When Ray LaMontagne debuted two decades ago, his weathered tenor sounded otherworldly. Its power seemed unlikely from such a shy, subdued performer. Now entrenched in middle age, the New England singer-songwriter’s instrument is no less sonorous or wondrous. He has […]
Getting ahold of the new Ray LaMontagne album, Monovision, is the aural equivalent of grabbing a handful of rich Southern soil. Monovision’s songs are earthen in instrumentation and tone, rooted in Lamontagne’s inimitable vocal and Carolinian geographical references. The melodies […]
Ray LaMontagne “really changed something for me when I saw him play,” recalls Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Madi Diaz of the indie rock duo Riothorse Royale. The show was in December 2005 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, where Diaz […]
Hang out long enough with any musician or writer, artist or creative type, and you’re likely to hear talk about the importance of finding your voice. It’s shorthand for what makes an individual artist different from everyone else in the […]
“Homecoming,” the opening track of Ray LaMontagne’s sixth album, Ouroboros, won’t sound alien to fans of the New Hampshire-born singer-songwriter: moody introspection, breathy vocals, stark and spacious tracks characterized by minimal and ambient instrumentation. “Show me the feathers you’ve found […]
These days emerging artists arrive at the marketplace wrapped in myths of origin and self-discovery that too often double as prisons of real and alleged influences. In the case of Ray LaMontagne, he of the roar redolent of a bear […]
