tugboat deckhand . traverser of long distances on foot . officiant of loving unions . defiler of canvas and other shimmering superlatives can only begin to explain the reasoning or lack thereof behind the music of lowell levene-sims... from his humble beginnings in the temperate rainforests of the pacific northwest he has unflinchingly spread his four string gospel from rural grange halls to moroccan souks..
'a thing of beauty to an object of regret" is the follow up to 2005's "...from the bitter winter" which was released under the name of richard sims.
while sharing obvious similarities with its predecessor "a thing of beauty..." is the work of an artist who has begun a systematic deconstruction of
his compositional methods after having visited the mountaintop.
it may be transformational - it may be terrifying - it may be both....... and more.
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