Album Review: Eli Winter – A Trick of the Light

Album Review: Eli Winter – A Trick of the Light

On A Trick of the Light, Chicago resident and Houston-born guitarist Eli Winter jaunts through West Texas, where the Marfa Lights glimmer on the horizon, cigarette smoke softens the glow of neon bar signs, and Tejano music drifts through the perennial breeze. His clear instrumental prowess aside, Winter’s tracks shine most when he allows ample room for the music to grow, in whichever way that might be. Indeed, Winter often lets his compositions …