Das ganze Jahr über begleiten wir schon den Künstler und Songwriter Alexei Shishkin. Denn seine Songs klingen wie Klassiker, klassische Folk Songs mit einer ordentlichen Portion Soul. Bevor am 5. September sein bereits 11. Studioalbum erscheint, gibt es mit ‚Ode to Carl Dennis‘ einen weiteren Vorgeschmack auf ‚Good Times‘.

“This one was inspired by Carl Dennis, a favorite poet of mine. He has a poem called “At Home With Cézanne” that I had read the night before and really enjoyed. Again, Brad and I wrote the bulk of the music first, and then I fit lyrics to the music. I couldn’t find the text of the poem anywhere online, so here’s a picture of it. I took his characters, but tried to re-imagine them in a slightly different, parallel universe.” – Alexei Shishkin