Jack Rose: Kensington Blues LP

Jack Rose: Kensington Blues LP

Jack Rose: Kensington Blues LP

Regular price $38.00
/
  • Free returns
  • Carbon neutral
  • Secure payments
  • In stock, ready to ship
  • Inventory on the way
Shipping calculated at checkout.

Jack's all time masterpiece and fourth full-length from Jack, an inspired mix of styles and sounds that brings his in-person mastery down to LP/CD scale. Kensington Blues is Jack's most diverse outing by far, with straight ragtime, heavy 12-string, and that sweet sweet Weissenborn lap guitar all checking in. Honed during endless touring in 2004, the repertoire here is delivered with maximum authority in a series of first-take performances recorded in early 2005.

"Cathedral et Chartres" and "Calais to Dover" are dense, brooding 12 string numbers, recalling the key tracks on 2004's Raag Manifestos CD. "Calais" features a sequence of right hand picking furious enough to evoke a dream state ala Charlemagne Palestine's "Stumming Music." "Rappahanock River Rag" and "Flirtin' With the Undertaker" are pure syncopated ragtime, while "Kensington Blues" offers an almost regal take on the intersection of Anglo and American trad.

The epic "Now That I'm A Man Full Grown" was the signature piece of many of 2004's live shows, a display of mind-boggling slide invention that straddles the line of east and west ala "Yaman Blues" from the Opium Musick LP. In something of a surprise inclusion, Jack's take on Fahey's "Sunflower River Blues" (long a staple of Pelt and J.R. gigs but never included on a record) is subtle and expressive, with a wonderful rise and fall that perfectly accentuates Fahey's beautiful melody.

This site is protected by hCaptcha and the hCaptcha Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Alexander Turnquist: Hallway Of Mirrors LP
$40.00
Sold Out
Anthony Pasquarosa: Morning Meditations LP
Anthony Pasquarosa: Morning Meditations LP
$35.00
Bile Bear: Bear Bile / Cage Mstes 2 x CD
$22.00
Bill Mackay And Nathan Bowles: Keys LP
Bill Mackay And Nathan Bowles: Keys LP
$40.00
Sold Out
Bill MacKay, ESKER, AMERICAN PRIMITIVE GUITAR
Bill MacKay: Esker LP
$42.00
Bill Mackey & Ryley Walker: Spiderbeetlebee LP
Bill Mackey & Ryley Walker: Spiderbeetlebee LP
$40.00
Recently viewed