Nicked Drake - Wraiths (by Gareth Dickson) CD/DL
What we have here is a reverent and very beautiful cover versions album by Gareth Dickson of his favourite Nick Drake
songs. If you've not checked out Mr. Dickson before you'll be kicking
yourself on hearing this as he's a quiet marvel on the six-string. His
own songs spill with a discreet lulling beauty, and when he "Does Drake"
you realise he's paying homage to someone painfully dear to him in the
vast realm of popular music.
In turn these versions retain a lot of the intimacy, warmth and magic
of the originals and it is a true pleasure to hear them re-broadcast
through his fingers and voice. The production is warm and involving, his
voice even rendered startlingly in the style of young Nick. In lesser
hands this could be a little pointless but Gareth is a bit of a master
at this sort of thing and 'Wreaths' is a worthy homage to a great man,
by a great man. - Norman Records
