Richard Koechli - The Real Chill: Remembering J.J.

Size: 121,7 MB
Time: 52:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Don't Go To Strangers (3:24)
02. Carry On (2:55)
03. I'm Going Down (3:44)
04. Sensitive Kind (5:28)
05. Cajun Moon (4:20)
06. Anyway The Wind Blows (4:12)
07. The Old Man And Me (3:47)
08. These Blues (3:55)
09. After Midnight (4:59)
10. River Runs Deep (4:07)
11. I Got Life (2:56)
12. Easy Road (3:55)
13. Just Look What You Have Done (4:47)

Richard Koechli (1962) is an independent roots artist (guitarist, singer-songwriter and author) from Switzerland. He has played with well known artists such as Larry Garner («I‘ll never forget your slide-guitar!»), Greg Koch («Koechli plays great and he‘s a very nice guy»), Philipp Fankhauser («he‘s the only one of the roots & blues guys in Switzerland able to lay it sooo far back until it gets that very particular J.J. Cale kinda feel»), Lilly Martin, Jens Krüger and many more. Richard has released 8 albums under his own name, he won the SWISS BLUES AWARD 2013 and the SWISS FILM AWARD 2014 (best soundtrack), and he is known for successful guitar-books released under the german publisher AMA-Verlag (one of them, 'Masters of Blues Guitar', won the BEST GERMAN EDITION 2011) and for music-historical german novels.

In 2018, the time was ripe to unite all its previous influences: 80 minutes of finest Roots-Music with footprints of Blues, Soul, Folk, Country, Jazz and Rock. With his new album «Parcours» Richard Koechli puts everything on the table that counts: Passion, depth, fragility, gratitude. A seductive balance of rhythmic contrasts, melodiousness and relaxed unobtrusiveness holds everything together – in a way that reminds us of laid-back masters such as J. J. Cale. 16 songs (15 originals) about the values of life; a wonderfully dynamic and creative band (The Blue Roots Company), some special guests – and Koechli‘s voice, which has found its home somewhere between intimate Folk singing and soulful Blues power.

Koechli lives in Switzerland and France, where he plays regularly solo and with The Blue Roots Company in clubs and on festival stages. He will soon publish a novel-like biography of J.J. Cale and a tribute album with original interpretations of his favourite J.J. Cale songs.

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Richard Koechli & Blue Roots Company - Parcours

Size: 184,5 MB
Time: 79:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Folk, Rock
Art: Front

01. New Orleans (4:25)
02. Wing Ding Shuffle (5:21)
03. I Got Life (2:57)
04. Just Look What You Have Done (4:48)
05. Le Jardin De Tes Sens (4:54)
06. You Never Lie To Me (6:04)
07. Of Em Gliche Grond Schtah (5:58)
08. Blue Collar Worker (4:40)
09. Pedro (7:33)
10. The Unsung King (Tampa Red) (3:19)
11. I Had A Friend (4:04)
12. Mother Nature (4:16)
13. Etat D'urgence (4:58)
14. You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover (3:10)
15. Irish Man (8:02)
16. Merci (4:33)

Richard Koechli is a professional roots-musician from Switzerland. He has played with many well known artists such as Larry Garner („I'll never forget your slide-guitar!“), Philipp Fankhauser, Hank Shizzoe, Blues Max, Lilly Martin, Jens Krüger, Yvonne Moore, Polo Hofer, Max Lässer, Reto Burrell and many more. He is a regularly sought after studio musician and has also been engaged as producer for ceveral Swiss artists. Richard is also internationally known for the successful guitar-books he has written and released under AMA Publishing; “Slide Guitar Styles”, “Best in the West” (translated in English and distributed by MELBAY) and the award-winning release “Masters of Blues Guitar” (BEST GERMAN EDITION 2011, translated in English and distributed by MELBAY).

In 2002, Koechli had the creative vision to combine Celtic-Folkmusic with the Blues. He went on to produce the album “Blue Celtic Mystery” (MARA Records, AMA 626635). “Highly recommended!” (Glen Clifford, celtic-musicians.net). “He takes the myths of our lands and adds music that retains a hint of the ancient but is truly 21st century in style. He concocts new tales for our timeless times!”, Koechli was a guitarist and instrumental-composer for a long time, but now he definitely seems to be on his way as a Singer-Songwriter. Together with his solid and brilliant backup-band “Blue Roots Company”, Koechli recorded the album “laid-back” (MARA Records, AMA 626668) in 2008. This album presents Richard in his best Singer-Songwriter manner and as a master of Slide guitar. Roots music at its finest, in two languages (French and English). Koechli puts together the spirit of all his inspirations: from Blind Willie Johnson, Fred Mc Dowell and Elmore James to Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, from Gary Rafferty, Zachary Richard, Eric Clapton and Randy Newman to … his biggest influences: the laid-back-Masters J.J. Cale and Mark Knopfler.

Between 2008 - 2010, Koechli played more than 180 club-gigs in Switzerland and wrote his award-winning book “Masters of Blues Guitar”. In 2011 it was the right time to follow his Blues-roots and produce two real Blues-albums, dedicated to the pioneers of Afro-American Folk Blues: HOWLIN' WITH THE BAD BOYS (2011, Nation Music, NB 0262) and STILL HOWLIN (live, 2013, Nation Music, NB 0381). “Brilliantly delivered original compositions, deeply rooted in traditional blues - Richard Koechli bows before the legends and gets every blues-loving soul moving” (Guido Schmidt, Founder of Lucerne Blues Festival). Koechli won the SWISS BLUES AWARD 2013 at the Basel Blues Festival and the SWISS FILM AWARD 2014 (best soundtrack), produced the jubilee-song „Lucerne is a Blues Town“ for the 20th Lucerne Blues Festival 2014, where he played on the main stage (Grand Casino). 2015 he released a new double-album („Searching for the Blues“, solo concert-recording and soundtracks) – and finally published his first music-historical german novel „Dem Blues auf den Fersen“ (tredition Verlag). 2016, he released the new guitar-book „Die etwas andere Gitarrenschule“ (tredition Verlag), the music-audiobook „Dem Blues auf den Fersen“ and the new single “Six String Spell” (dedicated to Mark Knopfler). Actually, Richard Koechli works for a new singer-songwriter album.

Parcours

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Richard Koechli - Howlin' With The Bad Boys

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:03
Size: 144.3 MB
Styles: Folk-blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:03] 1. Easy Road
[4:11] 2. Le Bonheur Existe
[4:20] 3. Leave Your Toys At Home
[3:21] 4. Howlin' With The Bad Boys
[3:16] 5. Kokomo Dans Mes Rêves
[4:50] 6. Le Balai Du Sorcier James
[1:19] 7. Frank Meets Charley
[6:42] 8. Ceo Worksong
[4:41] 9. Won't You Be My Savior
[2:40] 10. Esclave En 2010
[3:54] 11. Small Talk In Blues Heaven
[2:54] 12. Blues-Police Song
[5:40] 13. Bruno
[6:47] 14. In The Spirit
[4:18] 15. A Little Waltz For You

Brilliantly delivered original compositions, deeply rooted in traditional blues – Richard Koechli bows before the legends and gets every blues loving soul moving. If it weren’t for the few songs written in Swiss dialect, no one would ever come to the conclusion that this exceptional celebration of sounds from the motherland of the blues is being delivered by someone from along the Reuss River in Lucerne. Koechli impressively proves why he is considered to be one of Europe’s leading blues and slide guitarists. From a musical point of view, it doesn’t even matter what the name of the river in Lucerne is. Richard Koechli wouldn’t go unnoticed on the Mississippi. He would be welcomed with open arms as will ‚Howlin‘ with the bad boys‘ ~Guido Schmidt

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