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Bill Ricchini Tonight I Burn Brightly music review
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Bill Ricchini Tonight I Burn Brightly
Transdreamer
The most modest of ways to make a statement is through means of passion
and
the foreboding eloquence of how to time it just right. He will be the next Elliott Smith.
Track listing:
01 Piano Song
02 Jack The Ripper
03 Twin Peaks
04 Concrete And Wood
05 This Little Light Of Mine
06 Transmission
07 I Can’t Help It Cause I’m Crying…Dolly’s Dying
08 How To Furnish Life In The Desert
09 Choke
In Tonight I Burn Brightly (Transdreamer, 2005) Bill Ricchini is simply
stunning. Being a solo artist, the music has to become that much more
forthcoming, in order to make up for lack of another person. Ricchini
has
gone above and beyond the expectations.
The Philadelphia native has captured the beauty of solo songwriting and
combined it with his undeniable compassion, making him hard to push
aside.
This is different than the average solo artist. There is a chemistry
that
weeps beneath the lush piano and delicate charismatically orchestrated
music. With that said, ‘A Cold Wind Will Blow Through Your Door’ is an
incredibly endearing welcoming track upon listening to the album.
‘Eugene Hill’ just has to be an homage to The Beatles. The entire chord
progression is that of ‘And I Love Her’, but it is done so sweetly,
that it
cannot be taken offensively. It is simply a case of a heavy musical
influence subconsciously making its way into one of his songs. Elliott
Smith
can be noted in his voice as well, and these layers put together make
Ricchini an excellent conversion of folk music and catchy, classic pop.
This year’s album is a follow-up to his debut, Ordinary Time
(Megaforce,
2002) in which he sold limited CD-R copies of the record to local music
stores, and then listeners caught on from there…
Best known for his candidness and heart-breaking honesty, Ricchini is
grouped together with not only Smith, but also other bonified new-age
classics including Jeff Buckley and Sondre Lerche.
Pinpointing multiple tracks for this album is unnecessary. Each song
sounds
similar to something you thought you once heard before, but the truth
is it
actually only sounds familiar because he sings with feelings you’ve
felt,
and nails them down to the very detail.
This is a timeless piece, filled with love and want for another so
close to
your own heart you’ll feel as if he wrote it for you. It’s only too bad
that
this type of chivalry isn’t more common.
