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Soaring with sentiments of hope, love, longing, and loss, multi-Platinum selling and Juno award-winning artist Barney Bentall plots a sonic constellation of Americana to traditional Folk with the release of his new album, Cosmic Dreamer.
With special guests Ruth Moody, Valentino Trapani, and Adrian Dolan joining on three songs, the 11-track album features nine new all-originals from the prolific artist alongside two covers β Bob Dylanβs βYou Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Goβ and Gordon Lightfootβs βShadows.β
Cosmic Dreamer marks the seventh solo release for Bentall and now tallies over 20 overall when including his JUNO Award-winning band The Legendary Hearts, and his other releases with The High Bar Gang, Bentall Taylor Ulrich and The Cariboo Express.
βI wanted to experiment with other things and everybody, bless their hearts, was very good about it,β he shared in an interview of his ever-broadening range of roots, country, bluegrass β and even instrumental, as heard in his recent album RanchWriters, written and released with longtime friend, Spirit of the Westβs Geoffrey Kelly. βItβs important for me to write songs and try different music styles. Why limit myself? To me, itβs just good music.β
COVID-19 caused Bentall to spend less time with other songwriters and musicians than he would have in the past, so Cosmic Dreamer has fewer co-writes than previous efforts.
Bentall co-produced the album with multi-instrumentalist Dolan, and much of it was recorded and mixed at Dolanβs Track + Trestle studio in Ladysmith, B.C. The album-closing βCody Roadβ was recorded by The Drifter & The Preacher producer John Raham at Vancouverβs Afterlife Studios.
Bentall wrote Cosmic Dreamerβs title track at Yellowpoint Lodge on Vancouver Island in late February, 2020 while he was taking a course at Ladysmith Marine Institute to receive a new certification to allow him to continue to drive rigid-hulled inflatable Zodiac boats on Arctic expeditions for a travel company called Adventure Canada.
Cosmic Dreamer Track-List
βCosmic Dreamerβ
βWhiskey Jack (Home)β
βWhy Are You So Sadβ
βSoul Sisterβ
βYouβre Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (feat. Valentino Trapani)β
βOh Foolish Meβ
βNot Standing Up To Youβ
βShadowsβ
βNo Good Time To Goβ
βPotterβs Wheel (feat. Ruth Moody)β
βCody Roadβ