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Album Details

• Artist: Bingo
• Album: Cicada And Other Stories
• Label: Cravedog
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-03-15

Bingo is a fairly new artist with Cicada and Other Stories being Bingo's third album. Bingo (Kevin Richey) takes folk music and molds it into his own creation. There are some bits on this album that sounds familiar but for the most part you can expect new things from Bingo. He is able to conjure up some fairly interesting arrangements and songs. I found it hard not to listen to the whole album once I had started a listen. Cicada just demands your attention, not using force but by promising greater things upon closer listening. There are times when Bingo sounds a little like Mark Lanegan. The albums leaves us with a beautiful lullaby in the form of "Candlelight". It's a gentle reminder of how a simple song can ease us of the day's stresses. It's not a quick song, instead going on for about 11 minutes. Cicada and Other Stories is not an immediate album but grows on you with each repetition. I would expect that Bingo would be a huge draw at various folk festivals.

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