Ray LaMontagne
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
Ray Lamontagne was a success, I suspect, before he really knew what kind of artist he was. His debut album, Trouble, spawned the title track that accompanied a popular commercial for an insurance company about a dog that was worried wanted to protect his bone. He later had songs featured on television show and movie soundtracks. In 2010 He won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album for God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise. But the last two albums have seen LaMontagne shift gears. 2014's Supernova wasa decidedly psychedelic effort produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. The newest, Ouroboros produced by My Morning Jacket's Jim James, takes that a step further and is almost etherial. It's good, but I will admit to liking the earlier stuff better.
Artist's Info
Website: raylamontagne.com
See him live: Tour dates
Record company: RCA
Genre: Roots, Americana
If you like this, look into: Shakey Graves, Jason Isbell, Ryan Bingham
Bio (From the artist's website)
Ten years ago Ray LaMontagne released his first album, Trouble, the gold-certified start to a fiercely ambitious, Grammy Award-winning, critically praised career that’s encompassed three more albums, several EPs, a slew of soundtrack compilations and arresting live performances fronting a variety of ensembles. “It certainly feels like some time has passed,” LaMontagne says now. “But I have to say, boy, time flies…”. (more)
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OUROBOROS (2016): fter three albums with producer Ethan Johns and a self-produced effort, each offering a shift in sound, Ray LaMontagne brought in the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach for his sonically richer, more psychedelic-leaning fifth LP, Supernova. For his sixth full-length, Ouroboros, the singer/songwriter selected My Morning Jacket's Jim James to co-produce, and moves deeper into the psychedelic haze. LaMontagne shuts down vocal comparisons to Van Morrison here, almost completely abandoning his soulful growl with the exception of parts of "While It Still Beats," a mass of churning guitars that escalates into a choral affair at times recalling the Beatles' "The End."
Others
Trouble (2004)
Till the Sun Turns Black (2006)
Gossip in the Grain (2008)
God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise (2010)
Supernova (2014)
