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Jon Wood: One to Five

by Eric J. Iannelli
July 16, 2004

Jon Wood's album is so named because there are between one and five musicians per track, making a total of fifteen musicians altogether; and it took fifteen months to record. Wood is the guitarist in The Fold, a UK folk-rock group. All of his Fold bandmates--including former violinist Eamon McLoughlin, now in the US with The Greencards--appear on this, his first solo effort.

Wood's bluesy, unadorned guitar style is best displayed on instrumental tracks such as “Slow Burn," ...