Described as ‘a barroom crooner, with bluesy licks and heart-breaking lyrics’, CJ Orazi’s latest album promises a ‘heartfelt mash of acoustic guitars, raw lyrical prowess and a voice capable of warming even the coldest heart’.
Ordinarily, I’d eschew the term ‘troubadour’ on account of its pretentious, not to mention foppish, connotations, but Orazi is, indeed, a contemporary troubadour, and not remotely pretentious. His acoustic songs are essentially lyric poems, sung simply and elegantly and with emotion. He may be a lover, rather than a fighter, and a sensitive soul, but he’s also an entertainer, who can turn his hand to grainy blues ballads. What’s more, he has a knack for a sharp line or two: ‘She don’t wanna be tied down / she’d rather be tied up’, he hollers on ‘Tied Up’.
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As much he does love and romance, as the title suggests, there’s the sad side, the down side, the broken side of love, and that’s a rich lyrical seam for the lovelorn songswriter.
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