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Jim Boggia with Nate Rylan

Presented by PSALM - The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music at PSALM - The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music

April 30, 2011

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Misadventures In Stereo, the third album by widely lauded singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Boggia, is unmistakably the work of a true believer and pop craftsman who's closely acquainted with music's capacity for transcendent uplift. His songs get the balance right between devastating beauty and sadness, and the big fat joke that is life. Born blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other, Boggia grew up an only child with an acutely developed ear for music. The qualities that have endeared Boggia to fans, critics and his fellow musicians are abundant throughout Misadventures In Stereo. His knack for merging melodic bliss and bittersweet, richly detailed lyrical substance is prominent throughout the album. Misadventures may be Boggia's darkest album to date, but it still sparkles with the melodic wit, inspired arrangements and perfectly crafted songs Boggia is renowned for. While Safe In Sound experimented with all manner of left-field sonic frills and exotic vintage gear, Misadventures In Stereo finds Boggia taking a more basic, stripped-down approach. Recording live to analog tape, he and his band blew through the material until they had what they felt were the right takes.