Paul Givant Takes The Old Grey Cat Back To The Seventies

The Old Grey Cat opens a review of Paul Givant‘s new LP Marigold by remembering a time when “Gordon Lightfoot, Seals & Crofts, Roberta Flack, Maria Muldaur, Melissa Manchester, even country crooners like Charlie Rich, breezed across the airwaves and ‘easy listening’ collections, their mood-inducing tunes meant for life’s more laidback moments. Akin to liquid crystals, the gentle melodies and rhythms flickered from amber to violet, green to blue, and only rarely to gray or black.” According to the review, Marigold sounds like “a lost treasure from that long-gone era. The folk-flavored songs and arrangements, plus his pleasant tenor, remind me of the adult-minded music made by such stalwarts as Jackson Browne and Dan Fogelberg during the 1970s. Some celebrate love, others trade in introspection, while a few glance with askance at the wider world.” Read more here, and get Marigold going now at your station.