{"id":38565,"date":"2024-09-08T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=38565"},"modified":"2024-09-08T22:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T20:04:27","slug":"the-bluest-sky-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2024\/09\/the-bluest-sky-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bluest Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-bluest-sky-raindancer.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-bluest-sky-raindancer.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-bluest-sky-raindancer.jpeg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-bluest-sky-raindancer.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Na het titelloze debuut van vorig jaar is Chuck Melchin terug met <strong>Raindancer<\/strong> (eigen beheer) van zijn nieuwe band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chuckmelchinsongs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bluest Sky<\/a>. Nou ja, band \u2026 Alles draait om de singer-songwriter uit de Amerikaanse staat New Hampshire. Zijn begeleiders draven beurtelings op om de rootsrock te laten rollen. Met dit project wilde hij wat steviger voor de dag komen dan in het verleden met The Bean Pickers Union, dat overigens ook al een sterk wisselend collectief rond zijn persoon was. Melchin zingt over <em>The Weight Of Being<\/em> en dat gaat vooral over relationele zaken. Niet alleen op dat nummer staat<!--more--> de liefde centraal. <em>Queen Of The Sick Burn<\/em> rockt wat harder dan de rest, het gaat over de kwalijke gevolgen die sociale media kunnen veroorzaken. Een geslaagd album, maar niet echt opzienbarend. Het herinnert wel op prettige wijze aan de hoogtijdagen van alt-country; in de jaren 90 waren er vele bands met een vergelijkbaar geluid.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bluest Sky - Battlefield from the album &quot;raindancer&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SP66dv4o0V8\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Na het titelloze debuut van vorig jaar is Chuck Melchin terug met Raindancer (eigen beheer) van zijn nieuwe band The Bluest Sky. Nou ja, band \u2026 Alles draait om de singer-songwriter uit de Amerikaanse staat New Hampshire. Zijn begeleiders draven beurtelings op om de rootsrock te laten rollen. 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