Hip Hatchet, aka Philippe Bronchtein, is not only a superlative finger-style guitarist, he’s also the owner of a mahogany voice “with the honesty of a thousand Abe Lincolns”. Like the song-smiths before him, Bronchtein paints vivid pictures with his lyrics; honest, heart-felt, funny, introspective, and ultimately poetic. All of life is beautifully rendered into glistening ballads, resilient melodies and timeless tunes as he tells stories of people and songs from the road. Likened to Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, he mixes stripped down humour with honest self-reflection to create a sound of rural America that is uniquely his own.

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