Hat Fitz & Cara
Wiley Ways
Independent
Held together with
spit, baling twine and a general scruffy bonhomie, Wiley Ways is, with its boisterous blues grooves, its meandering
folk lines, its subtle Celtic influence, a record for the ages which crosses
continents with consummate ease, as at home in the outback of Australia as it
would be in the Emerald Isle or the deep south of the US.
Produced by guitar
guru Jeff Lang, there’s a certain, earthy feel running through the recording,
easily identifiable in Hat Fitz’s blues picking, his trusty old guitar the
foundation for the record, and a platform for Cara Robinson’s soaring,
heart-aching, gut-wrenching vocals. With Wiley Ways, Fitz and
Robinson have crafted as genuine a blues record as you can hope to find in this
day and age - simple, powerful, full of the inherent realism we've come to
expect from these two, a stellar effort.
Samuel J. Fell
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