Mudboy – “This is Folk Music” – [Last Visible Dog] (CD)

Raphael Lyon plays a modified organ and operates from Providence, Rhode Island under the moniker of Mudboy. This release is experimental, but with nods to classical composition along the lines of Philip Glass (or even Tangerine Dream). The organ makes it feel more spiritual and mystical. It’s all instrumental and very moody, yet it doesn’t verge on creepy electronics that you’d hear in a haunted house or at a carnival, as his playing has an inherent optimism to it.

-Cynthia Lombard