Odd filters, cheap synth sounds, flugelhorn solos and distorted washes of electric guitar pass through his National Resonator guitarscapes and junkshop blues tunes. Gimmicks and effects, however, never get in the way of songs like the heartfelt tribute “Henri’s Blues,” the sardonic satire “Keepin’ Up With the Jones’s,” the traditionalist instro blues of “Father Son” or the gorgeous cover of Peter Case’s “Two Angels.”

Review by Michael Toland editor-in-chief, HighBias.com