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Alphonsine’s music is a voyage of the soul – to places familiar, places we yearn for, places where the heart thrives – that place where we know we belong. He moves from the heart space, traversing memories with meaning, illumination, and lingering emotion with a poignant mix of memories from the past, noticings of the present, and hopes for the future.
The result – a cross between folk, bluegrass, indie, and pop – highlights the richness of American cities, empty streets, and far reaching highways that disappear into the sunset. From Brooklyn to the arid deserts of Wyoming, through western towns that lost their lifeblood when the freeway bypassed them, and out to that far away place under tall pines by the ocean. What each song is “about” is rarely laid out in so many words and yet, in listening, there is an unmistakable sense of knowing and being and the shared experiences of this life. His gift is in capturing the truth, the beauty, and the pain of human existence without ego, in a way that is universal.
None of this is better capture that on his latest self-titled record, which we are pleased to premiere today. Comprised on beautiful melodies that dives into different genre all imbued with a great dose of Americana that makes every song feel as a road trip.
About the song, Chris comments “A collection of 16 songs written and recorded over a 20-year period. The album is a cross between folk, bluegrass, indie, and pop that highlights the richness of American cities, empty streets, and far reaching highways that disappear into the sunset.”
