[MUSIC] Rodney Graham, Rock Is Hard

[rfmcdonald]

Listening to Vancouver-born conceptual artist Rodney Graham's CD Rock Is Hard, I'm taken by the gentle musicality of the rock-based album. His slightly nasal but mellow voice accompanies his acoustic guitars well, his lyrics are funny in a non-overintellectualized sense, and the overall laid-back effect of the album is rather pleasing. I'm reminded of David Bowie's Reality or Heathen. Likely because he had an exhibition at the AGO last year, his CD can be purchased through the Art Gallery of Ontario, online or at their gift shop.