Richard Buckner

The Profile

American singer-songwriter whose work blends folk, Americana and poetic lyricism. Notable albums include Bloomed, Devotion + Doubt and The Hill.

The Hill is an album setting Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology to music and features contributions from Calexico members Joey Burns and John Convertino.

DeBaser's review of Richard Buckner's The Hill praises his interpretive vocal work setting Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology to music. The review highlights Buckner's increased vocal depth and fragility, the dramaturgy of sequencing the album as a single continuous track, and the instrumental palette provided by members of Calexico. Overall the assessment is admiring of Buckner's musical exegesis and the album's emotional range.