http://coilhouse.net/2010/07/deep-rivers-run-quiet-ryan-francesconis-parables/ Coilhouse Wed, 23 May 2012 21:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://coilhouse.net/2010/07/deep-rivers-run-quiet-ryan-francesconis-parables/comment-page-1/#comment-51346 Ryan Francesconi | Gigs in Manchester | Hey! Manchester - alternative concert promotions in the rainy city Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:15:14 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=16485#comment-51346 [...] Parables, the first album under his own name and out in Europe via Drag City distribution, is intended as a deeply personal attempt to realise all compositional potential he could using just the one simple instrument: Ryan recorded the album live and using no overdubs, and his solo acoustic guitar creates an impossibly rich sound that hints at his extensive musical interests – American bluegrass, Baroque lute music, traditional Bulgarian folk (he is a Balkan music scholar) and jazz improvisation. He does it all live. ‘One of the most awe-inspiring musicians I’ve known … This is solo music that sounds like an ensemble … it is nearly impossible to believe he’s picking those strings with one hand’ – Joanna Newsom ‘Recorded live, the music is graceful and green with nods of kinship to everyone from Nick Drake to Herman Hesse to the forests of the Pacific Northwest’ – Coilhouse [...] [...] Parables, the first album under his own name and out in Europe via Drag City distribution, is intended as a deeply personal attempt to realise all compositional potential he could using just the one simple instrument: Ryan recorded the album live and using no overdubs, and his solo acoustic guitar creates an impossibly rich sound that hints at his extensive musical interests – American bluegrass, Baroque lute music, traditional Bulgarian folk (he is a Balkan music scholar) and jazz improvisation. He does it all live. ‘One of the most awe-inspiring musicians I’ve known … This is solo music that sounds like an ensemble … it is nearly impossible to believe he’s picking those strings with one hand’ – Joanna Newsom ‘Recorded live, the music is graceful and green with nods of kinship to everyone from Nick Drake to Herman Hesse to the forests of the Pacific Northwest’ – Coilhouse [...]

]]> http://coilhouse.net/2010/07/deep-rivers-run-quiet-ryan-francesconis-parables/comment-page-1/#comment-40555 Ben Morris Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:31:18 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=16485#comment-40555 I just finished listening to this album all the way through for the first time and its really exceptional. I just finished listening to this album all the way through for the first time and its really exceptional.

]]> http://coilhouse.net/2010/07/deep-rivers-run-quiet-ryan-francesconis-parables/comment-page-1/#comment-40469 selizabeth Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:07:08 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=16485#comment-40469 "American bluegrass, Bulgarian folk, jazz improvisation and Baroque lute music." - what an excellent combination! And I love the Toids, yet I didn't recognize the name, so shame on me . I've already started listening to one or two tracks and am all a-swoon...thanks for sharing this. “American bluegrass, Bulgarian folk, jazz improvisation and Baroque lute music.” – what an excellent combination! And I love the Toids, yet I didn’t recognize the name, so shame on me . I’ve already started listening to one or two tracks and am all a-swoon…thanks for sharing this.

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