Henning Siekmann - Don’t push the River (CD)

On his debut album, "Don't Push the River," Henning Siekmann combines classical and modern acoustic fingerstyle with playful and compositional creativity to create an authentic and extremely diverse blend of lyrical melodies, diverse timbres, and the finest dynamic ramifications. There's no superficial fingerstyle acrobatics to marvel at here—although the passionate musician repeatedly succeeds in incorporating virtuoso moments of drama into his arrangements, which serve one sole purpose: to create songs of timeless beauty that, when combined into an album, leave few listeners unmoved.

Whether the passing of time is made tangible with melancholy ("The Days went by", "Meet you at the End of the Road"), novel characters come to life ("Fantine"), or a painting by Paul Klee ("Rhythmus der Fenster") is transformed into a musical work of art: this musician, endowed with an extremely rich imagination, is able to coax enchanting sounds from his guitar. Anyone who takes some time to discover the atmospheric density and depth contained in the songs on this album will gradually be able to appreciate the full quality of the music. Literature and philosophy, poetry and film, people and the world around him are the influences that feed Henning Siekmann's multifaceted solo album Don't push the River.

01 The Days went by
02 The Ecchoing Green
03 The Smile
04 The Chestnut Tree
05 The Skye Boat Song
06 Big Mango
07 For Elisa
08 Fantine
09 The Human Abstract
10 Rhythm of the windows
11 Meet you at the end of the road