DISCovery of the Week: Travis Hatcher

Amherst, Nova Scotia's Travis Hatcher returns with another solid album of first person observations that fall somewhere between James Taylor, Ron Sexsmith, Lightfoot and Billy Bragg singer-songwriter folk tunes. Unlike his confessionaly constructed previous album 'Dark Nights', 'Pure Fire' is more accessible and ambitious. Maybe too ambitious. The disc boasts 15 songs and clocks in at 76 minutes - only two songs coming in under 4 minutes. But that's the troubadour spirit in him! "You're Not As Young As You Think", "The Bird Is Dead" (at a whopping 8 minutes plus), "You Wouldn't Know Me Now", "Things Have Changed (And They'll Change Again)" and the title track are amongst a varied play list showing Hatcher's continued growth as a songwriter and musician - he plays everything on the disc - and stretches out in his own personal growth. Someone needs to sign this guy NOW....he's prolific as hell. One disc is not enough to contain him.

Travis Hatcher website here