ALTHOUGH ADAM KARCH IS FROM MONTREAL, HIS MUSIC EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF AMERICANA LIKE A SCENIC RIDE ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS. HE PLAYS A HYBRID ACOUSTIC BLUES THAT CONSISTS OF PRECISE FINGERPICKING THAT RECALLS PLAYERS SUCH AS RL BURNSIDE, MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT AND KELLY JOE PHELPS, ALONG WITH AN INNOVATIVE PERCUSSIVE TECHNIQUE THAT IS THOROUGHLY MODERN, WHILE SOMEHOW PRIMAL AND ANCHORED IN TRADITION. HIS STYLE SUMS UP THE SOUND OF A ONE-MAN BAND WHERE THE BACKBEAT IS ALWAYS PRESENT AS HIS PALM SETS THE SOUND OF A SNARE DRUM ON THE STRINGS. KARCH ALSO INCORPORATED A PORCHBOARD FOR THE BASS DRUM BEAT WHILE HIS THUMB-DRIVEN BASS NOTES SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MELODIES FINGERPICKED WITH HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS ALL CREATING A CONSTANT FLOW OF MUSIC.