Pulling Shadows by Walter Strauss

Walter’s first disc Pulling Shadows traverses an imaginative range of styles and themes, weaving them into one soulful and colorful whole. Songs with African-leaning rhythms live next to laments from deep in Americana. A funky guitar-kora-cello ensemble jams with abandon and leads to a pastoral, almost baroque guitar instrumental. And an imaginative take on the human shadow growls and grooves in an edgy Latin flavored tune. Decidedly rootsy and expressive, Pulling Shadows features a diverse cast of musicians and highlights Walter’s creative approach to arrangement and studio production.

This Californian guitar maestro’s songs are full of the groove and fire of an African dance party, the dynamics & textures of a string orchestra, and the back-porch soul of American roots music.

Walter performs globally, solo and in crosscultural collaborations, at venues as diverse as the Celtic Connections festival in Scotland, Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA, and Le Diplomat in Bamako, Mali.

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