Antonio L. Newton - Novaphonia

Antonio L. Newton - NovaphoniaAntonio L. Newton AKA Tony Newton (born 1948) is a multi instrumentalist from Detroit, MI who began his professional career at the age of thirteen, playing bass guitar with blues legends like John Lee Hooker and T Bone Walker. Discovered by Motown executive Hank Cosby while playing the Detroit blues circuit at the age of 18, he became the touring bassist with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on the famed 1965 European 'Motown Review' tour. Within two

like it or not

from the West Coast Get Down to Carlos Gabriel Niño to Mark de Clive-Lowe

while others like the bass-heavy "Miami" and "Ecstasy" take their cues from House music and South American trap

'Stand' is next - uptempo boom bap for the dancers

(Groovy Bouncy House) is exactly that

Though the era of monochrome had ended

A Part Of America Therein

It calls equally to the cowboys boot-scooting at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth

or at least among the top Guided by Voices albums in a copious discography

I immediately think of old American masters like John Hartford and Norman Blake along with younger contemporaries like Tim O'Brien

Seattle-based musician Jesy Fortino has become a civil engineer

producers and collaborators contribute at length to the booklet