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A Patch Of Blue Sky

Kevin Welch

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Album Review

Kevin Welch made his name as a progressive country artist in the ‘90s, gradually evolving beyond the alt-country pigeonhole over the years, both on his own and as a member of Americana trio Kane Welch Kaplin. On his sixth solo album — and his first since he started working with the aforementioned threesome — you'd be hard-pressed to find traces of Welch's country background. You'll also encounter nary an uptempo tune — A Patch of Blue Sky is pretty much a ballad album from start to finish. One might cavil about the lack of dynamics, but over the course of these ten tracks, it seems obvious that establishing a singular mood was more important to Welch than keeping fidgety listeners fixated. This approach is right in line with Welch's songwriting style itself. All the tunes here employ the kind of precision-tooled craftsmanship you'll find on, say, a Guy Clark album, where incisive observations abound but fancy lyrical footwork is abjured. You feel every moment of "Andaman Sea"'s emotional journey as if it was a part of your own personal experience, and when Welch adopts the Socratic method to get to the center of philosophical truths about life and love on "Answer Me That," he gets right to the heart of the matter, where a less mature songwriter might have overreached. Much of the album features sparse arrangements, focuses on Welch's own acoustic guitar patterns, and when the mournful "New Widow's Dream" comes rolling out amid a particularly spare setting, Welch's dusty voice is given plenty of room to communicate the subtleties of the song. "These days are filled with beauty and sadness" sings Welch on the achingly bittersweet "That's How It Feels," and that indeed feels like the overriding sentiment of A Patch of Blue Sky. ~ J. Allen, Rovi

Customer Reviews

A Patch Of Blue Sky

Andaman Sea is the loveliest song I have heard in so long...I could play it over and over again! Thank You so much! NK

Another Great Effort by Kevin

This is a very good album and Patch of Blue Sky is one of Kevin's best ballads. He does this song with the Trishas who include his daughter. Check out the You Tube video that shows the making of this song, very cool. Kevin has a great way of singing about real things in life and this album covers a lot of real life things. Highly recommend it!

Biography

Born: August 17, 1955 in Long Beach, CA

Genre: Country

Years Active: '90s, '00s

Americana singer/songwriter Kevin Welch left his Oklahoma home at age 17 to pursue a life in music, settling in Nashville in 1978 after years of traveling. He soon signed on as a staff writer at Sony/Tree, over the decade to follow authoring songs for artists including Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, Trisha Yearwood, Ricky Skaggs, and the Highwaymen; Welch's self-titled solo debut finally appeared on Reprise in 1990, followed two years later by the acclaimed Western Beat. Country radio remained resistant...
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