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  • Summary: The latest release for the guitarist is his first recorded in a proper studio and features covers of William Moore's "Old Country Rock" and Jack Rose's "Levee."
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  • Record Label: Three Lobed Recordings
  • Genre(s): Folk, Blues, Pop/Rock, Indie Folk, Modern Acoustic Blues, American Underground, Guitar Virtuoso, Acoustic Blues
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  1. The Wire
    Aug 5, 2015
    80
    [Bachman] offers a pretty good idea of where he's coming from. If it sometimes feels like the stream of America pimitivist fingerpicking artists is neverending, Bachman does at least apply his digits to a variety of instruments. [May 2015, p.56]
  2. Aug 5, 2015
    80
    It is the first album he ever recorded in a studio, and both the clarity of the recording and the precision of the performances betray considerable effort spent getting it right.
  3. Aug 5, 2015
    80
    River is not only the work of a master guitarist, but also that of a sophisticated composer. Bachman's confidence in interpreting his own musical ideas on the fretboard is now equal to his skill in playing the lineage music that inspires him.
  4. Aug 5, 2015
    77
    River runs so well as a unit that, unless you’re able to spot the tunes or sleuth the liner notes, you likely won’t detect that Bachman didn’t even write two of these numbers.
  5. Uncut
    Aug 5, 2015
    70
    River is deeply embedded in a historical continuum. [Jun 2015, p.71]
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