Song Of The Bricoleur
Coyote Gulch, 2025
9/10
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The California singer-songwriter Rags Rosenberg pens tunes about the uncertainty of modern life and the dissipation of old traditions across these 12 tracks that welcome a lot of guests.
The protest song, “Bullfrongs”, opens with Rosenberg’s cozy guitar and poetic voice that’s surrounded by soft drums and warm pedal steel, and “California Bound” follows with a dusty ballad that benefits from vivid storytelling.
In the middle, the mature piano suits the eloquent singing of “Flower Time”, while “Smokey Joe’s” touches on the blues and injects accordion and harmonica to the spoken word.
Approaching the exit, “These Bones” gets a bit spacey with manipulated vocals and graceful strings via the mysterious landscape, and “The Code” exits with beat poetry about the monetization of today’s life and technological slavery which recruits light bass and snare.
An album of Folk and Americana ideas that embraces a wise resistance and tales of flawed systems, Rosenberg pens songs for the dreamers, the iconoclasts and drifters who appreciate the art of names like Waits, Cohen and Prine.
Travels well with: Diane King- Sky; Suzie Brown- Songs Worth Saving