Greg Brown - In the Dark With You (1985)
(Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter)
I don't know if this guy is famous or a complete unknown, but I'd guess the latter.
This is folk of the somewhat country sounding variety. I can't say I appreciate this particular style of folk, so the odds are stacked against this album from the start. It's labelled as 'contemporary folk' and 'singer/songwriter' but instrumentally, I feel like it's really just some very run off the mill, old school American folk music of the most common kind. I always skip artists like this when looking for folk music, so...
There's really nothing too special about these songs when it comes to the melodies and instrumental arrangements. The only special thing here is the somewhat odd style the singer goes with at times. Can't say I'm a fan of his singing. Mostly, he's simply passable. Sometimes he choses to do some weird "uuuhuuuh"-ing or some semi-scatting or whatever you wanna call it. I found his vocals sort of annoying at times, honestly.
The guitars and accordions just play exactly what they of course would with this sort of dime a dozen folk. Not badly done I guess, but I didn't appeal to me, despite how I quite like folk music.
4/10