When it comes to fingerpicking and the general American Primitive sound, Park is clearly one of the best of his generation, and this record is only the latest example as to why. [READ MORE]

...one of his finest creations to date [...] Park seems to genuinely consider the album as a whole body of work, and it rewards back to front listens, as well as repeat ones. [READ MORE]

...a really quite magical record, one which you'll find plenty of reward in playing over and over. [READ MORE]

If you were wondering what a Van Halen record on Takoma would sound like, Duncan's got a record for you. Love this dude. [READ MORE]

Canticles of the Sourveld, out now via the ever-adventurous Aural Canyon, is a raw and homegrown song cycle that traces the rugged beauty of South Africa�s eastern escarpment�a place where the land�s ancient sanctity seeps into the lives of its inhabitants. Recorded solo at his Durban home, Park weaves acoustic steel guitar, chimes, and singing bowls into tracks that murmur with palpable sorcery. [READ MORE]

A delightfully curious collection of sounds recorded straight to tape way down in Durban, South Africa, and then tossed out into the world after getting a bit of treatment up here in Portland. You'll notice that the longer tracks on Traveller's Peace are guitar-based melodies, and these are chopped up by patchwork field recordings and instrumental experimentation. This zoner is unpredictable and beautiful, a little sad and a little silly. [READ MORE]

The already prolific Duncan Park returned with this fascinating audio v�rit� sound collage-style document of what might be a day in the life of the South African musician. You drop into candid conversations, spiritual guitar meditations and scraps and drafts of various musical ideas. You get the feeling that Park wandered around with a tape recorder and started taping whenever he heard something interesting, like a little sonic journal. How much more personal can an album get? [READ MORE]

This has quickly become my favorite Duncan Park album. Traveller's Peace is a sonic travelogue documenting adventures through real and imagined worlds. Rustic guitar serenades flicker for moments before synthetic rain washes us into a roiling sea. Voices come from all sides in every direction, recounting techniques and whispering secrets before winding back up the path toward home. "Sequencing on Traveller's Peace is magnificent, elevating these 14 tracks into a narrative series of recollections. Shruti box drones provide brief warmth before we're back on the road, rambling deep into the woods, singing and hollering until everyone we know are ghosts. This is an absolute delight. [READ MORE]

Duncan Park's new album, In the Floodplain of Dreams, is an off-kilter journey of sonic experimentalism. Aside from the sheer experimentalism of his chosen direction, Park's next best trait is his driving consistency when it comes to releases. [READ MORE]

Duncan Park channels the tranquil life-giving properties and restorative powers of rivers and other waterways through his atmospheric guitar music. [...] An utterly gorgeous and original release from start to finish, Park's Invoking The Flood is a psychedelically pastoral folk album that you won't soon forget. [READ MORE]

[...] at the core of all these tracks - from the bright strings of ''Finer Sunlight'' [...] to the ethereal blues and synths of album opener ''Sunrise Blues'' - there is a gentle instrumental touch to everything that makes this record perfect for both an easy listen and an introspective, night-time dive into the self. [READ MORE]

Park's sound is expansive and singular at the same time. Simplistic and yet resounding. Acid blues and psych folk meet the sort of African primitive guitar style pioneered by the likes of John Fahey and Robbie Basho. It's intricate and solid. [READ MORE]