C.Gibbs

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These are a few things the press has had to say about C.Gibbs (aka Christian Gibbs):
ROLLING STONE-New Faces. "Brooklyn singer-songwriter C.Gibbs has been quietly making music for two decades. His new PARADE OF SMALL HORSES is a countrfied tribute to Bob Dylan and Neil Young, with twangy steel guitar, honky-tonk keys and deep, crooned vocals about wayward women and old-time New York......"
NEW YORK TIMES “Christian Gibbs never settles down. As his lyrics detail surreal and troubled visions, the music wanders amid countryish rock, cracked cabaret oompah and elaborate Beatles-flavored ballads.”
ALTERNATIVE PRESS “ His vocal prowess vacillates between Nick Cave-ish brushness and Ian MacCulloch-ish vulnerability.” -Jason Pettigrew
TIME OUT-NY- Christian Gibbs began his rock & roll career at 20 when he arrived in early 90's London for a semester abroad, answered a help wanted ad and promptly fled college to assume employment as Modern English's guitarist. The young man's parental nightmare subsequently took him to posts playing with Jim Thirlwell's Foetus, fronting New York rock trio Morning Glories and settling into a solo carreer signing to Atlantic for one 1999 album before being kicked back to obscurity. The brooklyn singer keeps changing his band moniker-he has recorded as C.Gibbs Review, C.Gibbs and the Cardia Bros., and now simply C.Gibbs-and his sound has gradually evolved too. On 2002's The Pinkermen Set, snarling electric guitars lace through one song, only to be displaced on the next by theatrical piano, then carnival music, then country. Parade of Small Horses, his fourth solo disc, tempers such genre flirtations and finds Gibbs solidifying his devotion to orthodox Americana....."
BILLBOARD
“An enveloping tapestry of musical introspection.”
NO DEPRESSION “ Gibbs shows off both his songwriting smarts and the high caliber of his musical compatriots on The Pinkermen Set. The lyrics throughout bristle with sharp intensity flowing with an ease that belies the care taken in its creation.” – David Greenberger
BIO With his fourth release, Parade of Small Horses, C Gibbs transverses the depths of Americana and emerges with a daring and evocative album. The country brother of Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Gibbs intertwines dark country, folk, occasional pop, and southern rock influences to create a unique lyricism that ranges from haunting ballads to white-hot finger-picking scorchers.One song in particular, Honeywell, recalls the pained vulnerability of Neil Young’s Harvest. Other tracks, such as Ferdinand and Devil’s Water have an almost gothic/country sensibility, with drum tracks reminiscent of Emmylou Harris’ Wrecking Ball masterpiece. Additional tracks such as Tenhorse take the listener from airy minor chorded introspection to a Gibson grow that is capable of eliciting tears or shaking the walls with equal grace and abandon. Gibbs uses the same lineup of stellar musicians throughout, providing a warm backdrop of pedal steel, open tuned guitars, wurlitzer, harmonica, piano, mandolin, drums and bass, and the occasional cello.Most of the new album was recorded in N.Y.C., but some tracks were written and recorded in upstate New York, when C. Gibbs lived in the guest house of the Big Pink. Gibbs wrote the title track inspired by an E.L.Doctorow novel about the early days of New York.Subtle, yet graceful, Parade of Small Horses represents the arduous culmination of years of dedicated songwriting resulting in the most cohesive collection of songs the artist has produced to date...This profile was edited with MySpace Help - Profile Creator and Editor MySpace Profile Help!