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WOODEN SMOKE
KENEALLY, MIKE
2001 , USA - EURO 15.50
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ALBUM REVIEW
Mike Keneally's tenth album contains some of the pop innovator’s most elegantly adventurous music, set in a largely acoustic soundscape. A multi-instrumentalist with an unmatched pop cunning and an unrelenting gift for ear-twisting harmony, Keneally first rose to prominence as Frank Zappa's "stunt guitarist." His previous album, the critically acclaimed Dancing, debuted on three Billboard charts in 2000. Wooden Smoke combines Keneally's own multi-tracked virtuoso performances with several of his catchiest tunes."At the end of 2000," reports Keneally, " I started playing a whole lot of acoustic guitar, sitting on the floor in the living room. The sound of the instrument and the physical sensation of playing it formed the bedrock of Wooden Smoke; it's not your typical acoustic album, though there is a lot of interesting sound happening, generated in some fairly unorthodox ways." (Just for Kicks)
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