专辑简介

There is a compelling catch in Bob Murray's voice on his album Lifelines that holds the listener still the way Tom Waits and Bob Dylan can—like the pause before a fall, in this case into songs of surprising depth. The uniqueness of Murray's voice coupled with lyrics exploring truths we can all feel and recognize brings each song on the album alive in a rare and remarkable way. In the tradition of classic folk and blues, Murray's harmonica, guitar, and piano set a tone that excites the ear and leaves the senses wanting more, and the more comes in words, dreams and stories mined from the very personal riches of Murray's life. In a Dantesque manner, his songs explore the reaches of the psyche—the demons and the divine that live deep within. The celebration of this journey can be felt to the bone in his culminating track “The Meek Shall Inherit a Wolf.” Few musicians possess Murray’s level of sincerity; his craft in expressing his personal journey without pretense refreshes and inspires. Lifelines is an album of courage and vulnerability that comes in close and stays close.

Murray has two more albums, Alligator Tears, recorded during a riveting live performance, and O Boss Man, a collaboration with keyboard and accordion master Jeremiah McLane. He is the author of A Chicken Hawk Goes Home: One Man's Journey Through Archetypal Dreamwork, and teaches Musicality: Vulnerability through Music at the Center for Archetypal Dreamwork (www.northofeden.com) in Montpelier, Vermont, and in private practice.