Nectar — SIG
1275
After a dozen albums and countless tours, Brooks Williams has
become recognized as one of America's great musical treasures. His
new album Nectar is his finest achievement to date, a lush and
profoundly melodic song cycle. Clocking in at just under 40
minutes, there isn't one wasted moment on the whole recording.
Here Brooks marries craft and emotion: from the Beatle-esque Aztec
Camera cover "Birth of the True," with its pulsing
tremolo guitar, to the Memphis Slim classic, "Mother
Earth," complete with Phish-meets-Bill Frisell-like guitar
chords from Brooks while Madeira calls on the heavens with his
trusty B-Bender guitar, to the driving riffs of "Forget About
Him," which explode from funky fingerpicking to power chords
on the chorus. Produced by noted Nashville musician Phil Madera
(Buddy & Julie Miller & Greg Trooper), Nectar is a sweet
concoction indeed. "...an artist who only gets better with
each release" -MOJO |
