C Joynes - God Feeds The Ravens

God Feeds The Ravens

C Joynes

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C Joynes - God Feeds The Ravens

An exciting new release on Bo' Weavil's Wooden Weavil series. English acoustic guitarist C Joynes, a resident of Cambridge, has released a few self produced excellent CDRs. Joynes uses a heavy thumb-led finger-picking technique that harks back to traditional country blues and early ragtime, however, he uses this technique to explore alternative melodic traditions: the English folk-tune; North and West African music; elements of classical Indian music; proto-minimalist and impressionist musics from the European classical tradition.His approach to the recording and compositional process contains a subtle and unassuming experimentation, at times including collaged fragments, field recordings, processing, en-plein-air recordings, and cut-and-paste. The version of 'Since I Lay My Burden Down' incorporates variations on lyrics and vocal lines drawn from a different song entirely. He has a penchant for reworking over-familiar pieces and stripping them of their kitsch and cliché, presenting them afresh, such as with 'Christmas Medley,' the arrangement of 'A Night In Tunisia,' and the gospel-based 'And When The Sun Begins To Shine.'

Reviews

Joynes' music is instinctive, well-researched, placid, and evokes a certain simplicity and naiveté.
Forced Exposure

Tracklisting

Download Album (WEAVIL26DD)
  1. C Joynes - Do As You Will Do
  2. C Joynes - Since I lay My Burden Down
  3. C Joynes - And When The Sun Begins To Shine
  4. C Joynes - The Godolphin Arabian
  5. C Joynes - The Village Of Manea
  6. C Joynes - Pirandos Tolos
  7. C Joynes - And There Seemed To Be A Great Clot Of Blood (…)
  8. C Joynes - Success (Version)
  9. C Joynes - A Palace Plot Or Some Woman's Jealousy
  10. C Joynes - Night On Djerba
  11. C Joynes - Christmas Melody
  12. C Joynes - West Cavaliers
  13. C Joynes - Sycamore, Sycamore
  14. C Joynes - Down In The Devil's Own Garden