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| Album | Execute American Folklore |
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| Article number | MJR004 |
| Release date | 2016-09-09 |
| Genre | Pop,rock,soul |
| Description | To try to categorize Johnny Dowd Ithaca, New York’s legendary, idiosyncratic genius is like trying to hold back a hurricane with a windbreak. It’s just not possible or indeed beneficial. To do so would be foolhardy, to say the least. Yet, far from trying to alienate an audience, or indeed create his own chin-stroking niche, for his tenth album, Execute American Folklore, Dowd has arguably delivered his most accessible yet. From the opening bars of ''Unease And Deviance'' to the final, sing-along joviality of ''A World Without Me'' (a duet with the fabulous Anna Coogan who floats through the album with unrestrained glee), it’s clear that Johnny has had a great deal of fun making this record. Held together with pulsating rhythms and drive beatbox and synths pumping out mercurial beats whilst Dowd’s unmistakable tones pierce the songs like a maniacal cheerleader for the masses Dowd charts a territory bordered by futuristic funk on one side and exploratory electronica on the other. Dowd’s aural playground is a place for everyone to gorge themselves on the fine fruits of a master aural manipulator at play. Execute American Folklore not only pushes the envelope one step further for a musician who tore up the rule book years ago, it reaffirms Dowd’s place as one of America’s creative ambassadors of invention, mirth, and sonic wonderment. Hell, this is even a Dowd record you can dance to! ''The very best of Dowd’s work fizzes with wild tales and a mongrel approach to traditional American. |
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Execute American Folklore
Dowd Johnny
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