The Crosswinds of Kansas
Bill Scorzari
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Bill Scorzari's "The Crosswinds of Kansas"is #40 on Robert Christgau's February 5, 2024 "And It Don't StopDean's List: 2023 / The best 84 albums of 2023 (or so)”
"Bill Scorzari: The Crosswinds of Kansas (self-released) …is packaged as a 70-minute double-fold CD complete with a 16-page lyric booklet. So I strongly suggest you follow along while you
Bill Scorzari's "The Crosswinds of Kansas" is #40 on Robert Christgau's February 5, 2024 "And It Don't Stop Dean's List: 2023 / The best 84 albums of 2023 (or so)”
"Bill Scorzari: The Crosswinds of Kansas (self-released) …is packaged as a 70-minute double-fold CD complete with a 16-page lyric booklet. So I strongly suggest you follow along while you listen, which I even more strongly suggest. …rather brilliantly, most [of the tracks] describe or ponder failed relationships… A MINUS” -And It Don’t Stop. Consumer Guide: July, 2023, by Robert Christgau / July 12, 2023
"... On that point, there has been a lot of care put into this release (a 16-page full colour booklet and a fold-out digi-pak cover featuring the design and artwork of Anna Berman [and photography of Jacob Blickenstaff]), all of which makes this something more intrinsic in value than a download." -Stephen Rapid, Lonesome Highway
"A writer’s record for sure, the most singular thing about it is Scorzari’s… voice, full of tenderness and clarity as well as character. …an artful study of a constant explorer, full of little anecdotes and not-quite-jokes… Best American road music since Harpoons-era Ezra Furman. …” Semipop Life, by Bradley Luen / August 20, 2023
THE CROSSWINDS OF KANSAS was Produced by Bill Scorzari and Neilson Hubbard, and was recorded in two locations, beginning at First Thunder Recording Studios in New York, by Scorzari during the Pandemic in 2020 into 2021, and later by Engineer Dylan Alldredge, at Skinny Elephant Recording in Nashville, TN in 2021 and 2022. Mixed by Scorzari and Alldredge, in 2022. Artists performing on the album include: Bill Scorzari on Acoustic Guitar, English and Navajo Vocals, Native American Flutes, Electric Guitar, Mandolin and Dobro, Brent Burke (Rhonda Vincent and The Rage) on Dobro, Chelsea McGough on Cello, Cindy Richardson Walker and Marie Lewey a/k/a "The Shoals Sisters" (Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Loretta Lynn, Etta James, Greg Allman, Steven Tyler, Nuno Bettencourt, Joan Baez, Percy Sledge, Phish...) on Backup Vocals, Danny Mitchell (Miranda Lambert...) on Hammond B3 Organ, Eamon McLoughlin (Staff Fiddle Player at The Grand Ole Opry, Vince Gill, Oakridge Boys, Emmylou Harris...) on Fiddle, Fats Kaplin (John Prine, Beck, Jack White, Nancy Griffith...) on Fiddle, Viola and Pedal Steel Guitar, Juan Solorzano on Electric Slide Guitar, Baritone Guitar and Lap Steel Guitar, Kyle Tuttle (Molly Tuttle and The Golden Highway, Billy Strings, Travelin' McCourys, Leftover Salmon, Jeff Austin Band...) on Banjo, Matt Menefee (Mumford and Sons, Cadillac Sky...) on Banjo, Mia Rose Lynne on Second Vocal, Michael Rinne (Miranda Lambert, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Jack White, Willie Nelson, Alicia Keys...) on Upright and Electric Bass, Neilson Hubbard (Record Producer/Sam Baker, Kim Richey, Mary Gauthier...; Film Director and Producer/John Prine...) on Drums and Percussion, Ty Alison on Navajo Chanting, and Will Kimbrough (Emmylou Harris, Roseanne Cash, Mavis Staples, Rodney Crowell, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Miller, John Prine, Jayhawks, Steve Earle, Guy Clark...) on Mandolin. Album Photography by Jacob Blickenstaff Album Art and Design by Anna Berman
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