We met as songwriters sharing our writing, plying our trade, ever reaching to strike the fine balance of entertainment and individual catharsis through lyric and melody. I was captivated by the voice and guitar style emanating from Toulouse, France that had a worldly abandon and wisdom. I did not discover Dyl to release this record as much as his talent and musical focus demanded that a record be made.

It’s not often in the pace and wrangle of this modern world that a man can gather your spirit and emotions up and take you to another place with his voice and guitar. Dyl is in every literal and figurative sense of the word, a Troubadour.

Folk Off is the essence of this Troubadour verite’ taking us along the streets, the fields and plains, in the dark alleys, the back of dimly lit rooms, the sweaty pubs and stolid gin joints, all in the name of an existentialism that will capture you as it did me. Bringing his unique interpretations to other artists’ songs and placing you front and center for the story in his own writing, Folk Off is a proud moment for PATCH Records because Dyl’s talents deserve more than just a digital glimpse. He has paid his dues in a restless folk and alt country that blends as much punk attitude as it does worldly wisdom. In a disposable short-attention society - this record makes you stop and buy a ticket for the whole ride.

John LaMantia

President - PATCH Records

Singers and musicians : Dyl, James Calore, Anna Veronese, Bernardo Barreto, Hernan Lascano, John G Kane, John La Mantia, Liliana Silva, Timothy Bailey, Petra Borén

Songs written by Dyl, Joe Henry, Charlie Henneman, Michael J Golda, Sam Phillips, Paul Nicholson, Petra Borén, Gerry Roslie, Kelly Dickens, Bruce Springsteen, Jean-Louis Murat.

Produced by Dyl, mastered by Al Ursini at Studio Chicago, Chicago Illinois.