Cameron Avery - Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams (Vinyl)

Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams by Cameron Avery is a masterpiece of modern nocturnal crooning, blending soulful wit, shrewd arrangements, and a deep, husky baritone to create timeless music for the ages.

With a rich, classical finger-picked guitar on the opener "A Time and Place" and orchestral vamping on "Do You Know Me By Heart?", this album takes an emotive page from the Leonard Cohen songbook-of-longing while also thumbing an aggressive note of Bad Seed strut and Cramps rut.

Avery's melancholic machismo is written into the very DNA of Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams, culminating in a bombastic, self-assured swagger on "Dance with Me" and an ear-catching purr on the album closer "C'est Toi".

This album is sure to leave you breathless and wanting more.