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Riviere has a voice and emotive delivery ideally suited to his signature sonic approach

By Robert Kinsler, Rock and Roll Truth.

Artist: Randy Lee Riviere

Title: Concrete Blues (Wilderness Records)

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Tell me more: Concrete Blues is an album that findsRandy Lee Riviere fusing Southern, classic and alt rock with electric blues to create a compelling 12-track masterwork. The album opens with the arresting rocker “Mania,” a track propelled with a driving rhythm and pulsating guitars. The Tom Hambridge-produced album’s powerful and potent strengths never falter; the euphoric and immersive rock gem “Change Is Strange,” hypnotic Southern blues sortie “Just Trying To Get Back Home,” heavy “Magic Bullet,” sparse countrified “Stranger In My Head” and dreamy “It’ll Be Alright” are among the top-tier originals that thrill on Concrete Blues. Riviere (pronounced “Re-VEER”) has a fascinating life story; in addition to his bona fide powers as a gifted recording artist he is a wildlife biologist who has been involved with large-scale efforts in the past working to protect and restore important elements of the Native American landscape. Additionally, he has a voice and emotive delivery ideally suited to his signature sonic approach.

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