The pair is reveling, but still surprised, at RanchWriters’ success. It creates a mysterious sound, and we synchronize really well. Kelly works on alternate tuning, and I use standard tuning. “We didn’t do a lot of finger-picking on this album. The songs’ synchronized, mesmerizing sounds come in part from the duo’s different guitar styles. When the pressure was taken off, it was very freeing.” “Writing lyrics has always been the trickiest part for me. “We tended to lose ourselves and become comically oblivious to any noise or frivolity going on around us.”įor Bentall, jamming with Kelly and creating the musical soundscapes was oddly liberating. “On nice days, we might park ourselves on a couple of old chairs by the creek,” recalled Bentall. As a result, the tracks are layered with hypnotic patterns and dreamy repetition that gently flow like a creek winding its way along stone beds and grassy meadows. In fact, the creek is where it all began. There was no agenda, no deadline pressure. We had no idea it would be so well received.” We thought we would do it as a hobby, a pet project. During the pandemic, an engineer friend came over with his mobile recording. When he comes to visit the ranch, rather than play cards, we would occupy ourselves putting together soundcapes. “Geoff and I have known each other for a long time. The project began at Bentall’s ranch during the pandemic’s 2020 isolation. While their previous collaborations in the past involved both lyrics and music, this album is strictly instrumental. The result is a collection of music that collapses the four walls of quarantine and gives way to broader vistas - both of the mind and soul.
The prolific award-winning duo, friends and colleagues for 40-plus years, released the 12-track on Sept. 17 via True North Records.
6.īentall and Geoffrey Kelly (Spirit of the West), also part of The Cariboo Express, are clearly upbeat about their new album RanchWriters. Putting the 2021 summer in the past, the prolific recording artist has once again resurrected Barney Bentall and The Cariboo Express for their annual Western Canadian charity concert trek. In the past 15 years, the band raised $3.5 million for numerous charities. The Cariboo’s seven-stop tour, with 10 top-gun musicians including Bendall, head to the Arden Theatre on Saturday, Nov. Fortunately, we had irrigation from creeks for our 40 cows in the field,” said Bentall. Beloved for his Juno-Award-winning band, The Legendary Hearts, Bentall has released multiple albums as a solo artist and set bluegrass-folk band, The High Bar Gang, on a national trajectory. But for singer-songwriter Barney Bentall, who owns a cattle ranch in British Columbia’s Cariboo Country, the summer was sandwiched between threatening heat domes and blistering fires. Summers are usually the best part of the year.
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