{"id":43800,"date":"2021-06-12T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=43800"},"modified":"2021-06-12T08:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:01:49","slug":"music-feature-graham-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/music-feature-graham-sharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Feature: Graham Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Truer Picture<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-43802\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Music-Feature_-Graham-Sharp.jpg-none-needed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>Asheville\u2019s Graham Sharp, best known as songwriter and banjo player with Steep Canyon Rangers, has released his first solo album, <em>Truer Picture<\/em>. \u201cThis project is raw, diverse and wonderful: simple in the most perfect way,\u201d says Woody Platt, also of Steep Canyon Rangers. \u201cIt\u2019s like a Sunday morning cup of coffee with Don Williams, a late-night tour bus ride with Terry Allen or an afternoon with John Hartford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like many over the last year, Sharp found himself turning to his creative side in order to process the whole of what was happening everywhere. \u201cI had shied away from the idea of making a solo record for several reasons, but it just seemed like the right time for taking chances and getting out of my comfort zone,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful to have had this time at home to refocus and reconnect. For all the challenges that COVID presented to musicians, it was a welcome pause for a weary road warrior like myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Truer Picture<\/em> contains songs that trace his own emotions during the long days of isolation and uncertainty, he adds, songs with titles like \u201cComing Back to Life,\u201d \u201cCome Visit My Island,\u201d and \u201cBad Apple,\u201d which he wrote after taking part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration. One of his favorites of the collection, however, \u201cNorth Star,\u201d is a song he wrote years ago. \u201cMy favorite songs capture a character and a moment with such vividness that your mind can\u2019t help but walk around in that world and fill in every detail,\u201d he says. \u201cSeth Kauffman, who produced the record, just nailed the sound I had in mind for this song, and I\u2019m so pleased with how it turned out. I hope when the listener gets to the end, they can feel like a journey has been completed and the world is all right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The album is available on all music streaming platforms. 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