Tripla

RYAN BINGHAM – SOUTHSIDE OF HEAVEN

Dirty with dust, this piece! The dust of the border desert between New Mexico, Texas and Mexico, where this 25-year-old boy was born and raised. Not only ballads, not only country & western but also rock, hoarse voice and unscrupulous use of instruments – such as the banjo on the loose, which comes out when the song seems finished or the steel guitar and harmonica, which pop up every now and then like cactus . Really a beautiful song that immerses in the climate of the "borderline" American-Mexican. Not just ballads

CROSBY & NASH – TO THE LAST WHALE / WIND ON THE WATER

With the death of David Crosby I lose a friend, whom I have never known, except through his music, which has been lighting up my days for fifty years.

Crazy musician, a life impossible to describe – left up for dead a couple of times, his girlfriend died by accident, addicted to drugs for years, two liver transplants, then the return and the rebirth, to continue to satiate our souls with his music. A passage like this makes us understand how magic is built. No sci-fi means are needed, talent, creativity and inventiveness are enough. Dear “Croz”, after 81 years of life, which to define intense is an understatement, rest in peace. May the earth be light on you

GLEN HANSARD – WEDDING RING

What magic! He is Irish and was part of a duo that has already visited this archaic column, The Swell Season, with the splendid voice of Marketa Irglova. He puts the splendid voice here, perfectly at ease in a piece with an enthralling rhythm, even if it's a slow one, where the chords are four in all, but they catch you badly, cradling you in the timbre of our voice. Fascinating

Gianni Giletti

NP Febbraio 2023