Third

ThirdThird is the stunning third album by Nathan Salsburg, one of his generation's most gifted and idiosyncratic acoustic guitarists. It's been five years since his last solo record (Hard For To Win And Can't Be Won, 2013) but not because he hasn't been playing guitar. In the intervening years he's backed up Joan Shelley on three releases and several hundred live dates; put out a collection of guitar duets with multi instrumentalist James Elkington and

Our story opens w/a jowly narrative enunciated by Top Dollar (as Aaron Burr) callin’ out all them sissy Dem-Rep blaggards

feels like an answer

It's almost enough to make you wanna smoke a ham

against the pale yellow sky seeing the black outline of the horizon with the occasional silhouette of a little farmstead

Or dimension

the record evokes a restless spirit

Look for the Broadway live enactment of High and High and Mighty in your dreams and mine

as it was wired to capture every musical moment

all but one hovering around the four minute mark)

and capping off one of the most consequential bodies of work of any American songwriter

It's been five years since his last solo record (Hard For To Win And Can't Be Won

provided Nugent with a greater understanding of his musicianship and a clarity of purpose - all of which contributed to the making of his finest album to date