Having just hit #1 on the Roots Music Report Top 50 True Country
Album chart and holding three singles in the Top 10, California based
singer/songwriter Kaz Murphy’s Ride Out The Storm is stunning audiences
all over the nation. With its impressionable blend of Americana and rock
- littered with some obvious and incredible influences - the album,
produced by Scrappy Judd Newcomb at The Zone in Dripping Springs, Texas,
does more than just satisfy those cravings associated with cabin fever
so often experienced in the northern hemisphere this time of year. With
its touch on several important topics - a call for unity in times of
trouble, family breakdowns, love, addiction - Ride the Storm truly does
allow its listeners in, glimpsing Murphy’s coping process through the
words he intricately weaves and the feelings he creates with his glowing
soundscapes.
“This collection is one of a man
who is clearly an avid people watcher and moreover, a skilled
interpreter of the human condition,” gushes Maximum Volume, a statement
that leads an inexperienced ear to curiosity. This is something that
people are innately drawn to, the ability to relate to a song and have
an emotional response to it. The 11 tracks on Ride the Storm accomplish
that, utilizing Murphy’s soulful and, at times, rough vocals to share
that sentiment. As the listener is led through an organic - often
wandering - adventure of emotions, Murphy’s 4th solo album quickly
becomes a staple to be played on repeat.
A
published poet & author, one of Murphy’s stories inspired Captain
Beefheart’s Don Van Vliet to write a song. He's also played percussion
behind the legendary poet, Alan Ginsburg, and wrote a science fiction
musical that had a six-week run at Seattle’s Bell Theatre. Kaz has
released several records with his band, Mad Mad Nomad as well as having
shared the stage with an array of talent such as The Posies, Jonathan
Richmond, Pete Seeger, The Derailers, Big Star, The Jesus and Mary
Chain, Afghan Whigs and Insect Surfers, just to name a few.
Ride Out the Storm is out today on Barn Wall Media
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