Ever thought cerebral palsy would stop someone from playing guitar? Then you haven\u2019t met Mike Nagoda. His eight-song debut Parliament <\/i>is a blues-rock concept disc with some solid double slide guitar work and a boozy, cheerful atmosphere that belies the story of a post-apocalyptic Canada.<\/p>\n
YouTube has clips of Nagoda playing \u201cParliament Got Bombed\u201d for those wishing to see the man in action. The disc, Parliament<\/i>, is a mashup of blues styles with hints of rock, bluegrass, and even jazz thrown in. Because this genre has been mined endlessly, it\u2019s difficult to break new ground, and so while Nagoda doesn\u2019t have a lot new to say, he still brings energy and ambition to the music.<\/p>\n
\u201cRunning Man\u201d and \u201cRadio Waves\u201d are smoky highlights, the slide guitar, jazz horns, and nightclub-lounge feel evoking dirty cocktails and imminent danger. \u201cRedemptor Aquilonis\u201d starts with a front-porch slide guitar solo before bringing in the band, harmonicas, and slurred vocals acting as counterpoints to the keyboard and background guitar. \u201cIn Memoria\u201d isn\u2019t bad either, the loudest and most ferocious cut here. It is here and on \u201cParliament Got Bombed (Reprise)\u201d that the music actually feels apocalyptic as per the theme.<\/p>\n
Nagoda\u2019s raspy, slurred voice takes some getting used to, but it\u2019s a voice perfectly suited for the blues, save for the annoying opening track \u201cThe Victor\u2019s Hymn,\u201d which is the worst song here and doesn\u2019t bode well for the rest of the project. Past that one, the other songs are pretty good, proof that organic music and real instruments will always evoke more emotion and passion than current trends. Parliament <\/i>is worth a look if you\u2019re in the neighborhood and a fan of the blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":32266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9572],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-44019","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-mike-nagoda","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44019"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}