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An easy going vocal style that belies a knack for literary detail and story telling that's way above the typical folk singer. --- Calvin Powers, Taproot Radio

Heavily influenced by his American cowboy background.  Maybe he can't ride a horse, but he certainly takes you there with his songs.  --- Roger Giles, President of Devonport Folk Music Club & Auckland Folk Festival

Stormy folk music based around deft picking and strumming.  The lyrics are worldly and transcend the sadly usual cliches that seem to come with the territory.   ---Simon Sweetman, NZ Musican

Those guys were speaking about BLACK HORSES the solo acoustic album recorded by Robbie Duncan, Braeburn, Wellington  and it can be bought HERE  (and HEAVY WATERS can be purchased from HERE).  

Black Horses was listed as one of the BEST OF AMERICANA 2008 (small & independant releases) by Americana Homeplace: PRESS HERE.

Some brief and interesting notes on the posted songs:

EVE OF THE STEEL BLUE MOON (unrecorded, R. Leschen & C. Denham): A home, home, home on the reggae ballad where the gypsys and coyotes play.

WILD ROSES & SATIN (Black Horses): An Old Tyme Country Waltz tune about the economic decay of a small town - perhaps your hometown.

BIG CHIEF/LITTLE JONES  (Black Horses): Freedom fighters (restless cowboys) join forces with Big Chief to fight antebellum bureaucrats: no one wins, but the guitar pickin is pretty damn good!

ADAMAN TIDE (Heavy Waters):  Jam-band meets India modal in a catastrophic narrative (rescue workers are Tui Divers, vocal; Nigel Gavin, bass; Yair Katz, rods and cylinders). 

HEAVY WATERS (Heavy Waters): Bluegrass ballad and title track of from Heavy Waters that features excellent fiddle work by Aucklander Coralie Usmani.

WHITE WHITE WEST (Heavy Waters): A Tex-Mex rocker from the album Heavy Waters that includes Nigel Gavin (bass) and Yair Katz (drums).

HEY- you didn't tell me about the cool video below! Check out BED MONKEY from Black Horses (Costa Botes made it!) 

"True and respectful to his named influences including Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and American folk, Richard Leschen has woven a collection of narratives presented in folk-rock with touches of country and discernible kiwi flavour. Highly sentimental, the epic opening track Thanks For Calling was triggered by Hurricane Katrina putting his friends in peril, as well as contact stimulated by a surprise phone call from his father ("Dad never calls!"). Leschen writes with his heart on his sleeve, and captures the moment with cynically crafted and surreal references to worldly ways, posturing by the undeserving and aloof in front of a backdrop of Americana. The phrase title is referenced in other lyrics to water in various states: tears, river delta, clouds, rain and blood - all presented in emotional weighty contexts, tying the work together nicely.  Recorded to convey timeless tradition, capturing the essence of natural Northland beauty, and to be enjoyed for years to come."
Andy Bramwell, Wiakato Times