​Daniel Donato (from the album Horizons

​Daniel Donato (from the album Horizons

​Daniel Donato (from the album Horizons available on Retrace Music) (by Danny McCloskey)
A healthy addition of next-level Cosmic Country doses the music of Horizons, the recent release from Daniel Donato. The music on Horizons ranges through Country, Bluegrass, Rock’n’Roll, and Psychedelia, as the band touches the rhythms with a little bit of Funk. Daniel Donato spies a town in the distance with “Yonder”, trotting over the track with a clip-clop horse beat as he offers “Translation” on a Country Rock groove, and asks “About the Angels” against a thumping bass line. A sunshine bounce carries the tale of “Better Deal Blues”, keeping the movement to back the story in “Broadside Ballads”. Daniel Donato experiments with sounds and styles while the cuts remaining extremely accessible, the words and music of Horizons arriving with a warmth that makes them instant friends with whom you can smile and sing along.
There is a subtle sonic journey in Horizons as the songs slowly transition from a Folk sensibility on the first half of the track listing, changing direction when “Hangman’s Reel” signals a change from toe-tapping to foot-stomping. Horizons heads into “Another Dimension” on an assured stride, putting a funky twang underneath “Prairie Spin”, opening “Chore” with harmonies before the song moves into an easy sway as it reaches “Valhalla” on a strong backbeat. Daniel Donato is a master songwriter, filtering his intention of spreading the word of Cosmic Country alive in each song on Horizons. A raucous rhythm hops on board the singing rails hammering out a fast-track beat for “Blame the Train” as a steady roll wraps around “Along the Trail” while Horizons breaths a hint of island rhythms into “See Through” while Daniel Donato exits the album on the stretched-out jam of “Down Bedford”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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