Two for the Road

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Gerald Edward doesn’t need much”just a guitar, his voice and a community. The singer-songwriter shuffles between the Jersey Shore and Brooklyn, sharing the stage with a rotating cast of musicians or performing solo. If you have any doubt that the man is a troubadour, take into account the fact that he named his band Inland Traveler. When it came time to record an album, Edward split the record between his full band and just himself. The result is a collection of indie folk dazzlers with a country tilt. Stripped down, clarified melodies like the folksy Promise and the mesmerizing, elegiac Put The Breaks On prove that Edward can deliver with just the bare essentials. But he can also kick up some dust and does so with his band on the stomp-n-thump of Sweet Revenge and the driving rhythm of Sweet Revenge. Pulling double duty works for him”let’s hope he can keep up the grind.