Album cover for Time Off.
In the late 60s/early 70s there were many acoustic/electric guitarists working the territory between British folk, Indian raga tuning and Middle Eastern sounds.
But there are fewer today, which makes this album by New York-based Philadelphian Gunn - who is in Kurt Vile's touring band - quite refreshing.
And he
brings a slightly trip-folk style to his dreamy vocals (the album title is telling) on six songs that languidly stretch past the five minute mark (the closer, Trailways Ramble, a full nine-minute journey).
Gunn clearly understands the trance music of Morocco but brings that groove into a world of folk-blues.
With his small band (just bass and drums, guests on cello, flute and piano in places) he delivers a coherent but deliberately low-key collection which should resonate as much with old Bert Jansch, Davey Graham and JJ Cale followers as a few Fleet Foxes and maybe even Mumford fans.
