Jonathan Wilson may have had enough of being told he had brought the sound of historic Laurel Canyon up to date. If he left the chic enclave of Los Angeles a few years ago, the forties continues to be considered by some only as a nice hippie lost in the country of Donald Trump. An anachronism in a way. The release of his new album Dixie Blur will bring them serious denial. Walking forward? Go back? No side? The disc is a little bit of it all at once. Dixie Blur is as direct and accessible as the previous productions of the snowman were ambitious sonic odyssey.
I grew up in the hills of North Carolina, a stone's throw from Nashville. Country was constantly passing there
Jonathan WilsonIt was through a joint concert with Steve Earle, a great figure in country-rock since the mid-1980s, that Wilson decided to reconnect with his musical roots. “By sharing my doubts with him, he suggested that I go and record my new songs in Nashville. I just never thought about it, ”he explains. Wilson contacts
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