Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark

by Gwenifer Raymond

Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark cover art

On 'Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark', guitarist Gwenifer Raymond merges her intricate "Welsh Primitive" fingerstyle technique with thematic explorations of cosmic horror, science fiction, and the esoteric. The album features complex and often manic guitar and banjo compositions, with a production that introduces eerie, droning textures from steel guitar and banjo that add a spectral intensity to the instrumentals. This approach balances Raymond's technically formidable solo performances, which range from haunted blues to sprightly ragtime, with a brooding, atmospheric soundscape.

Genres

  • American Primitivism
  • Acoustic Blues

Tracklist

  1. Banjo Players of Aleph One
  2. Jack Parsons Blues
  3. Champion Ivy
  4. Bliws Afon Tâf
  5. Bonfire of the Billionaires
  6. Dreams of Rhiannon's Birds
  7. Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark
  8. Cattywomp
  9. Bleak Night in Rabbit's Wood
  10. One Day You'll Lie Here But Everything Will