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Tony Furtado is one of the few all-round musicians on the contemporary roots, new folk and Americana scene who can do it all: Play multiple instruments on a very high level, write first-rate songs, sing well, work solo or as a team player as well as arrange and produce. Sure, Buddy Miller, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder, as well as Darrell Scott and Dirk Powell come to mind as equally versatile artists.
With 13 original compositions Tony Furtado offers up a dynamic, versatile collection of intricate newgrass/fusions instrumentals, melodic poetry songs, westcoast country rock, introverted folk melancholia, world music, bluegrass and more. He presents the full scope of his artistry with breakneck banjo parts, breathtaking bottleneck slide technique and veritable songwriting of such complex songs as ‘Dying Language’, ‘Tall Grass’, ‘Tired Lion’ and ‘Ashes Of Man’. And of such elaborate instrumentals as ‘Astoria’, the quiet and poignant ‘Iowa’ and the moody ‘Jo Jo’. But the other tracks like the opener ‘Broken Bell’, the banjo-driven fusion of ‘Low Road’ with funky bass, organ, slide and dobro and the jam-packed album closer ‘Star’ with pedal steel, trumpet, mandolin, organ, electric piano, horn section and backing choir are utterly convincing.