Chapeau

British picker supreme travels them lonely US highways again, as Michael Chapman's two volumes of Americana got the reissue treatment recently as a double disc digipack release. Nowhere near essential, but well worth it if instrumentals with lots of atmosphere are your thing. Would work great as a movie soundtrack, too.

Michael Chapman - Blues For The Mother Road

Born To Roam

Growing old gracefully. Michael Chapman's warm and wistful True North features youngster Steve Gunn as a second guitarist, which only goes to show the British folk septuagenarian still has his finger on the pulse. And their interplay sounds lovely of course. Nothing more to give? Don't you believe it. Chapeau.

Michael Chapman - Full Bottle, Empty Heart

Hand To Mouth

"And some days you see the dustcloud, as it rolls across the sky..." A true gem from the still way underrated British folkrocker Michael Chapman. Run to your local record emporium to buy Wrecked Again ('71) together with Rainmaker ('69) and Fully Qualified Survivor ('70) for starters, and you'll probably find yourself digging deeper into his oeuvre in no time.

Michael Chapman - Fennario

Crazy Man

Out at the end of this month: a new album by the esteemed Michael Chapman. Good to see the veteran folkrocker, much-loved by fellow pickers, is still on the ball.

Michael Chapman - Jack

All You Need

Fully Qualified Survivor, the second album by underrated British folkie Michael Chapman, is essential listening, my amigos da musica. Interesting plus: it features a young Mick Ronson on guitar, just before he would hit the big leagues as a member of Bowie's Spiders From Mars.

Michael Chapman - Naked Ladies And Electric Ragtime

Mr. Rain

Ideal for a lazy Sunday morning like this one: a delightful instrumental from Michael Chapman's '69 debut Rainmaker. Why this guy never really made the big leagues is beyond me.

Michael Chapman - Sunday Morning