Phil cook the plus#

Yet it was during hour-long stretches of improvisation in NorthStar Church of the Arts in Durham where the music could open up to the presence of divine intoxication. “He retreated alone to the mountains in North Carolina to write, sojourned to family abodes in Wisconsin to nurture. “Phil experimented with sanctuary in order to honor the ritual,” the note reads. Notes on phil cook's new album, all these yearsĪ note from Trever Hagen on Cook’s website explains the process: He retreated alone to the mountains in North Carolina to write, sojourned to family abodes in Wisconsin to nurture. Phil experimented with sanctuary in order to honor the ritual. On All These Years, Cook – and his centenarian companion – explore worlds with simple notes to reach out to something divine. Ever the dogged collaborator, Cook is spotlighted on his own here, too.

– where the Chippewa Valley native now lives.Īfter making Southern-fried, gospel-inflected folk tunes for the better part of his prolific solo career, here Cook takes a turn toward the minimal, the meditative, the powerful. 19 – were recorded exclusively on a 100-year-old Steinway piano in the sanctuary of NorthStar Church of the Arts in Durham, N.C.

The 10 songs that make up All These Years – out Nov.

Phil cook the plus#

Phil Cook’s new album took three days, plus another 100 years, to make. Chippewa Valley native Phil Cook's latest musical effort is a solo piano album, All These Years.