https://www.moorsmagazine.com/muziek/singer-songwriter/malcolm-holcombe-bits-and-pieces/

Malcolm Holcombe is a survivor who always looks really bad - sometimes you think he's actually too sick to stand up, but then he starts playing the guitar and singing and then you forget all about it and you're totally overwhelmed by his songs . This time he has conquered cancer, and Bits & Pieces is the album he recorded with his regular musical partner Jared Tyler when the diagnosis was known, because they did not know how long they would have.

You might think that gives this eighteenth album by this unique singer / songwriter something extra urgent, but Holcombe's songs always have that urgency. Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Steve & Justin Townes Earle, and Iris DeMent are all fans of Malcolm Holcombe, the inimitable, quirky, utterly unique songwriter and musician.

If you've ever seen a Holcombe performance you know how magical it is in a mysterious way - you feel like you're watching and listening to a genius from another planet as he talks about the most earthy and raw things of the world. life sings. Holcombe and Tyler recorded this album in pairs, with Jared Tyler on second voice, guitars, mandola, dobro, banjo and so on, and the two form a special unity that together create magnificent and perfectly fitting arrangements for Holcombe's songs.

This eighteenth album is again a completely unique jewel of an album - to listen to in silent admiration.

· Malcolm Holcombe – Bits & Pieces – Proper Music / Need To Know