Skip to main contentIt looks like Christmas is coming early for local music fans! Today, New York's Partistan Records officially reissued Richard Bryd at Little America, the lone, long out of print album by Cajun Gems. The Gems, you may or may not know, are the band that Ben Whitesides and Darrell Bourque started around the same time as their main group the Joggers as a home for a series of lo-fi, fingerpicked guitar songs that fall somewhere between John Fahey and Polvo. It is, in my humble opinion, one of the best pieces of music recorded the past decade, and easily on par with anything the Joggers have ever done. I wrote about the band back in December of 2008, and it's great to see this thing finally see a proper release. Kinda bummed it's digital only, as I'd probably pay $50 to hear this version—remastered by Rob Oberdorfer (the Standard, AgesAndAges)—on vinyl. Plus, if you order this puppy right now you get a copy of the Joggers/Pan Tourismos split 7-inch that came out last year for free. Here's all the info you need.
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Partisan Records
Cajun Gems' Facebook
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