Melodic and haunting.
That’s what the debut album Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion from Yankee Gaucho invokes.
Pulling from ancestral wisdom and stories of the past, Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion blends past, present, and future into a quiet storm of beauty and grace.
Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion also combines Argentine covers and original songs from the band. The covers lie in songs “Piedra y Camino (Part I & II)”, about a drifter who struggles with connection, “Zamba Para Olvidarte”, about being a foreigner to your lover, and “Siete de Abril / Zamba del Che” about a town that has seen war. Original songs, “Wandering Companion”, was the first song band leader Ronjon Datta wrote and is inspired by Bolivian Carnavalito. The introspective “Death, Booze & Saxophone” melds flamenco with soul while “Relief from Addiction” melds Zamba rhythm with rock.
The band says the Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion was made for album lovers.
Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion was also made for music fans who like to explore music that’s outside of their go to genre.
My go to genres are rock and metal, but Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion satiated that craving for stillness and peace. Just like the breakneck speeds of guitar in rock and metal, there is a different breakneck speed of guitar with Yankee Gaucho. The picking is fast, furious, and magical.
Yankee Gaucho has created a wonderful melodic and haunting world through traditional Spanish styles while incorporating more modern styles and the result for Rock ‘N’ Roll ConFusion is an album that is expansive and magnificent.
