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''Osborne has an impossibly great, soulful voice and the songs to match.'' --Paste
''Osborne has an impossibly great, soulful voice and the songs to match.'' --Paste
''Osborne has an impossibly great, soulful voice and the songs to match.'' --Paste
''Osborne has an impossibly great, soulful voice and the songs to match.'' --Paste
''Osborne has an impossibly great, soulful voice and the songs to match.'' --Paste
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Grammy-award winning guitarist/singer/songwriter ANDERS OSBORNE blends blues, rock and roll and New Orleans funk and R&B to create a distinctive genre-bending style that has captivated music fans and fellow performers alike. He wrote "Watch The Wind Blow By," a #1, million-selling country hit for Tim McGraw and two tracks on bluesman Keb' Mo's Grammy-winning album Slow Down. American Patchwork is an intensely soulful album, ranging from gentle ballads to burning rockers, including some truly amazing guitar playing. Galactic's Stanton Moore and Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan guest.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The rock era is pushing 60 and anyone who's been listening carefully will have to admit that enthusiasm for contemporary releases can never include any believable claims of originality. That's okay because much of the best rock is artful theft anyway. There remains plenty of room for personal expression, however, and there's always a place for great songwriting.
Which brings us to Anders Osborne. His gifts as a guitar player are significant, and if one is led to make comparisons to Duane Allman, that's hardly a negative. There are only so many notes that can be phrased so many different ways. But the human voice is something else; no two are the same. When that unique voice is used in service of personal expression so emotionally intense it feels like an explosion, you've really got something special.
American Patchwork is the album Osborne fans have been waiting for since Ash Wednesday Blues. The record is a triumph in several ways-- as a coherent musical statement, as an account of one man's struggle to transcend his own existential problems, as a tale of New Orleans loss and recovery, as a rumination on the entropic inevitability of death and a possible redemption by love. The back story is that it's an album about recovery from substance abuse, but to leave it at that is like saying John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was an album about primal therapy.
Osborne contrasts electric and acoustic modes artfully to express the roller coaster of emotions he takes us through on American Patchwork. The record begins with the ominous buzzing of multi-layered guitars that lead us "On the Road to Charlie Parker," a hair-raising metaphor for genius cut down at the knees by heroin. Osborne keeps it terse and focused, adding to the drama by not overplaying it. He steps aside on track two to comment almost dispassionately on his condition as he sings the tuneful chorus of "Echoes of My Sins," a song delivered here as a crunching electric shuffle but which sounds as if it could easily be sung as a straight pop melody.
Osborne contrasts his horror with the first of the redemptive tracks on the album, the simple reggae love song "Got Your Heart." But Osborne is always an emotional recidivist, and we're immediately plunged into the nightmare of "Killing Each Other." The bad vibes continue as Osborne contemplates a desultory escape on "Acapulco," a song about Mexico that Kenny Chesney will never record, then he offers a heartbroken tribute to a fallen friend on the remarkable hymn "Standing With Angels." The line "You're done raging against the light" sums up the condition Osborne is writing about with remarkable eloquence. In this chapter of Osborne's life, there is a decidedly happy ending, expressed in the simple love songs that end the album, "Meet Me in New Mexico" and "Call On Me."
Can one man's search for salvation discover a redemptive path for a ruined city, an imperiled country, a world perpetually on the brink of disaster? Anders Osborne is not posing that question, but after living with American Patchwork for weeks now I can't stop asking it myself. The album describes a process--the writer of these songs is balancing the baggage of what can't be changed against the possibilities that lie ahead, all by wrestling with his emotions in the here and now. His personal experiences become universal observations in these songs, and the listener, by living vicariously through them, can confront his own demons. That's not an original process, but it's the living definition of great art.--OffBeat Magazine, May 2010 issue
Which brings us to Anders Osborne. His gifts as a guitar player are significant, and if one is led to make comparisons to Duane Allman, that's hardly a negative. There are only so many notes that can be phrased so many different ways. But the human voice is something else; no two are the same. When that unique voice is used in service of personal expression so emotionally intense it feels like an explosion, you've really got something special.
American Patchwork is the album Osborne fans have been waiting for since Ash Wednesday Blues. The record is a triumph in several ways-- as a coherent musical statement, as an account of one man's struggle to transcend his own existential problems, as a tale of New Orleans loss and recovery, as a rumination on the entropic inevitability of death and a possible redemption by love. The back story is that it's an album about recovery from substance abuse, but to leave it at that is like saying John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was an album about primal therapy.
Osborne contrasts electric and acoustic modes artfully to express the roller coaster of emotions he takes us through on American Patchwork. The record begins with the ominous buzzing of multi-layered guitars that lead us "On the Road to Charlie Parker," a hair-raising metaphor for genius cut down at the knees by heroin. Osborne keeps it terse and focused, adding to the drama by not overplaying it. He steps aside on track two to comment almost dispassionately on his condition as he sings the tuneful chorus of "Echoes of My Sins," a song delivered here as a crunching electric shuffle but which sounds as if it could easily be sung as a straight pop melody.
Osborne contrasts his horror with the first of the redemptive tracks on the album, the simple reggae love song "Got Your Heart." But Osborne is always an emotional recidivist, and we're immediately plunged into the nightmare of "Killing Each Other." The bad vibes continue as Osborne contemplates a desultory escape on "Acapulco," a song about Mexico that Kenny Chesney will never record, then he offers a heartbroken tribute to a fallen friend on the remarkable hymn "Standing With Angels." The line "You're done raging against the light" sums up the condition Osborne is writing about with remarkable eloquence. In this chapter of Osborne's life, there is a decidedly happy ending, expressed in the simple love songs that end the album, "Meet Me in New Mexico" and "Call On Me."
Can one man's search for salvation discover a redemptive path for a ruined city, an imperiled country, a world perpetually on the brink of disaster? Anders Osborne is not posing that question, but after living with American Patchwork for weeks now I can't stop asking it myself. The album describes a process--the writer of these songs is balancing the baggage of what can't be changed against the possibilities that lie ahead, all by wrestling with his emotions in the here and now. His personal experiences become universal observations in these songs, and the listener, by living vicariously through them, can confront his own demons. That's not an original process, but it's the living definition of great art.--OffBeat Magazine, May 2010 issue
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By moboman
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Anders Osborne has voice. His album, American Patchwork, is a humble soulful expression of putting things back together and returning from something adverse. It is a story of the American Dream. Osborne provides the soundtrack for my Summer of 2010, his album playing often, finding myself searching through it for all the gems and twisted truths, the chunky grooves,
--Osborne starts with a grim tune about going to the crossroad--"On The Road to Charlie Parker", and ends with a cautionary beautiful lilt, pleading for the power of asking--"Call on me". In between, there are reminiscent moments like you've heard this before. Shades of Allmann Bros. and Leon Russell. Phenomenal guitar work, creative and innovative in a classic way.
--Recorded for Alligator Records, this is an unusual choice by this primarily blues label. Anders Osborne channels the best of rock's past with a new lyrical verve and the band is from New Orleans so you know they're great.
--I suggest getting the album and digging in. There are some GREAT songs in here.
--Moboman ([...] Long Beach, Ca)
--Osborne starts with a grim tune about going to the crossroad--"On The Road to Charlie Parker", and ends with a cautionary beautiful lilt, pleading for the power of asking--"Call on me". In between, there are reminiscent moments like you've heard this before. Shades of Allmann Bros. and Leon Russell. Phenomenal guitar work, creative and innovative in a classic way.
--Recorded for Alligator Records, this is an unusual choice by this primarily blues label. Anders Osborne channels the best of rock's past with a new lyrical verve and the band is from New Orleans so you know they're great.
--I suggest getting the album and digging in. There are some GREAT songs in here.
--Moboman ([...] Long Beach, Ca)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Music
Anders Osbourne is the best Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, guitarist that you have never heard of. Why is that? Is it bad management? Is his foundation in New Orleans too deep? I cannot be sure. But I do know this: He is an amazing talent that needs to be heard. Yes, he is the embodiment of NOLA soul, funk, and blues. But his searches into truly American music are far reaching. His albums to this point have been front porch, back porch, 2nd line, and introspective. This one is in your face. Notice that I didn't say "in your face like a shiny strand of Mardi Gras beeds." This album goes beyond New Orleans. Its funk and rock and delta and dusty road all in one. Why are you reading this? Do you still doubt this man? Start with this: download this album. Then read about Anders' life and loves and losses. Then download the rest of his catalog. Each is a milepost marker in the life and times of a soul on display for all to hear.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Anders Worthy
Some other reviews were not so kind to this album and I can understand. Living Room and Ask Wednesday's Blues may remain, arguably, Anders best albums to date. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dickie B
5.0 out of 5 stars
Master
Anders is a master. I have all albums and this is one of my favorites. He is so raw, so powerful and emotional. He pushes the limits everytime. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Betsy Church
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it!!
I wish I had gotten this when it was released two years ago. Great songs and vocals. I've seen Anders Osborne perform several times in the last five years. He is fantastic. Read more
Published 11 months ago by JBrew
5.0 out of 5 stars
American Patchwork is Great
I love this Album. It touches you on so many levels. And in so many different types of music. I would recomend this album to all my friends.
Published 12 months ago by a mills
5.0 out of 5 stars
Album of the Year
This album is simply fantastic from start to finish. It's a testament to the fact that there's still great music out there if you look a bit deeper than the playlists on your local... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Driving Rock & Blues
Powerful Head Banging opener. I love On the Road to Charlie Parker. Best new Blues Rock I've heard in years.
Published on January 24, 2011 by Lil' Angler
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet
This is a blues, funk, jazz, reggae and classic rock blended album. I like the way he presents himself musically here. Works out well, if you like the old styled rock. Read more
Published on October 8, 2010 by Evil Kamel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anders at his best
This is Anders at his best. The album varies from beginning to end but somehow still flows very well. It reminds me of Living Room or earlier works from Anders. Read more
Published on August 6, 2010 by treytuck
2.0 out of 5 stars
not one of his best
I love this guy's music but this album is disappointing. It sounds like his first two records back in the late 1990s, which were okay but not as rich as his later ones. Read more
Published on June 22, 2010 by music lover
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Whole New Groove
This is somewhat of a change for Anders on this latest release. This album is a little more rock and roll and less of the blues and funk that we are all used to. Read more
Published on June 14, 2010 by Smitty
