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- Record Label: Tompkins Square
- Release Date: Jun 26, 2018
- Summary: The debut full-length release for the folk artist from Wales features American Primitive guitar (originated by John Fahey).
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- Record Label: Tompkins Square
- Genre(s): Folk
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Jul 16, 2018This is a gorgeous album, and Gwenifer Raymond is a profound talent.
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Jul 16, 2018To be fair, there’s an element of You Never Were Much Of A Dancer that feels a little like an index of possibilities, as though Raymond’s setting out what she can do: future albums will, hopefully, be yet more coherent, more conceptually thoroughgoing. But for a first album, it also feels stunningly confident, in full possession of its art. Guitar soli is in very good hands here indeed.
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Jul 16, 2018Throughout, Raymond takes this roiling, rhythmic traditional sound and stamps her own imprimatur on it.
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Jul 24, 2018Those new to the genre will find a stable ground from which to begin further explorations here, while those who are seeking an engaging and talented new instrumentalist will enjoy this at face value.
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MojoJul 16, 2018For all her professed preference for slower, gothically-inclined blues, it's old-time rippers like Sometimes There's Blood or land speed banjo record attempt, Oh, Command Me Lord!, where she really excels--and, critically, excites.[Aug 2018, p.88]