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The Cicada and Other Stories by Bingo
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fave it Country Rock | Americana
10 tracks | 56 minutes
Released Jan 2004
on Cravedog Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:22 The Cicada lyrics BUY MP3 04:22 The Cicada lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:22 The Cicada
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Cicada" drinks from wells as deep as jazz, country, psychedelia, and hard rock. Described by No Depression as "jaw dropping", Bingo stands as an embodiment of the folk tradition.
Bio / Background
Wandering troubadour Kevin Richey (aka Bingo, ex-Golden Delicious) has honed his sound, characterized by wide open space and intimate vocalization, on his third effort. His modern folk songs dip into everything from prairie traditionals to Eastern instrumentation - though not as directly as on 1998's H'Om, these influences do seep in to the dirge of strings on "Salbar O Fallar" and the raga of epic closer "Candlelight". Bingo explores more traditional country-folk atmospheres with equal elaboration and style, as on "God, What Am I Doing Here", making tapestries of pedal and lap steel, trumpet, harmonica, strings and an array of keys. This earnest singer-songwriter's work seems to resonate forth as the sound of its namesake the Cicada does from the trees.
-Miles Of Music
From Glowing Corn through Golden Delicious to the Freak Mountain Ramblers, Kevin "Bingo" Richey has become a mainstay of Portland's roots-rock scene.
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