Back to the Farm carried Michael B Tipton’s consoling cadence back to his roots-deep origin

Michael B Tipton brought a velvety gruff timbre powerful enough to make Americana transcendent in Back to the Farm, where his voice frictionlessly pulls across lap steel strings and organ keys. You’ll only find his league in the pantheon of country singer-songwriters, and he kept to that evocatively arcane path with this release. The return to his roots runs deeper than lyrical nods. The true blue troubadour kept his rhythmic strides as humbly intimate as they were when he first picked up his guitar and started to embark on his solo path, intent on sharing an effortlessly consoling presence with anyone stretched too thin, anyone in need of catharsis through contemporary accordance. Across the track, Tipton channels a tenderness sharpened by experience. The emotional weight in the songwriting settles into the instrumentation rather than resting on top of it, letting the lap steel glide like a memory half reclaimed. If you could imagine a synthesis of Chris Isaak, Richard Hawley, and Nick Drake rolled into one score of pantheon-worthy roots music perfection, you’ll get the closest approximation of what Tipton rendered in this love song to end all love songs. Back to the Farm feels like a slow exhale after […] The post Back to the Farm carried Michael B Tipton’s consoling cadence back to his roots-deep origin appeared first on A&R Factory.

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Michael B Tipton brought a velvety gruff timbre powerful enough to make Americana transcendent in Back to the Farm, where his voice frictionlessly pulls across lap steel strings and organ keys. You’ll only find his league in the pantheon of country singer-songwriters, and he kept to that evocatively arcane path with this release. The return to his roots runs deeper than lyrical nods. The true blue troubadour kept his rhythmic strides as humbly intimate as they were when he first picked up his guitar and started to embark on his solo path, intent on sharing an effortlessly consoling presence with anyone stretched too thin, anyone in need of catharsis through contemporary accordance. Across the track, Tipton channels a tenderness sharpened by experience. The emotional weight in the songwriting settles into the instrumentation rather than resting on top of it, letting the lap steel glide like a memory half reclaimed. If you could imagine a synthesis of Chris Isaak, Richard Hawley, and Nick Drake rolled into one score of pantheon-worthy roots music perfection, you’ll get the closest approximation of what Tipton rendered in this love song to end all love songs. Back to the Farm feels like a slow exhale after […]

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