{"id":15,"date":"2021-03-12T16:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2021-04-15T08:15:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:15:27","slug":"shadow-and-shapes-trainman-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"\u201cShadow and Shapes\u201d \u2013 Trainman Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Johnny Petersen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/8da0a4_ca4a410082af4e2480798fff16c61211~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_500,h_500,al_c,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/Front%20cover.png\" alt=\"Front cover.png\"><\/figure class=\"aligncenter\">\n<figcaption>Release date 21\/21\/03.\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the second album of Trainman Blues \u2013 a Danish project created by Irishman composer\/singer\/guitarist Richard Farell and producer\/basist Laust \u2018Krudtmejer\u2019 Nielsen.<br>They also engage some of Copenhagens finest musicians in the trade:<br>Harp \u2013 Peter Nande; Guitar \u2013 Ronni Boysen; Guitar \u2013 Rune H\u00f8jmark; Drums \u2013 Thomas Crawfurd; Drums \u2013 Lars Heiberg Andersen; Organ\/W\u00fcrlitzer \u2013 Christian J\u00f8rgensen; Slide guitar \u2013 Alain Apaloo; Saxophone \u2013 Yves Moffre; Harmonies \u2013 Cecilia Andersen.&nbsp;<br>First spontaneous impression:&nbsp;<br>The first impression that strikes the listener is the unusual quality and tone of Farell and the tasteful arrangement of the music. Never too much, never too little. The voice takes one back to the Motown sound in the late sixties as well as Memphis in the thirties, be it male or female singers. Nina Simone comes to mind. Like track 12, \u201cFind My Wings.\u201d&nbsp;<br>Track 11, \u201cI Cried\u201d brings on a mood of the chaingangs that chills one to the bone, without being an old replica.&nbsp;<br>At a second listening only confirms the first; it\u2019s a gem!<br>The album opens up with Losing Time, a power ballad that sets the mood for the rest of the show.<br>The title album, track 6, raises the question: is it blues, is it soul? How ever, its breath taking.<br>This album won\u2019t let nobody down with it\u2019s blend of blues, soul and funk!<br>Shadow and Shapes is relased on CD, Vinyl and Digitally on all the major streaming services.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Johnny Petersen Release date 21\/21\/03. &nbsp; This is the second album of Trainman Blues \u2013 a Danish project created by Irishman composer\/singer\/guitarist Richard Farell and producer\/basist Laust \u2018Krudtmejer\u2019 Nielsen.They also engage some of Copenhagens finest musicians in the trade:Harp \u2013 Peter Nande; Guitar \u2013 Ronni Boysen; Guitar \u2013 Rune H\u00f8jmark; Drums \u2013 Thomas Crawfurd;&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=15\" class=\"read-more\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa \u201cShadow and Shapes\u201d \u2013 Trainman Blues<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}