The tradition lives on strong in singer-songwriter Richard Buckner. Just can’t say enough good things about this guy, who’s been emoting preternaturally good songs that reverberate in the gut for dirt-road miles, since the early 90s.  Think Nick Drake meets Townes meets Sun Volt meets Federico Garcia Lorca, whose poem “The Guitar“, might have been written to describe how Buckner plays.

My favorite is “On Traveling” closely followed by “Lil Wallet Picture”, both of which are found on his eponymous collection.  And here he is at “22″, or at least singing about it, when the smoke was full of you ~

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Who knew Session Americana, aka divingforgold, was playing practically next door tonight?

Excerpt from: http://www.sessionamericana.com/

Session Americana sit tightly around a small cafe table, ambient mics tuned to catch the whole sound of the voices and instruments. A suit-case drum kit, an old electric bass, a bunch of acoustic instruments, a field organ…the musicians face each other, the audience feels drawn into the circle by the warmth…What keeps you coming back show after show…great songs performed by a great band. The six core members of the band have brought enviable careers worth of experience to the “table”,  featuring (current and former) members of Treat Her Right, Patty Griffin, Lori McKenna, The The, Dennis Brennan, Kris Delmhorst.

See you there?