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There’s a lot to be said for just following your stream of consciousness and moulding it into a song by simply plugging in and laying down your art. It’s something Ian Siegal and his exemplary Dutch band are comfortable with and it gives ‘All The Rage’ its edge and immediacy. Siegal has long taken the rhythmic intensity and work practices of North Mississippi Hill Music to his heart, while adding his own narratives and whisky laced vocals. He cut his last two studio albums over in the tiny small farming community of Coldwater with Cody Dickenson from North Mississippi Allstars producing. This suited his focussed, but sometimes rough-edged style perfectly, because he has the lyrical ability and deep vocal range to formulate his own musical persona. He’s carved out a role as a blues chameleon – one part Wolf, one part Waits, one part Beefheart and with shades of Dylan – but always shot through with his own uncompromising take on whatever subject interests him. But it’s one thing to tap into a culture and work with the indigenous players and quite another to pen the depth of material and deliver it with the requisite amount of passion – or perhaps in this case anger – and cut it live in a handful of sessions. The success of this exquisitely produced album (that is both Jimbo Mathus’s deft production and the band’s own sterling performance of Siegal’s material) is due to the sheer emotion that Siegal pours into his performance. Truth be told, on some of the more oblique son
