Search - Duke Garwood :: Sand That Falls (Dig)

2009 album from the British experimental Blues artist. Recorded in a vast, deserted house that was as much building site as abode, it's soon apparent that The Sand That Falls is aptly named. For as Garwood picks his Blues and murmurs his songs, time vanishes as he transports you to a world soundtracked by sparse plucking, gentle percussion and his deep, thoughtful vocal. Though steeped in the Blues and deeply influenced by his hero Thelonious Monk, Garwood never becomes distracted into reverential homage. There's a fractured, lo-fi feel to what he does, an unconcern with rigid adherence to tradition. In the scattered sounds and meditative feel, the space in which The Sand That Falls was recorded almost becomes audible in the music.