“Jonathan Goes Country, Jonathan uses a minimal sonic landscape that evokes first-generation rock ’n’ roll, skiffle, flamenco, surf guitar, rockabilly and 19th-century parlour music, but it’s also very country. From anyone else, a record like this would be sarcastic — it’s playful, fun, goofy, filled with songs about riding busses, the old corner store and playing second fiddle to a horse — but with Richman you know it’s real. His mix of covers (Goffin/King, Jack Rhodes, Ronee Blakley, Marty Robbins) and originals work perfectly together because he’s not appropriating someone else’s sound; he’s just taking something he likes and playing it in his own peculiar way”
– @vinylmeplease
