ADAM
LEVY
THE HEART COLLECTOR
2011 Lost Wax Music
You may know Adam Levy from his yeoman guitar work with chart-topping Grammy goddess Norah Jones (and Dan Hicks, and Tracy Chapman) however Levy’s musical waters run much deeper than simply backing his former bosses and collecting a paycheck. "The Heart Collector," as the title implies, is an intimate collection of songs de amour. Yet lover boy Levy, ever the chameleon, assumes a unique persona for each composition. He takes on the guise of a down-and-out torch song crooner (ala Tom Waits) on the title track, a cosmic cowboy (ala Gram Parsons) on "A Promise to California" and "Painting By Numbers," a world weary bluesman (ala Taj Mahal) on "This Is The Sound," an artsy guitar god (ala Johnny Marr) on "When I Lose Myself" and a Greenwich Village folkie (ala Fred Neil) on "Promised Land." Levy employs occasional string accompaniment, however it's his guitar virtuosity, melancholy melodies, vocals -- multiple musical personalities -- that will surely mesmerize you. The more Levy the better!
© Tom Semioli, Minor 7th
