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Stephen Cohen

CD (2004), CD (2006) ; (see also Tree People->)

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PrivateStephen Cohen : Stephen Cohen & The Talk Talk Band (US,2004)***

This is an interesting musical concept of stories that people, -musicians- wish to tell, with words, and with musical inspiration and interesting acoustic sound combinations, making a sphere of its own and with lots of fingerpicking muses. Most of the contributing musicians wished not to talk much, but let the music speak for themselves. Spoken, sung or not at all, in this case it doesn’t matter. Like the roadie movie “Paris-Texas” the guitar and the narrator count in for the story, and also here each detail counts. There's a certain melodic richness. Well done.

Audio Talk Talk Band release : "It's My Story"(or here),"Talk To Me", "Sliding", "A Few Passing Minutes", "After The War", "One Child Walking", "Katie Grace", "Excuse Me, President", "The Dusty Old Freight Train"

Other reviews of Talk Talk Band release : http://cdbaby.com/cd/stephencohen2

& http://www.rambles.net/cohen_talktalk04.html & http://www.americana-uk.com/...

& http://www.puremusic.com/60cohen.html

PrivateStephen Cohen : Here Comes the Band (US,2006)***'

With some experience in working with children, this latest conceptual work has child-friendly original songs. They sometimes sound rhythmically funny (with texts like “Hey Mr.Knickerbocker, nobbit-boo, I like the way you bobbity-boo”, in a happy-bluesy fashion), always clever. For this album, Stephen Cohen had very good musicians presented by animals -(What could have been a better sound engineer than an octopus ?)-. Some self-built instruments were used for the occasion too. These instruments, like rain instruments, nail instruments, thunder and storm instrument, are easy to make, an educational idea which is also provided in the booklet.

Another great album by this talented singer-songwriter. The style is influenced by blues and bluegrass and happy children songs. The album is not necessarily for children but reveals even more how children and adults can work on a creative level together. You can feel how Stephen has a son of his own, and knows, like a good father, what positive cooperation a positive relationship with children can bring.

Audio : "Give Me That Toy!", "Mr. Knickerbocker", "The Animal Faire", "The Elephant Walk", "There Goes the Band" and with info : http://cdbaby.com/cd/stephencohen3

Homepage : http://home.earthlink.net/~threehandstephen/

Review of Stephen's earlier project 'The Tree People' (1979,1984) is published on http://psychedelicfolk.com/reissue2.html#anchor_112