Gabriel Gandzjuk is probably not a stage name. I’ve read Gabriel’s bio and I don’t have a sense of where his family is from but with a name like that and songs like these it’s hard not to hear a bit of European influence in his jazzy folk tunes. His main instrument and the most compelling artifact on his new record Invisible Lion (4th Street Records) is his silky smooth voice. You’ll hear what you like in his vocals, but I heard Tom Brousseau, Steve Forbert, and a little Brett Dennen.
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