Mike Wexler

Almost perversely skilled in the <a href="spotify:artist:1FqG6mhiJbhbMg43ohCT6D">Jansch-ian</a> school of acoustic guitar picking, Mike Wexler snake-charmed the Brooklyn underground in the mid-2000s with his free-form songs and druidic <a href="spotify:artist:0O0g9JMOVNoIgLG6dgaYMY">Robyn Hitchcock</a> voice. A startlingly affecting and spare debut released on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22I+and+Ear+Records%22">I and Ear Records</a> in 2005 immediately placed Wexler far above his dronier freak-folk peers. He pursued more expansive territory with full band instrumentation and captivating arrangements on Sun Wheel, the elliptical 2007 release on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Amish+Records%22">Amish Records</a>. Wexler returned in 2012 with Dispossession. His first recording for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mexican+Summer%22">Mexican Summer</a>, Dispossession was the result of over two years of intermittent recording, an eerily beautiful sound world featuring guest appearances from members of <a href="spotify:artist:2ayLcJ3HBefNHlPrFQnp8t">White Magic</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7079ySMZ1VkEgAXxH5k8dn">the Occasion</a> as well as a host of N.Y.C. improvisers. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi