{"id":30444,"date":"2025-11-22T05:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=30444"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:56:01","slug":"album-review-jess-wayne-ancient-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/22\/album-review-jess-wayne-ancient-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Jess Wayne \u2013 Ancient Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This Taos, New Mexico singer-songwriter describes his music as \u201celectric bourbon folk.\u201d There\u2019s potentially a lot to unpack in such a description. Listening to Ancient Door<\/i>, one hears a breezy, contemplative sound, with high lonesome pedal steel guitar, subtle yet assured brush-stroke drumming, even more subtle bass work, and Wayne\u2019s impassioned and somewhat weedy vocal atop the whole thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupposed to be Flying\u201d distills all of those sonic characteristics into a tune that\u2019s both meditative and inviting. \u201cWasted Time\u201d finds Wayne contemplating life and the choices that define it for each of us. Among the album\u2019s more musically intriguing tracks is \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back,\u201d with an understated jazzy feel and a bit of organ to add texture.<\/p>\n

The song titles clearly telegraph Jess Wayne\u2019s concerns: \u201cTime and Love, \u201cLiving Small,\u201d \u201cLearn to Lover.\u201d He\u2019s not about making grand pronouncements; he\u2019s just a man who spend time thinking about the close-to-home yet big questions that really matter. His friendly musical demeanor on tunes like \u201cCome Join the Dance\u201d encourages the listener to focus on the lyrics within. And doing so pays dividends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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