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The B - Roads
11+ albums
folk
about
The B – Roads is the song-based alias of multi-instrumentalist Bill Turner. The music - between folk and post-rock – takes some reference from his last album ‘Senseless acts of beauty’ (Sonoris 2003) which was compared to Mark Hollis, Nick drake, Tape, Satie and Eno, and described as: “One of the most ear catching albums of the year” –BBC Late Junction show “. “Like chamber music played by gangsters, mixed by minimalists” –Priceminster. “Duritti column on the piano”. –Vital Weekly, and “An acoustic masterpiece.” -Art into life.com. Ivor Novello winner, Joris de Man describes the B – Roads as ” Off-kilter, original, and refreshing”. Whatever, the songs here, and forthcoming album, sway more towards the 70’s folk imprint of, say, John Martyn, and his eclectic sounds and styles, maybe adding little other, than another voice, saying the same kind of thing, in a different way. ABOUT. Bill, born Burnley, England. Played guitar and synth in the original wave of northern post rock, before moving to London, fronting lounge lizards style groups till the mid 90’s. Further years of psych Jazz (Trance-mission), Improv (Celeste), and Minimal (Senseless) all leave traces through an acoustic filter leading onto The B - Roads. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
