Magic Hour Sailor Songs

Canadian C.R. Avery is an accomplished artist : member of a band (Tons Of Fun University), lyricist (for Jolie Holland), playwright and poet (the international slam poetry circuit), he also took part in the albums of Be Good Tanyas and Po Girl. Finally, Tom Waits - who qualifies him as ‘breath taking' - being one of his biggest fans embarked him on his german tour. C.R. Avery is what you could call a "musicians' musician". Tom Waits, Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips - who says he was a ‘rough talent', Sage Francis, Charlie Musselwhite, Buck 65 and many others admire him and have already played with him.

C.R. Avery can altogether beat-box, sing and play harmonica and keytar ( ... a red red one, à la 80's Herbie Hancock ! ). Sizzling, smoky and touched by years of cigarettes and acapella impro sessions in cabarets around the world C.R.'s voice is at once recognizable. Bred in the middle of merciless slam competition, his unique timbre expresses the amount of his uniquely crafted poetry. If Lawrence Ferlinghetti could play harmonica like Little Walter, ,you would get a clearer idea of this revolutionary work and this explosion of genres which can be felt when listening to Magic Hour Sailor Songs. C.R. means to hip-hop what Jimmy Reed meant to Chicago blues ; a modern times troubadour traveling solo, a Neil Young soaked in hip-hop. « Magic Hour Sailor Songs » is a musical tour de force redefining the boundaries of blues, hip-hop, americana and slam in a creative explosion.