Easy Rider

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Maybe it was destiny, maybe it was coincidence, but when Noel Johnson came across an old Fender acoustic in a back alley in his hometown of Calgary at the age of sixteen, his fate was sealed. Years later, Johnson has honed his playing and songwriting chops without completely smoothing over the rough edges. The singer-songwriter’s folk rock is loose, rhythmic, rustic and catchy as hell. Where Would I Go? and Capsized are driving songs”the former an up-tempo, rangy rocker with electric guitars and warbling organs to get the juices flowing, and the latter an acoustic amble full of autumn nostalgia. If looking for a moonlit stroll rather than the call of the open road, put on Every Night. Johnson unfurls his falsetto, making the starry-eyed, stripped-down song even more poignant. We’re just saying we’re glad he found that guitar.