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Review of New Songs From An Old Place
by Dr.Michael Bader, author
Rick Kirkpatrick has played the guitar for over 40 years. He’s written lots of songs. He’s been a beloved teacher to hundreds of people of all ages and levels for more than a dozen years. He’s performed everywhere and appeared on the albums of other musicians. Finally, however, he’s written, sung and played on, and produced an album of his own—New Songs from an Old Place.
The feeling one gets is of something that’s been pent up in Kirkpatrick for decades that has finally burst forth in a brilliant collection of songs that are, at once, passionate, moving, sometimes melancholic, and yet hopeful about the transcendent power of love. His students, friends, and colleagues are saying: It’s about time!