Harksheide Posting and Review

A review and posting for our upcoming show at the Music Star Venue in Norderstedt Germany, Friday 9/21. Looks like it was written by Wolfgang Sedlatschek

PATRICK CROWSON (New York City) + Special Guest: J. ALLEN Originally from Missouri, manages the New York singer-songwriter Patrick Crowson its roots to wear a special way to the big city - for an inscrutable mixture of size, country traditions and urban retreat in silence surrounded his thrifty-instrumented and reduced Folk Pearls . In the verses, it smells pleasantly of whiskey and prairie - between the lines by inertia stabs a bitter aftertaste to the fast pace, and a chorus you look sometimes in vain - there are intricate poetry and laconic confessions, accompanied by finger picking, blues harp and bottle-neck guitars. Maybe that is the reason why traditionalists and fans of established story dishes like Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen could just get into a trance, like lovers of contemporary indie-folk and unconventional alt-country a la Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bill Callahan and Richard Buckner. The online magazine Americana UK was already in the 2009 album 'Finito La Comedia' safe in his judgment: "Dark American folk, a voice hidden deep in the shadows (...) Midnight music, whatever time midnight is for you." His new album 'A Mile Past The Dead End' appears in mid-September in the self-distribution and is available for download at CD quality: http://patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com He is accompanied by his congenial friend, producer and fellow sufferers J. Allen, also from Brooklyn (www.jallenmusic.com) - the urban swirl on his solo debut 'Wonderland City' eyes, from home studio in his bedroom, to life outside the directed - and the sounds of New York has held in its atmospheric heartbreaking, epic folk songs about loss and hope. Brooklyn Dark Folk & Bedroom Epic Songwriters - PATRICK CROWSON (New York City) + Special Guest: J. ALLEN Ursprünglich aus Missouri, schafft es der New Yorker Singer-Songwriter Patrick Crowson seine Wurzeln auf besondere Weise in die Großstadt zu tragen - denn ein undurchschaubares Gemisch aus Weite, Country-Traditionen und urbanem Rückzug im Stillen umkreist seine sparsam-instrumentierten und reduzierten Folk-Perlen. In den Strophen riecht es wohlig nach Whiskey und Prärie – zwischen den Zeilen sticht durch Trägheit ein bitterer Beigeschmack der Schnelllebigkeit, und einen Refrain sucht man manchmal vergebens - dafür gibt es verworrene Poesie und lakonische Geständnisse, begleitet von Fingerpicking, Blues Harp und Bottle-Neck-Gitarren. Vielleicht ist das der Grund, warum Traditionalisten und Fans von etablierten Storytellern wie Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan oder Leonard Cohen genauso in Trance geraten könnten, wie Liebhaber von zeitgenössischem Indie-Folk und unkonventionellem Alt-Country à la Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bill Callahan oder Richard Buckner. Das Online-Magazin Americana UK war bereits beim 2009er Album 'Finito La Comedia' sicher in seinem Urteil: "Dark American folk, a voice hidden deep in the shadows (...) Midnight music, whatever time midnight is for you." Sein neues Album 'A Mile Past The Dead End' erscheint ab Mitte September im Eigenvertrieb und ist als Download in CD-Qualität verfügbar: http://patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com Begleitet wird er von seinem kongenialen Freund, Produzenten und Leidensgenossen J. Allen, ebenfalls aus Brooklyn (www.jallenmusic.com) – der auf seinem Solodebüt 'Wonder City' den Blick, vom Heimstudio in seinem Schlafzimmer aus, auf das Leben außerhalb des Großstadtstrudels richtet – und dabei die Geräusche New Yorks atmosphärisch in seinen herzzereißenden, epischen Folksongs über den Verlust und die Hoffnung festgehalten hat. Google English Translation: Brooklyn Dark Folk & Bedroom Epic Songwriters - PATRICK CROWSON (New York City) + Special Guest: J. ALLEN Originally from Missouri, manages the New York singer-songwriter Patrick Crowson its roots to wear a special way to the big city - for an inscrutable mixture of size, country traditions and urban retreat in silence surrounded his thrifty-instrumented and reduced Folk Pearls . In the verses, it smells pleasantly of whiskey and prairie - between the lines by inertia stabs a bitter aftertaste to the fast pace, and a chorus you look sometimes in vain - there are intricate poetry and laconic confessions, accompanied by finger picking, blues harp and bottle-neck guitars. Maybe that is the reason why traditionalists and fans of established story dishes like Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen could just get into a trance, like lovers of contemporary indie-folk and unconventional alt-country a la Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bill Callahan and Richard Buckner. The online magazine Americana UK was already in the 2009 album 'Finito La Comedia' safe in his judgment: "Dark American folk, a voice hidden deep in the shadows (...) Midnight music, whatever time midnight is for you." His new album 'A Mile Past The Dead End' appears in mid-September in the self-distribution and is available for download at CD quality: http://patrickcrowson.bandcamp.com He is accompanied by his congenial friend, producer and fellow sufferers J. Allen, also from Brooklyn (www.jallenmusic.com) - the urban swirl on his solo debut 'Wonderland City' eyes, from home studio in his bedroom, to life outside the directed - and the sounds of New York has held in its atmospheric heartbreaking, epic folk songs about loss and hope.