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Reprinted from Folkwax Magazine
Pholkie
and
 Phingerpicker
Extraordinaire from Canada
Toronto
singer/guitarist Brian Gladstone is a fingerpicking
guitar master, a colourful storyteller and an
intuitive performer. His debut CD, Back To The
Dirt, is an all-acoustic offering on which he
plays all the instruments. Wolf Hassel, formerly of
multi-platinum Canadian Pop act Frozen Ghost, who
wrote the album's liner notes, calls Brian's songs
"new, unique and quite out of the ordinary...a
tapestry of feelings, emotions and collective
memories."
Brian's songs have received
airplay on stations throughout the United States,
U.K., Europe, Australia and strong support in
Canada. Self-described as "an analogue guy
trapped in a digital world," Brian made a point
of not using electric instruments on Back To The
Dirt. In fact, so committed was he to this ethic,
when producer/engineer Robert Digioia plugged in the
bass for a track, Brian went so far as to yank out
the chord.
In all the years Brian had
been playing guitar (since he was 14 years old) he
had never given a thought to releasing a CD until
his son beat him to it. Until then, Brian had been
content picking up the instrument and immersing
himself in it for several hours a day. Inspired by
artists such as Peter, Paul & Mary, Bob Dylan
and Gordon Lightfoot, Brian has always written
songs, but other priorities directed his life's
path. He is actually a magnetics engineer by trade,
like his hero scientist Nicola Tesla, the only
figure who appears to be making eye contact on the
artwork of Back To The Dirt.
Gladstone's most recent album, called Psychedelic
Pholk Psongs, was released in September 2001.
Gladstone, Brian
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