Chicago folksinger P.M. Buys stands as any building from his city’s skyline would, stretched high and slender. With a harmonica slung from his neck and a well-aged guitar in his hands, he appears to compartmentally fit his Midwest predecessors like Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. One can certainly detect heavy influence from the Ghosts of Folk Music’s Past tucked within the works of P.M. Buys. Those elements, when twisted with thorough classical guitar training, surprising chordal accompaniment and intense lyricism, combine to give P.M. Buys a sound entirely his own. His latest release, a batch of six songs entitled Atop the Salt, was released in May of 2015.
