Tunesmith Retrofit is leaner and more spartan than 2003’s Slingshot Professionals, putting the light squarely on his songwriting. Eschewing the cloying introspection that tends to prevail among the coffeehouse crowd, Phelps writes snapshot vignettes borne from short-story traditions and delivers them in sturdy acoustic settings drawn from folk, free jazz, and country blues. Russell Hall of No Depression wrote "Few songwriters wear the mantle of troubadour as unassumingly as Kelly Joe Phelps. Once more, Phelps shatters expectations and conjures something truly original and brave in the process." His rhythm is true, his words are impure, his songs are nearly glorious. another side of Phelps to be sure, as a songwriter who understands the actual music of poetry and creates a loose, coarse weave that allows the listener room to inhabit and live inside his songs. Music critic Thom Jurek praised the release in his Allmusic review, calling it ". Reception Professional ratings Review scores TUNESMITH RETROFIT (August 2006 / Rounder Records) Kelly Joe Phelps- vocals, guitar, banjo, melodica. KJP tab site with tabs from his latest album, Tunesmith Retrofit. ![]() It reached #5 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums charts. Kelly joe Phelps, from washington state, is one of the most beautiful musicians Ive. ![]() It was his first recording on the Rounder label after five releases with Rykodisc. Tunesmith Retrofit is an album by American blues/ folk singer and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps, released in 2006. At The Factory Studios, Vancouver by Steve Dawson & Sheldon ZaharkoĪcoustic blues, Americana, contemporary folk, folk revival
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