Americana musings. The Old World and the New World collided, but there are no casualties. Recommended if you like Nick Drake and Ry Cooder.
Hear the Walls will be released on vinyl by Fort Lowell Records. Release date: November 25th.
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