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 D'Arcy's newest release,“Feather Fingers” is
a compilation of songs of personal journeys about real people
leading real lives. “You don’t know what you lost
until it’s gone”, and not taking anything for granted
are dominant themes of this acoustic-based release. Listeners
will find the recording aptly titled, as D’Arcy’s
fingers take flight across the strings with tremendous spirit.
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Dust and Loneliness is
a true storyteller’s
album, a collection of songs that speak of real people, leading
real lives. The title track describes a woman who has seen
her dreams
drift away with time (“She’s got dust and loneliness
for home sweet home”). The haunting Right Or Wrong depicts
a love gone wrong, while the strolling acoustic rhythms of All
Of Your Faces are an ironic accompaniment to a tale of betrayal. Adam is
a spiritual exploration of original sin, while Welcome To This
World is a simple, yet surprisingly powerful ode to a newborn
child.
 Underway is
one of two instrumental tracks on the album, and paints a
wordless picture of regret, while Wickham’s talents for insightful
observation are distinctly obvious with In The Blink Of An Eye.
Wickham talks of how his songwriting comes from an ability
to vicariously place himself in someone else’s mind, and
to see the world through their eyes. Nowhere on the album is
that
more evident than
with Heartache
In The History, a song co-written with Thomas, dedicated
to the Lundy Estate Home in Niagara Falls, a building that
once served
as
a makeshift hospital during the War of 1812. Wickham manages
to speak to generations past and present with the song, which
echoes
with
painful regret. Wickham’s superb guitar picking is on
display with New England Rag, a song destined for
the comforting quiet of a Sunday morning. And Wishing You Were Here hums
with cherished optimism, and provides a quietly inspiring
denouement to the album.
Reviews
Here
are just a few of the things that people are saying about D'Arcy
Wickham and his CD's:
Feather Fingers:
The
Live Music Report Review
D’arcy
Wickham has a fine new CD entitled Featherfingers. Three of the
eleven tracks are his fingerpicking-style instrumental compositions. The brief
title track is a lucid, lyrical melody, lively, warm and appealing. Read
more ...
The
Weekender Review
JUSTIN
SKINNER
Mar. 6, 2005
Having
seen both the good and the bad sides of the music business throughout
his three-plus decades as a performer, D'Arcy Wickham is prepared
for whatever the future holds. Read
more ...
Veteran
Toronto guitarist, music teacher and singer/songwriter D’Arcy
Wickham’s latest is both a tasty showcase of his exceptional
facility with all styles of guitar picking, from elegant folk
to atmospheric blues, and of his gifts as a composer of comfortingly
retro, acoustic-based pop songs. Read
more ...
For
those that enjoy good old-fashioned guitar music, there is something
new in store, from an artist that has been part of the music
industry for decades. Canadian singer, songwriter, and guitarist
DÕArcy Wickham has now finished an independent album,
which took a large amount of thought and hard work to complete. Read
more ...
"A
hugely successful evening. Thank
you for choosing Hugh's Room for your CD Release."
"
D'Arcy is one of the most respected and liked musicians in the
Toronto musical community."
"
Beautiful guitar playing!"
Holmes
Hooke, Booking Manager, Hugh's Room
Dust
and Loneliness:
If
all the young guitarists who had been taught by Wickham
were to line
up for a performance, they'd probably fill Maple Leaf
Gardens. The man's been playing since the early ’70s, worked
with Ian Thomas in the Painted Ladies days, released a couple of
singles, and then retreated into his teaching business. Now, all
these years later, he went back to Thomas and persuaded him to produce
this record. It's a nice, quiet, understated AC effort with the occasional
nod towards country. If you need some better-known names to compare
him with, try Jackson Browne or John Hiatt without an edge. The title
track is the winner, but all his students will relish a couple of
skilful instrumentals. No question: The man can play.
Richard Flohil, NOV. 3/00 CKOT Tillsonburg ON
"I
listened to the D'Arcy Wickham CD and what you've got is probably
a critical success. He is a really gifted picker
and a good songwriter and singer too! So, yeah, it's kind of
an underground hit, if you will… I think you'll do well with critics hopefully,
and good luck to you on it."
George Walker
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