COREY MADDEN - Taste The Hour TAPE Acoustic

COREY MADDEN - Taste The Hour TAPE AcousticAI this is not. 2024 finds guitar journeyman Corey Madden stepping out and into his own zone. An NYC expat, and a founding member of the Los Angeles based Color Green, the eight tracks found within Taste The Hour touch upon a wholly different shade of Madden's muse. If Color Green leans into riffing grooves and heady micro jamming, Madden's solo exploits are more contemplative and nuanced; think: Kevin Ayers and Robbie Basho, Syd Barrett and John

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