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Folk, acoustic guitar, indie folk, Boston.

Dan Cloutier journeyed to Greenland and Newfoundland to record his new concept folk album The Iceberg. The concept is honoring a deep connection to nature and what really matters fundamentally as humans. As Dan explains it, “The music on the album is all about finding hope during dark seasons of life. I personally went through my own hard season with the loss of my father to a fast moving cancer, a loved one’s serious mental health struggles, and my own battles. I wrote the songs to let people know they are not alone. Like an iceberg, you cannot see what is underneath.”

Dan found mutual connections – both human and musical – recording with folks in Greenland and in Canada along the way, and these songs intrinsically shine with an inner light of natural beauty, camaraderie and respect. And that camaraderie takes quite a universal form on this album. This is one of those rare quality albums that should be marketed for all ages. It’s not a silly, pablum, watered down kids album by any means. But anyone who has kids and/ or grandkids knows how difficult it is to find common musical ground with your kids. Stuff that’s marketed to kids is so poppy and repetitious it’s actually insulting to the children, and unlistenable for the grown-ups. But this album, like Jerry Garcia’s Not For Kids Only, taps into something that kids can hold onto, while the grownups are listening at a different level.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very human, very adult album, but it has that rare quality that can captivate anyone.

The title track is an homage to the stunning impression of a real life iceberg: “There’s an iceberg at the end of the world and it shines and it shimmers like gold, and it calls all the ships to come home and float in its specter.” and then comes the metaphoric layer: “my heart longs to see such beauty as that iceberg towering over me.” This is song over bright acoustic guitar that’s so bright it could almost be mandolin, and the effect is quite lovely.

Tracks:
01. The Iceberg
02. Synapses Fire
03. Rocky Shore
04. I Want to Feel Your Broken Heart Beating
05. Take Your Next Step
06. Ilulissat (Iceberg 3)
07. Windshield Wipers 2.0
08. Good Kind of Failure
09. Chainmail
10. Every Breath We Take Is Holy
11. Iceberg II

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFcT7kpimI0