Solitary Bones CD review - Tobias Moldenhauer Trio...
Solitary Bones' is the trio's virgin coup.
Recorded live to 4-track, with harmonica and saxophone
overdubs, this album represents an original, fresh, non-manufactured sounding
and honest approach to their material.
Genre: Blues: Finger-Picked Guitar
Release Date: 2012
Tracks:
1. Great Ocean Road
2. Child of the Wind
3. Tick Tock
4. Going Down Slow
5. The Strange Kind
6. The Tide
7. Solitary Bones
8. Midnight Lullaby
9. Where the Light Is Strong
Much of the music sounds like the kind of blues - jazzy -
folk you often find in movies, so when I discovered that some of his sounds are
in the flick 'Kings Cross Angel', I wasn't at all surprised. I would
totally expect that more of his numbers will be picked up by movie producers in
the coming years.
The music is surprising original for the blues - folk genre,
and its hard not to believe that eventually Tobias Moldenhauer will have solid
to strong name value in Australia and beyond - that will equal if not succeed
his outstanding quality of music.
Bio...
A Guitarist-Singer-Songwriter of European background, Tobias
recorded his solo demo in Germany 2005, before hitting the road to play music
in both Hemispheres. He has performed in a variety of countries, including
Germany, Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic, Samoa and Australia. The latest
release ‘Live at the Red Shed’ received airplay across Australia and was toured
interstate. Tobias opened shows for artists such as Neil Murray, Victor
Martinez and performed with musicians like Angus Diggs (of Jeff Lang, Bob
Brozman, Mia Dyson). Solo performances feature effect pedal driven acoustic
guitar, bottleneck slide resonator guitar, Hawaiian lap steel guitar and
explore different genres with their roots in the Blues. Melodic fingerpicking
in open tunings coupled with soulful and haunting vocals, Tobias’ material
draws on a wide variety of influences, though strives to put an original
footprint onto the sands of contemporary acoustic guitar music.
Websites
Tobias Moldenhauer Trio official website
