Old Man Luedecke - Proof of Love - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Proof of Love is the follow up to Old Man Luedecke's widely acclaimed second album Hinterland. Produced by multi Juno Award winner Steve Dawson, this recording finds the pride of Chester, Nova Scotia, well loved for the stark joyous simplicity of his powerful banjo driven solo shows, working with a full band for the first time. Recorded live off the floor in just a couple of days at the Factory Studio in Vancouver, InchProof of LoveInch captures the thrill of hearing music made in the moment. The band includes John Raham (The Be Good Tanyas, Kinnie Starr) on drums, Mark Beaty (The Be Good Tanyas) on bass, Adrian Dolan (The Bills) on fiddle, Steve Dawson on guitars and Alice Dawson, Rose Cousins, and the Sojourners on back-up vocals. The result is a hooky unique take on folk music that swaggers with a breezy depth reminiscent of John Prine or a more lyrical John Hartford. The songs remain, as always, powerful early folk-inspired offerings that continue to marry the warmth and complexity of Old Man Luedecke's banjo interplay with the emotional lyricism that has won him a devoted following. InchProof of LoveInch has some unusual heroes painted in some of the best and most exciting language we've had from Old Man Luedecke yet. There's Zoe, who finds lawns a yawn and plants a garden instead at her suburban home and thus is the InchSpirit of the age, a breaker of the cage, she's a proof of loveInch. There's the hero of InchAin't Goin My WayInch, the everyman that sings about overstretching himself who's Inchinner napoleonInch hastens him to a fall. InchSad as a ForestInch details the bitterness of a single leaf in the fall whose life could have been brilliant but feels, instead, Inchsad as a forest that's all been cut downInch. InchBig Group BreakfastInch is a celebration of the hangover meal where friends gather in a diner and the song revels in how such rituals help get t