MITH

"Quite simply, Holley's music is impossible to categorize. His rich, weathered voice might bring to mind Gil Scott-Heron, and his cosmic energy can be comparable to Laraaji or Sun Ra, but his sound is entirely his own ... MITH is the most powerful album yet from a truly inspirational artist who deserves to be acknowledged as a national treasure".

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"For his Jagjaguwar debut, the acclaimed 68-year-old sculptor offers a harrowing portrait of the United States and its systems for suffering. Then, he dances ... No whiplash ending, this is a survivor's reminder to look beyond pervasive doom and gloom and summon the spirit needed for another day. If we can't take the time to express the joy of our own creation and our shared humanity, what's the point of any of this?".

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"A lifelong outsider artist, Alabama-born Lonnie Holley came to renown for his visual art, and in 2012 for his first foray into music. MITH is the s elf-taught piano man's third outing, and although neophytes might struggle with Holley's shruggy attitude to tunefulness - his free-ranging sound recalls, at different times, Tom Waits, Gil Scott-Heron or RL Burnside - a coterie of associates help to flesh out Holley's non-linear storytelling into something more conventionally accomplished".

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