Invisible Hour is like an old steam locomotive. The thirteenth album by top producer Joe Henry (Solomon Burke, Allen Toussaint, Loudon Wainwright III) often takes time to get going, but in the end it can hardly be stopped. And very strong of course. But we didn't expect anything else from Henry, who hardly ever disappoints both as a solo artist and producer. The American is an emotional person pur
… sang, who colors his albums purely on romantic ideas. He envisions a landscape, wants to walk around in it and chooses musicians based on character to walk with him. It all sounds a bit floaty, especially when you hear Henry's final product. The long songs, mostly played live in the studio, are shaped by acoustic instruments and lyrics taken from life. Everyday life with timeless themes such as relationship problems, joy, death. The guitars, mandolins and reeds (by son Levon) that support this sound just as timeless. Henry could also have made this fifty or a hundred years earlier. (JE)more