Richard Buckner
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Edmonton, Canada (1994 – present)
Buckner began his career with the acoustic “Bloomed” (1994), a lyrically dense suite of songs recorded in Lubbock, Texas and heavily influenced by that state’s tradition of whisky-soaked poet/troubadors, probably best embodied by Townes Van Zandt. In 1996, he released the major label “Devotion & Doubt,” with members of Giant Sand backing him, displaying a more adventurous, almost avante garde approach to songwriting and arranging.
Since then, he has returned to recording for smaller labels, to continued critical acclaim and cult status. His 2000 album The Hill - his first for Chicago-based indie label Overcoat Recordings - features poems from Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology (1915), which Buckner set to music. The album plays as a single track, nearly thirty-five minutes long. He returned in 2002, first with the “teaser” EP Impasse-ette, then a full-length entitled Impasse one month later.
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Our Blood
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Bloomed
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Since
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Dents and Shells
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morningside24
New album scheduled for late this year on Merge Records, apparently.
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tropicalrobot
Saw him in Norderstedt as well. And i second the outstanding call.
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IamFlood
This guy looks like my 10th grade English teacher.
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Martin15061980
Saw him at the Music Star in Norderstedt. Was outstanding.
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Melodeath
A fucking mastermind. I listen to Bloomed too often.
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Randomextremist
Totally get where you're coming from. Saw him live in Seattle last year, absolutely beautiful show. I was mesmerized.
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sh8k_et
Still reminiscing on the amazing show last fall with Sacri Cuori in Nordestedt. The best performance I have seen from Richard and the best backing band he has toured with. Here´s a few songs from that show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yraArbiv1W0 Richard, come back to Germany soon.
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Nessyliz
His live show was the best show I've seen all year. The crowd was completely hypnotized.
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seattle91
Townes as hell. And some of the best night driving music too. God he's amazing
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CLaettnerVerwys
I'm surprised Our Blood hasn't gotten more attention!
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Xylemicarious
My sister (with impeccable taste) just gave me his discography. 4 songs in, and loving it.
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CLaettnerVerwys
Our Blood is incredible, one of his best.
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bluedahlia
Such a great poetic musician. He never disappoints.
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Groovemine
“It’s apparent from the very beginning of Our Blood that Buckner understands well the complexity inherent in timbre...” Read the rest of the album on Groovemine, PLUS FREE MP3s: “Escape”&“Traitor” HERE: http://www.groovemine.com/rantsraves_review_richard-buckner_our-blood
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Nessyliz
Excited to see him at Linneman's (Milwaukee) on the 30th! Was a nice surprise when I read about it today.
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Randomextremist
August tour! Please!
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Nessyliz
I wish I could see a Sebadoh/Richard Buckner show!
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erikdi
http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2011/05/richard-buckner-announces-our-blood-for-august/
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"Our Blood"
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