Let’s downshift a notch. After all, sometimes you just want to dream away that you are watching the setting sun from your porch while listening to laid back acoustic Americana. Experienced multi-instrumentalists Martin Harley, Daniel Kimbro and Sam Lewis collaborate for the first time on an attractive debut album that is perfect for evoking that feeling. On the 12 songs the Appalachia roots of Kimbro, the Nashville country folk of Lewis and the traveling riverside blues and roots of Harley melt together nicely. The three skilled musicians alternate lead vocals, while accompanying themselves in a relaxed way with various guitars, lap steel, double bass, strings, synthesizer, percussion and vocal harmonies. The result is melancholic, entertaining, and uplifting. From now on, dreaming about cowboys in Hawaii is no longer a strange idea.
Harley Kimbro Lewis is out now on CD and vinyl LP. Add to wantlist: Harley Kimbro Lewis Shop