In Memory of Loss – that grainy, evocative sentiment belongs to Nathaniel Rateliff. He does it so surprisingly well! This genre-fusion, revival of Roots, Blues, Jazz, Gospel and Soul, reminiscent of eras gone by but sharply focused on moving forward. Rateliff’s storytelling drifts into poetics and lyrical schemes comparable to Nick Drake and Tim Hardin.
He has the deceptive manner of soliloquizing in his moody, brooding drawl, making the instrumental almost take second place to the spoken word – Longing and Losing, using harmony almost as punctuation. Equally tranquil as...Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory Of Loss
In Memory of Loss – that grainy, evocative sentiment belongs to Nathaniel Rateliff. He does it so surprisingly well! This genre-fusion, revival of Roots, Blues, Jazz, Gospel and Soul, reminiscent of eras gone by but sharply focused on moving forward. Rateliff’s storytelling drifts into poetics and lyrical schemes comparable to Nick Drake and Tim Hardin.
He has the deceptive manner of soliloquizing in his moody, brooding drawl, making the instrumental almost take second place to the spoken word – Longing and Losing, using harmony almost as punctuation. Equally tranquil as...