Bryan Rahija

Bryan Rahija – Timber (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 37:53 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ramseur Records

Perhaps the most enduring attraction of americana is the sheer extent of its styles and influences. Piedmont blues comes as no surprise but nineteenth-century classical guitar or early twentieth-century French avant-garde might raise a few eyebrows. To hear how these rather unlikely influences gel seamlessly listen to Bryan Rahija’s debut solo album ‘Timber’. This collection of acoustic instrumentals owes its creation as much to the fingerpicking ragtime rhythms of Blind Willie McTell, Reverend Gary Davis or Blind Blake as to Fernando Sor whose solo compositions made the guitar a respectable instrument for classical musicians.
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