Bruce Hornsby is aging gracefully on his new album “Indigo Park.’” The seventy something musician looks back on his eventful life with songs about hometown memories including the title cut which is an actual pool park in Williamsburg.
He collaborates with old friends Bonnie Raitt and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend and the album features one of the final performances by the late Bob Wier of the Grateful Dead.
Hornsby challenges his listener with some dissonant rhythms and unusual sounds, he says “I love simple songs but I also love complexity. I’m interested sometimes in making a sound I haven’t heard before.”
At it’s core, “Indigo Park” is a deeply personal, rewarding album with first-person narratives that explore formative childhood moments from an artist who first gained prominence forty years ago and continues to push his boundaries like no one else of his generation.