http://www.facebook.com/RachelEliseMusic

http://www.leagrant.com

http://www.sheilashahpari.com

1. Song For Daniel J. 2. Kiss Me Darling 3. Star 4. Over Again 5. Don't Be Afraid 6. Is There Love On Mars? 7. She Shines Like the Sun 8. To Be Free 9. When I'm Not There 10. Say Goodbye 11. End of the World Roger Rocha - Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Organ Ari Gorman - Electric Bass, Cello, Piano, Moog, Backup Vocals Chad Tasky - Drums, Percussion Special Guests: Emily Palen - Violin on When I'm Not There, Song For Daniel Johnston, and Kiss Me Darling Jacob Hansen-Joseph - Violin and Viola on End Of The World Morty Okin - Trumpet and Flugelhorn on She Shines Like The Sun, Over Again, and End Of The World Kelly McFarling - Backup Vocals on Star DSB - Backup Vocals on Is There Love On Mars? All music & lyrics written by Roger Rocha except Don't Be Afraid by Rocha, Tasky, Gorman and Over Again by Rocha, Tasky, Gorman. Produced by The Goldenhearts and David Simon Baker. • Recorded at Mission Bells by David Simon Baker + Recorded at Wally Sound by Wally Sound * Recorded at Goldenheart Manor by Roger Rocha, Scott Simmons. All songs mixed at Mission Bells and Laughing Tiger by David Simon Baker © Cover art by Winston Smith, Turn of the Century. Layout by Smith, Rocha © Band photo by Danny Valdez Thanks to: Nancy Kuo, Jacob Hansen-Joseph, Muneca, Bridget Canfield, Rebecca Roman, Scott Simmons, Winston Smith, Emily Palen, Morty Okin, Dave Douglas, Tony Sevener, Mehmet Aydin, Meg May, Alice Kao, Nancy Kim, Shain Carrasco, Dina Maccabee, Yuri Kye, Danni Valdez, George Hurd, Lewis Patzner, Lisa Gorman, Keith Karnoff, Alexandria von Bromssen, Lani Lithman, Dave Brogan
http://thegoldenhearts.com

Recorded in bedrooms, gardens and beaches by Hannah Werdmuller, 2010. Made of love.
http://hannahwerdmuller.com/

“Bobby Jo Valentine’s vocals express raw, tender emotions and his lyrics are refreshingly original. His audience will be charmed with “Be Mine” and touched deeply with “Fly,” running the gamete of emotions that make for an entertaining and heartfelt journey.” Jan White, West Coast Songwriter’s Association “It’s really lovely.” Judah Dadone, Lead singer for the Freelance Whales “Bobby Jo writes and performs songs with a sweetness and honesty seldom heard in acoustic pop music. These are tales in search of joy; the giving and the getting. Many speak of love and longing, but so few speak from compassion and with such hope. There is no Americana affectations here, no twang in the voice, no desire to fit into a stay at the lub or on the radio. Simple and beautiful, this is a record worth listening to by a young man that is just beginning to touch lives with the truth in his heart. ***** out of 5 stars.” Brian Lucey, mastering engineer for the Grammy-winning album Brothers by The Black Keys “If Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, and Regina Spektor were to combine forces, you would have Bobby Jo Valentine. Soulful and uplifting, soothing and calming, Valentine’s music is the perfect blend of indie and modern pop/rock. Often times it is quite difficult to switch from genre to genre or to switch styles and tones, but Bobby Jo Valentine does so with ease. His voice is passionate and beautiful, using his soothing ways to demonstrate his musicality and versatility. His musicality separates himself from any other artist out there presently, and A Place To Belong is the proof. Alexa Spieler Rating: 5 stars (out of 5) “Bobby Jo Valentine has been exploding onto the music scene for some time now and his new album “A Place to Belong” is proof that he’s here to stay. This album fills you with that sense of longing everyone has for their own personal “Place of Peace” and then takes you there and back again. Pace yourselves; Bobby Jo Valentine is just getting warmed up. ***** out of 5” Tim Ward, musician and composer
http://www.facebook.com/BobbyJoV

http://reverbnation.com/jessedyen

http://www.eliwise.com

This Always Works, Sometimes (EP, 2011) 1. Buyer Beware (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/1-buyer-beware-this-always 2. This Will Be Me, for Now (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/2-this-will-be-me-for-now-this 3. This Always Works, Sometimes (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/3-this-always-works 4. Compromised Hell (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/wesley-woo-compromised-hell 5. The Strange (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/5-the-strange-this-always 6. Lighter Shade of Green (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/6-lighter-shade-of-green-this 7. Sold My Soul Today (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/7-sold-my-soul-today-this 8. Semi-Tarnished Armor (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/9-semi-tarnished-armor-this 9. Read Between Your Rhymes (Studio Edit) http://soundcloud.com/wesleywoomusic/8-read-between-your-rhymes
http://WesleyWooMusic.com

If there's one album you need while huddling in your bomb shelter after the apocalypse has gone down, it's Art Elliot's newest EP, Earth Abides. Listen to songs about: robot civilizations! national parks! a planet where the rich sell the rest of society for medical experimentation! Don't spend the rest of the nuclear holocaust aimlessly wandering the scorched earth, spend it with Art Elliot blaring out of your home stereo, given that there's still enough juice remaining in your generator.
http://www.artelliot.com

This is Jo's first album, released in 1995. She calls this her "sacred" collection of women's songs of healing - a thematic collection that represents her first outpourings as a songwriter. All the songs are inspired by images in nature, especially in the area of Marin County, where she has lived since 1989. This is her first project, released after her experience as a residential dance training student with the well-known dance pioneer, Anna Halprin, at the Tamalpa Institute in Marin County,
http://www.jodanna.com

A selection of 12 catchy folk-pop original songs by Jo D'Anna, as recorded by the talented Ben Leinbach of San Anselmo (Marin). Ben also added his expert percussion and created a tasty background fusion of rhythm, beat and guitar or keyboard blends to set either a danceable or provocative mood for Jo's songs, as appropriate, depending on the particular message and content of each of the songs on the album.
http://www.jodanna.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Hood-and-the-Last-Show-Ever/213886818638811?ref=ts

Featuring Bruce Kaphan (pedal steel), Sarah Jean and Molly Burke (vocals), John Mescall (cello), Melissa Lynn Lincoln (fiddle) and Austin Faxon (drums). Download at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050IWYNS/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1305306920&sr=8-1 iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/where-are-you-now/id437370657 CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/geoffbaker2
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geoff-Baker/60920380517

Shareef Ali & The Radical Folksonomy's first full-length album, featuring "If My Love", "Wikipedia Brown", "Red Balloon" and more.
http://www.shareefali.com

Aubade 2010 D.I.T. Records (U.S.A.), Broken Toys (Italy), PPZK (Germany) Jolanda Moletta is a singer/songwriter/pianist from Italy. This is her second album of ambient, avant garde/peculiar, yet beautiful music. This album is not about songs but about a journey from the first track to the last track. The music is sparse and soft yet powerful and soaring at the same time. This is a catch for anyone who can get their hands on it. Recommended listening for PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, and Dido. This is a very emotional record. This reminds me of porch sitting and cool summer evenings. http://brutalcontrol.blogspot.com/2011/04/short-blast-jolanda-moletta-aubade-dit.html
http://www.jjolanda.com

1.The Underground 2.The Pain Of Yesterday 3.This Way 4.All I want Is To Be Gone (For best listening experience please use headphones)

A call to arms for minimalist rock n roll.
http://monsoon.bancamp.com

"well worth watching out for...excellent lyrics...arresting images and descriptions" Paul Kerr, Americana UK
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geoff-Baker/60920380517

"Baker's music could best be described as folk, but a generic genre description falls short of conveying the music's stylistic nuances...Baker steers away from the sappy, melodramatic shores that many musicians find themselves marooned upon. Instead, he recalls beautifully detailed accounts of past experiences. Funny, haunting and uplifting, the songs convey a sense of loss and the ghostly regret of sacrificing love and location for a life of constant moving." Kevin Hagedorn, The Orion (Chico, CA)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geoff-Baker/60920380517

"Great young US singer-songwriter with a fine line in protest song." Annie Windley, Time Out (London, UK)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geoff-Baker/60920380517

http://www.megankeely.com

http://wickedlittlethings.bandcamp.com

hey everybody, i’m very pleased to announce the release of my new album entitled (for obvious reasons) Awesome! XD. it is a collection of the work i have done over the last year. in the past i have put a lot of time into producing a lot of music that i often ended up leaving unfinished. often i would put so much time into producing something that the final result was never good enough to justify all the work i’d put into it, so i’d just lose interest and move on. also, music doesn’t tend to get better when it’s overproduced. i recognized that what makes a song great it the song it self. the idea. the soul. not the packaging. packaging in this case refers to the production. you can have a great song recorded with the simplest means available and it will touch more people then a song recorded by the best studio musicians with the best recording equipment and produced by the best producers that just doesn’t have the heart in it. also, putting a lot of energy into producing is a complete waste if the music is never released. i decidid to give priority to the soul of the music. i created a workflow that allows me to produce the music extremely fast and learned to finish songs to a level i can live with instead of getting caught up in details and abandoning them. most of the songs on Awesome! XD were done in a matter of days rather than weeks from initial idea to finished production. i wrote the song sara for my cousin’s 15th birthday literally while i was making breakfast that same day. i wrote the song awesome on mothersday 2010 when i was hanging out with my mom by the riverside in salzburg, austria playing the ukulele. the last stand is a song i did together with my good dude derek who i met in the summer of 2010 as he was traveling through salzburg. we basically made the whole track in two evenings before he returned home to canada. little clown was also written and recorded in a day. the next day i went for a walk and made a music video for it too. the only song that falls out of this new technique is what’s real, but i put that on the album because it’s just too awesome not to. XD that’s a prime example of a song that i put a lot of time into. everything you hear, i did with my mouth. see it all is interesting in that it’s the first and only song i ever made without guitar. i did that after a pretty bad bike crash in san francisco on halloween 2009 where i broke my thumb and couldn’t play guitar. (yeah i know, breaking my thumb doesn’t sound like a ‘pretty bad’ bike crash, but i was really lucky. i flew like 30ft through the air and landed on my face) see it all is also the first song i did where i simply left the improvised gibberish i sang instead of actually writing any words. on my life is fun i did that again. i built the song structure and recorded the vocals of the chorus and then just improvised the verses and guitar solo ontop of that. i even filmed myself doing it. check it out! after having produced the last stand together with another person i only just realized how great that is, so i called up my good man josef and invited him over to do a song with me as well. we took turns playing producer, composer and singer and named the song change the weather. the final song on the album, inside of a soul only made it onto the album in the last minute. i wanted to give the people a demonstration of what it’s like when i perform live and compose and produce new music on the spot. everything that happens in that song is completely improvised; the beat, the chords, the bass line, the guitar picking, the hook and all the singing. you can watch it happen here. so i hope you all enjoy listening to my tunes half as much as i enjoyed making them. you can buy a download of the album for 5 euro’s so, something like 7 dollars or you can just download the 2 songs awesome and little clown for free, but then i want your email address so i can spam the sh*t out of you with offers for viagra prescriptions. no… so i can tell you when i release something new. i am currently touring down the west coast of north america as i’m writing these words, so if you live along my stretch you may have the good fortune of hearing me live sometime over the next few weeks and months. good times, rocky
http://www.rockyleon.com

http://brandonwalkermusic.com

The debut EP of Shareef Ali & The Radical Folksonomy, featuring "Broken Record", "The State Of The Garden", "Come Closer" and more.
http://www.shareefali.com

"When Lee really lets his creative abilities out of the box and just plays, the music is sublime. Life This Time is a worthwhile venture." - Wildy's World Reviews http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/2009/01/review-jerome-lee-life-this-time.html
http://www.jeromelee.net/

http://myspace.com/addieliechty

http://hellovegetables.com/?p=7743 Best Of 2010: Brian Belknap – Cradle To Grave by Kevin Vegetables on August 16, 2010 You already know what a fan I am of Brian Belknap’s songs, so it should be no surprise I think his latest release, Cradle To Grave, is one of 2010′s must-listens. I’m stoked to have him back in action, with twelve more songs of romantic realism: broken hearts, lost souls, and how that little patch of blue is nothing but a dirty fuckin’ lie. Bonus points for combining the protest song with the love song to create what might be the first lost-love lament set in the world of social activism, and is certainly the first love song with the lyric “Occupation equals genocide.” We’re fortunate to have him in town, so go show some love – Brian plays his album-release show August 22 at the Make-Out Room.
http://www.myspace.com/brianbelknap

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12775603&blogId=529270361
http://www.AlyssaJacey.com

This album is the "home made" rivalrous sibling to Scott Alexander Makes a Big Deal Out of It. Stream it at http://scottalexandermusic.com/scottalexandermc.html
http://www.scottalexandermusic.com

Stream songs at http://scottalexandermusic.com/scottalexandermb.html
http://www.scottalexandermusic.com

http://www.ryandishen.com

http://www.lisamariejohnston.com

“DOLLS & JIGSAWS” "Dolls and Jigsaws is a remarkable achievement, the album is a collection of 10 lovingly crafted songs that convey a remarkable maturity in both it's musical and lyrical vision." Jackie Hayden’s pick of the fortnight, Hotpress, 03 FEB 25 2009 “Dolls & Jigsaws is not a typical DIY offering. Rather, it is an arresting slice of smart coffee table pop.” Mick Heaney, The Sunday Times. “.. highly accomplished quirky pop gem... an album that contains little of the self-conscious introspection adopted by most troubadours.” Colm O’Hare, Hot Press Album Review 4/5 Stars “...her classic songs and singing create a novel juxtaposition with her lyrics which referance everything from MaccyD’s to Nurofen.... they are set to some mighty fine music, based in pop but taking in elements of indie, jazz and balladry”. Shipla Ganatra, Irish Daily Star, 17th April, 2009. Dolls & Jigsaws is lyrically inspiring, built on a solid melodic foundation and punctuated with plenty of ambition in the realms of tempo and arrangement to surprise and excite. Sarah Lynch, Limerick Event Guide, May, 09 “Aoife's voice is refreshing, on the note, sounds sweet and she has something to say. ...Well worth the wait and effort by this serious, thoughtful and talented young musician.” Nessa Jennings, Newsfour, June 2nd, 2009. National TV appearance on The Late Late Show, 6th March, 2009. Jackie Hayden’s “Album of the Year”, Hotpress, 2009.
http://www.aoifemoriarty.com

Detroit songwriter Mike Galbraith’s new record ‘Rags’ is chock full of late night reminiscences, femme fatales and cigarettes over coffee along forgotten highways. An inspired performer with strains of Leonard Cohen, Kerouac and cold, cold winters. - A.M. Arscott, B.O.R.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Galbraith/128883203914?ref=search&sid=21704566.909764057..1

http://www.myspace.com/thedaniellerosa

Let’s face it; singer-songwriters are the blue jeans of the music world. In any given town at any given time there are hundreds of sensitive, callus-fingered young men in bedrooms, basements, dorms and walk-in-closets hunched over an acoustic guitar, an ashtray and a green-bottled import. Whether they’re dreaming of becoming the next Nick Drake, Jack Johnson or Dallas Green, or just trying to hook up with some pretty young thing is irrelevant. The point is, they’re a dime-a-dozen, their sheer quantity rendering them basically - if unfairly - irrelevant. To stand out from this crowd, it takes someone with a truly special skill. Enter Hollis, a young under-the-radar musician from Montreal, Quebec, whose much anticipated debut album ‘Weird Fiction’ has finally been released. And it was worth the wait. Hollis’ voice quivers with anxiety (“Call in the Captain”) as easily as it croons softly (album highlight “Tenth Time Around” and “Fevered Fields”), as he weaves a rich new narrative in each of the eleven tracks. Whether he’s reminiscing about a childhood spent amongst cornstalks (“Country Ways”), telling the tale of a gambling man lost at sea (”Six Hundred Nautical Miles”), or waxing eloquent about crooked politicians and possessed hunters with kings and tomatoes in their crosshairs (“Hook In a Fish Eye”), Hollis crafts his lyrics carefully, with a richness and poetry rarely seen in modern music. And the sound is equally as good. With jaw-dropping folk-tinged guitar playing, sweeping melodies, subtle but deft production (recorded straight to tape at Sound Module in Montreal) and mastering by the infamous Ryan Morey (the Arcade Fire’s “Funeral”) the album is an undeniably warm, sonic experience from start to finish. From start to finish, Weird Fiction proves Hollis is one of a dying breed: a singer-songwriter who should not be ignored. - matt henderson.
http://soundclick.com/hollissongs

Jonny Burr Rocks!!!! author: gordon r webb Yeah, there's some nice ballads like she walks alone, but for the most part this CD kicks butt. The uptempo rockers like "who's in, who's out" are the one's the really get my heart pumpin'! Great songwriting & all the musicianship is top notch, especially some of the Jeff "the tower of power" Tamelier guitar solos. And Big Dog on the Beach is a trip. There's even a song with baritone sax-talk about variety. Overall, it's a great CD that'll make you want to stop by for some of Jonny's cookin'.

http://www.andyallo.com

http://www.albertalexander.bandcamp.com

http://tinyurl.com/HVTurpentine I Got Enough For Some Beer If You’ll Cover The Gas: The Songs Of Brian Belknap And Turpentine by Kevin Vegetables on April 21, 2010 The mid-90s was a good time for folk, bluegrass, and country in San Francisco, but for my money it didn’t get any better than Turpentine. Brian Belknap’s songs weren’t nostalgic recreations of the folk of the past, but honest, unromanticized visions of contemporary working-class life, the bitter and the sweet. And long after you sold your car with the tape deck and could no longer listen to their cassettes, the songs stuck with you. Like this one, maybe the best union song since the 70s: Honest to God, I’d put these songs up against anybody’s. Backed by the bass of Keith Challberg and the guitar & crush-inducing backing vocals of Sue Sandlin (now of the Stairwell Sisters), Turpentine was the whole blessed package. I chose the songs I posted because they’re current favorites, but there are 18 songs on those three albums, and I give you the HV No-Clunker Guarantee. Brian’s been kind enough to allow me to post the Turpentine albums for download (ripped from cassette — thanks Crazyfoot!), so snap em up before some label gets wise: Brian Belknap is back after a 10-year performing hiatus with new songs and an album, Lucky Me, that features those songs alongside Turpentine recordings. Lucky Me is available at CD Baby.
http://www.myspace.com/brianbelknap

http://myspace.com/timcarrmusic

2003
http://www.amyobenski.com, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Obenski/6230217730, www.myspace.com/amyobenski, http://twitter.com/amyobenski

2008
http://www.amyobenski.com, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Obenski/6230217730, www.myspace.com/amyobenski, http://twitter.com/amyobenski

2006
http://www.amyobenski.com, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Obenski/6230217730, www.myspace.com/amyobenski, http://twitter.com/amyobenski

Please send reviews to: hello@helloevening.com
http://www.helloevening.com

Art Elliot's eponymously titled album is an 8 track odyssey of home recordings from 2005-2009. Straight from Art's bedroom to your ears! All tracks composed, performed and recorded by Art Elliot.
http://www.artelliot.com

http://www.danieldurrett.com

http://www.rachelrossos.com

http://www.rachelrossos.com

Organic Tuneage features 11 original songs penned by Buds Bryan Harrison, Jim McLaren, and Elisa M Welch.
http://www.art.net/elisa

Following the release of Lime Colony's debut EP, 'The Advantage of Getting There First,' Tim (guitar/vocals) and Earl (guitar/vocals) began collaborating with a drummer (Colin), and as things got louder and rocked harder, and since songs were still being written, all decided to create another record. They soon found a bass player (Will) who lived in a house on a hill near Earl, and he too became a contributing member of Lime Colony, donating generous amounts of time and equipment to help make new recordings. This all culminated in the band's first full-length album, 'Lime Colony,' where listeners can hear the above-mentioned instruments, along with measured doses of strings, horn, trumpet, alto saxophone, and accordion. 'Lime Colony' is available through Amazon.com and iTunes.
http://www.limecolony.com

http://www.antoniolulic.com

The ever expanding collection of Jesse Dyen's studio recordings, most of which are self produced , and feature Jesse on all manner of instruments real and imagined. These tracks are available for download only. CDs and other obsolete products can be arranged by special request.
http://reverbnation.com/jessedyen

http://myspace.com/kristinabennett

http://myspace.com/dawnoberg

http://www.blairsounds.com

http://drewpearce.com

http://bradleymeador.com

Latest installment from the band of three. It rocks harder than earlier Mutineers' EPs, and features a different version of "End of the World."
http://myspace.com/themutineersmusic

Funky fresh cello grooves and beatboxing mixed with jug band and old time style and a little hip-hop flavor and socially conscious lyrics thrown into the soup for some spice.
http://cellojoe.com

This album was all written on the west coast of the United States. I took it to the mid-west to record with a much cherished engineer/producer and its turned out great. Folks have all been really into it.... you can get it online, including iTunes, so go do that and spread the word. hit me back once you've listened...thank you so much for the support www.myspace.com/joeyhebdo
http://www.myspace.com/joeyhebdo

http://thegoldenhearts.com

http://www.biovomusic.com

The folksy, stripped-down harmonies on Biovo's second album, Turn on the Lights, create a textured canvas for the songs' meticulously paced reflections of love, yearning, and hope—a diary of passing time. With influences that span rock and roll (from The Beatles to Pink Floyd) and folk (John Frusicante, Damien Rice, and, inevitably, Bob Dylan), Biovo's carefully considered meditations on the everyday show up as a series of unfolding relationships in an increasingly mad world.
http://www.biovomusic.com

http://www.saydisaster.com

Track listing: 1 eat your sad 2 atmosphere 3 midsummer's eve 4 excess emissions 5 nothing inside of me 6 blue is what i see 7 don't worry (you already hurt me) 8 go away 9 seven days 10 when he wakes up 11 i can see you smile also on itunes, cdbaby, amazno and other fines electronic retailers
http://www.eatyoursad.com

http://myspace.com/davidarzo

http://www.fiveminutestofreedom.com

An ethereal, hushed soul singer brings together alt-country/pop-folk storytelling with the melodic cadence of her Memphis roots. Recommended if you like Cat Power, Howlin' Wolf, Norah Jones. Track listing: 1. Baby Ain't My Name 2. You Make Me 3. Ramblin Rose 4. Under Memphis Skies 5. Mostly ~~~ Also available at CDbaby.com & Amazon.com!~~~
http://myspace.com/gaskew

http://www.helloevening.com

http://katecotter.com

"See you in dreamland " blues/folk
http://myspace.com/Elineyj

Seventh album.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

the old band, back in maine.
http://myspace.com/wolflarsenmusic

Buffalo Creek's first full length audio offering, Signal to Noise represents over two years of writing, arranging, recording and producing by all of the band's current line-up of Bryn Loosley, Marc Stafford, Nick Bearden, August Germar and Ryan O'Donovan. Recorded in two studios in the band's hometown of Chico, California, the album is a testament to the tenacity of the musicians involved. Six months into the recording process when the entire album was near completion, all tracks and files for the album were lost in a hard drive failure and the band was forced to re-record the entire album from scratch. "I'm glad we had the opportunity to do it again, the result is a highly polished album were all really proud of," said drummer Nick Bearden. Compared to the "California Soul Sound", fans of The Mother Hips, Jackpot, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Sonvolt, Neil Young, Wilco, The Jayhawks, and others of the likes will definitely not be dissapointed in what Buffalo Creek delivers in "Signal to Noise". Buffalo Creek’s first full-length album Signal to Noise is a rare resurgence of good old rock ‘n’ roll. This long-awaited release, with Bryn Loosley’s bittersweet lyrics of love lost, layered on top of tuneful melodies and well-orchestrated musicianship, has a quality that makes getting these tracks stuck in your head a good thing. Entwined is a return to rock’s roots, including sounds of folk, blues and even some jazzy keys. Though often country-esque (“Firecracker,” “Shopping Cart”), inventive guitar licks and drum riffs occasionally change it up to something almost funky (“Delta Breeze,” “Cry”). But regardless of its sense of all-inclusiveness, Signal to Noise is more importantly a nostalgic return to a purer rock ‘n’ roll. The end result of this careful composition is not simply just a collection of songs, but an undivided experience. – David P. Brown
http://www.nickbearden.com

http://www.TheBuds.org

Sam Misner and Megan Smith began their musical collaboration after working together as actors on a production of "Woody Guthrie's American Song" and immediately recognized a mutual love of Americana music and vocal harmony. Since then the two have played regularly around the Bay Area and beyond, and have built a steady and loyal following. The song "Madeline" (off of their first album "Halfway Home") won Song of the Year in the West Coast Songwriter's Song Competition in 2007. Balancing their careers as actors and musicians is no easy task but the two have found the art of storytelling to be one of the common threads running through both forms. Crafting original songs rich in meaning and texture, the duo's sound is centered around unique vocal harmonies and evocative lyrics. Their influences span many genres ranging from Traditional and Old-time music, Bluegrass, Folk, and Rock and Roll, to Reggae, Motown and the Blues. Strong songwriting and an exceptional blend of voices is what sets this pair apart.
http://misnerandsmith.com

Sexy ‘No Limits’ Rock with Attitude. Rachelle's sound is a cocktail of sensual, provocative, yet powerful vocals infused with the infectious guitar riffs of Hank Shermann (Mercyful Fate). It's a spicy determined Rock sound, a feel good party about taking hold of life, exploring guilty pleasures and creating what you want to be. This debut release “CITY OF SIN”, is the DIY blood, sweat, and tears of Hank Shermann and Rachelle Ramm.
http://www.rachelleramm.com

To purchase my cd, come to my gigs and check out myspace.com/nomiharper for gig dates. Thanks 1- You Can't Buy Love Like That 2- Remembering To Live 3- Honey, This Is Your Time 4- Oh, How I've Tried 5- I'm On Vacation 6- Second Time Around 7- Better Off Without You 8- Why 9- You Better Come Clean 10-Looking Back
http://myspace.com/nomiharper

http://myspace.com/margsmusic

Sixth album. (EP) Michael Loebs plays drums. Jeanne Foss sings and whistles.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

Fifth album. First in studio.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

Fourth album. Free download at link.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

Third album. Free download at link.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

Second album. Free download at link.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

First album. Recorded on cassette tape. Free download at link.
http://myspace.com/AdamBalbo

Palefighter: Swan Dive Bomb Written by Gage Norris for The Wire From the opening notes of “Swan Dive Bomb,” with the lead track “We’ll Crush You With All That We Are,” it’s hard to believe that singer-songwriter Matthew Carano started the band while playing guitar in the rock-rap group Solid8. This is anything but rap. The guitar’s tone during the intro sounds something like the righteous distortion effect used by Pete Townshend on The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” You can almost picture Carano windmilling each chord change into existence. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Palefighter doesn’t fit under The Who’s genre heading. The song fluctuates between pulsing rock grooves during the verses and poppy, Third Eye Blind-ish melodies during the choruses. Carano’s voice is difficult to place, sometimes leaning toward a melancholy Peter Gabriel sound while also pulling off pitch changes that you’d most often hear in a Broadway tune, and often altered by a stadium echo effect. At other times, however, the vocals reminisce of Limp Bizkit—an intriguing mixture of styles. Palefighter demonstrates a wide range of sounds throughout the album, proving that it’s perfectly comfortable with most any tempo and level of intensity, and capable of blending these into compositions. From “SoLow,” an acoustic guitar waltz with synth pads in the background, to “Drive On Empty,” an intricate interplay of guitar melodies with an almost Middle-Eastern feel, the members of Palefighter compliment each other’s parts and make each song entirely different from the last. The variety continues with the quiet, contemplative “Song for a Wedding” straight into “The Barbarian Invasion,” which is driving and heavy but still melodic, especially when Robert Ziminsky joins Carano with harmonies for his vocal part. A few songs even make use of electronic drumbeats integrated seamlessly with a real acoustic set, perhaps harkening back a bit to Carano’s rap group experience. But, few bands can manage an entire album without reusing a little of the same style and material, and Palefighter is no exception. Parts of “Scarface” sound a lot like segments from a few preceding tracks, and the final song, “The Light Fantastic,” is yet another acoustic guitar waltz, the album’s third. But, while the album ends on a somewhat redundant note, Palefighter is good at these slow, floating tunes. It’s not surprising that the members chose to write more than one. Overall, “Swan Dive Bomb” lives up to its MySpace claim: “as explosive and exact as its title denotes.” Palefighter provides a great mix of rock, ambient and acoustic styles coupled with complex and often cryptic lyrics. The album is set to be released this fall. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/palefightermusic or www.palefighter.com.
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Music CD "That Night" Available Now! CD Features 10 songs including the title track That Night. Other songs featured are: Mumbles, Still In Love, Blue Monday, Out West, Knock Me A Kiss, Be Mine, Can't Find My Baby, Wasn't That A Party and Run N' Blue. To get your copy http://cdbaby.com/cd/jackdahatluna http://www.laststoprecords.com/home.htm Featured Artists on the CD Vocals.....Jack Luna, Trumpet....Larry Kirkish, Acoustic Bass....Chuck Bennett Piano................Maddaline Edstrom http://www.laststoprecords.com/home.htm
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Our debut EP, *Trick Clack*, is a set of 5 home-recorded songs. 1. Patterns Have People 2. Only Baby Sharks 3. My Very Perfect Machine 4. The Next Three Words 5. 4234
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John Swerdan - Vinyl Wings of Joy Sometimes an artist creates because the supply of art he most admires has run out and he is therefore compelled to make more of it for himself. John Swerdan is such an artist and fan. In the sequel to his well-received 2003 debut StartupSounds – an audio paean to the Mac computer that got coverage on TechTV and many other places – Swerdan takes his love for the kind of melodic songwriting and recording invented by the Beatles and Brian Wilson into the studio, and crafts a cornucopia of sound. In keeping with John’s passions, the songs on Vinyl Wings Of Joy are a virtual tour of the 1960s music landscape. From the levitating vocals of “On The Surface Of The Moon” to the pounding Revolver-esque guitars of “Must Be The Weather”, the listener is transported from track to track experiencing sounds which are familiar yet blatantly original. Old fashioned irony is explored in “BTW Have You Noticed My New Hair” while the title tune’s bizarro lyric refrain is set to a hauntingly hip backing track that rightfully escalates into Beatle soup. Many of the tracks have multi-layered vocals – “Keep Up With The Times” is a virtual love letter to Brian Wilson. After scaling this invigorating stack-o-tracks, the program finishes with a sad but sweet solo vocal and guitar ballad entitled “Ashes”. Vinyl Wings Of Joy was produced by Grammy nominated musicologist Alec Palao, who also plays on the lion's share of the album. Alec is the perfect foil for John's head-in-the-clouds songwriting and, with the assistance of drummer John Kent (formerly of the Loved Ones), wrestles the instrumental tracks to the ground making sure they’re ready to rock. Recorded at the inimitable Wally Sound in Oakland, the eleven tracks of Vinyl Wings Of Joy guarantee a splendid time for all.
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Lots of music is made on the Macintosh, but there's not a lot of music made about the Macintosh. John Swerdan's music is a notable exception: He has recorded an entire album of songs inspired by his precious Mac. Swerdan, an elementary school teacher from Lafayette, California, cut an album of pop-folk songs called StartupSounds. The themes are life, love, art and, naturally, Macintosh computers. "In the early '60s, groups like the Beach Boys sang passionately about surfing and hot rods," he said. "I feel just as strongly about computers." Swerdan felt so strongly that he wrote and recorded nine songs about Macs over a period of three years. The songs include "Startup/Hard Drive," "Quickdraw Bill" and "Poor Sad Mac." "Poor sad Mac, born in a plastic age," Swerdan sings. "A time when the world still thought in beige. Crafted and molded just like a piece of art. An orphan, abandoned. It's enough to break your heart." Swerdan, who plays all the instruments, recorded most of the album at his school's computer lab -- on Macs, of course. He even used an iMac box as a kick drum. He couldn't afford a real drum. The album is the melding of three passions, Swerdan explained: songwriting, Macintoshes and an ardor for oddball vinyl. "I've been collecting strange LPs for several years," he said. "Things like William Shatner 'singing' or dog-training LPs, records by hypnotists, taxi drivers and folk songs about outer space. I was thinking it would be fun to throw together a collection of folk songs about computers." Leander Kahney, 2002 Wired.com
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Alt soul Acoustic funk. The first album by the jon garner trio, the full band for jon ji. San Diego groove music.
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The Wheel is Elisa's (mostly) solo album, featuring 10 original songs plus a few favorites from the Irish-trad canon.
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San Francisco-based Terese Taylor is a floating rib of sorts - her idiosyncratic style and sound isn't attached to the flimflam sternum of the music industry. On her second record, The Cryingness of Your Crying When You Cry (Bombsniffing Dog Records), she loosens her oyster clutch to share seven darkly-lacquered, private grains of post-punk-alternative-folk-rock. While her sophomore effort lives in the same world as her 1999 release, Th Clothes We Wore Before We Were Married, it exudes more of an intimate glimpse into the black heaviness that Taylor and drummer Rob Johnson are known for. The Cryingness was recorded in two five-hour sessions by student engineers in San Francisco, mixed by Matt Boudreau (mattboudreau.com) and mastered by Michael Romanowski (paulstubblebine.com). The sessions were named Impounded because Charlie, the horn player got arrested on the way to the studio, and Moustache because everyone wore stick-ons to keep themselves playfully entertained. Johnson, who says he's from Massatucky (Colrain, MA) is musically fueled by his pleasant memories of his father shooting things with BB guns, and the unsinkable influence of his Harley For Jesus kind of mother. Hailing from Buffalo, NY, where Genessee Cream Ale flows from every spigot, Taylor's melancholic stories of doom, gloom, old familiar rage and hope were come by honestly. She's a back-porch storyteller that cleverly leaves colossal gaps open to interpretation - as in one of her most lyrically jarring and talked about songs, "Goats for Daddy": "Billy mountain goat/Red ribbon 'round his neck/A present for my dad/ I carry him on my back/I follow it the best/Because I'm the best he's ever had." The album is a lyrically potent mesh of anomalous feedback molded with thick, syncopated drumbeats, which are particularly evident in "Reluctantly", and "Your Hand" - a song Taylor wrote about a stalker who lived below her in New Mexico, but it somehow was twisted into the closest she says she's ever gotten to a love song. Her broad vocal range is eerily addictive and adaptive as she effortlessly switches gears from low and perfectly offbeat in "Sweet" to complete falsetto in one of the records best, "Ghost", which oozes a mood comparable to sitting in a dingy restaurant with roof funk dripping down onto a breakfast you didn't want in the first place. With the exception of "Candy" (a self-proclaimed "fuck you to radio ready pop nuggets"), all the songs are seemingly the resultant strain and chafing of the wax plug that safeguards the contents of brilliant paper skull. FIRST REVIEW of this CD "The Cryingness of Your Crying When You Cry": "I listened to your CD as soon as I had a 1 AM opportunity -- when it's quiet and there are nointerruptions -- and was totally captivated by your songwriting. There are some particularly beautiful simple melodies which are completely unpredictable, kind of breathtaking actually and surprising--definitely **inspired**! Some moments are positively just beautiful! Beauty is its own justification for being, right?! I really like the spare, minimalist lyrics -- as well as the high lonesome sound modern folk music 'arrangements' (very good arrangements, i might add) -- which can evoke vast vistas of alienated American landscape, as though written by a weary, much-too-long-on-the-road hitchhiker. Those first 4 songs evoke a David Lynch movie emotionality, "Goats for Daddy," "Sweet," "Reluctantly." "Ghost" is possibly the most haunting; whenever I hear something I couldn't possibly have dreamed up in a thousand years of trying, I think, "Wow, this person must be a genius! **HOW** could they have ever come up with that?" The songs on your CD sound "authentic"--that is, to my ear very original and more importantly, tapping down into a deep reservoir of pain and uncertainty and fractured memories. The songs are beautiful (there's that word again) **transfigurations**-- they take a lifetime of contradictory experience and what remains are crystal-pure distillations...poetry, in which a few words evoke so much feeling. Great music! Really, it can't get much better than that! ...the title of your CD is very funny, in a very dark way -- it made me laugh out loud, with its hyperbolic absurdity, in the same way that death itself is hyperbolically absurd --" -V.Vale, June, 2003, RE/Search magazine & Search & Destroy Zine (http://www.researchpubs.org)
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Clare Means is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter. She has independently sold thousands of her debut album "White Bamboo" while performing at shows, on the Santa Monica promenade and Universal City Walk. It is also available on CDBaby and iTunes. The title track from this album was placed on UCLA Radio's "Best Unsigned Artists of 2007 Compilation". Another song from the album, "Everybody's Room But Mine," was a finalist in the lyric contest for the January/February issue of "American Songwriter Magazine" and was a semi-finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. Another song from the album, "Chloe", was recently placed in a short film, "TBD", directed by Ray Chang. This film was screened at both the Los Angeles Short Film Festival and the Pan African Film Festival. You can also hear her song "Angels of the Freeway" on the recently released short film "Not on the 1st Date", directed and written by Carlos Dorsey. Clare Means is a singer/songwriter also known for her great live performances. She has played at many different venues in Los Angeles and New York including the Viper Room, CBGB's, Tangier, the Cat Club, Highland Grounds, and many others. She also plays weekly at Universal City Walk and the Santa Monica Promenade and she has monthly residency at the prestigious "Room 5". You can check out her latest news and tour dates and hear samples of her music at www.myspace.com/claremeans .
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The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Erwin Musper at The Bamboo Room recording studio in Heighland Heights, Kentucky. Erwin has over thirty years worth of experience working with such greats as David Bowie, Chicago, The Rolling Stones, and Elton John, just to name a few. The recording was also blessed with the participation of some world class musicians. Gary Winters wrote horn arrangements for the tracks "Traveling" and "Street Band", and played trumpet and flugel horn on the sessions. Marc Fields played trombone on the sessions, and Dwayne Irvin played the tenor sax and flute on the tracks. Ben Cochran, the bassist from Tristan's former group Trifectafunk, laid down the bass tracks, and Katherine Monnig took care of the drums. Collectively this group of musicians have played and continue to play locally, nationally, and internationally with such greats as Ray Charles, Fred Hersch, Fred Wesley, Kenny Garrett, and the Temptations.
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Kilo As Human | Self Published (2008) by John Barron at allaboutjazz.com for more on this review, go to http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30684 The Philadelphia-based ensemble As Human, billed as a power house collaborative, blends progressive rock-influenced guitar layering, syncopated drum grooves, upright bass and sensuous vocals to create sounds that defy categorization. Their debut, self-published release, Kilo is a collection of eleven tightly arranged, meter-shifting compositions fronted by vocalist/lyricist Ryat. Ryat unravels her light-as-air, personal narratives rather effortlessly over the instrumental sonic wash created by guitarists Dion Paci and Tim Conley, bassist Jason Fraticelli and drummer Tony Catastrophe. The gently executed melodic turns on "As Hwuman" and "Fall Backwards" contrast brilliantly with explosive bursts of rhythmic intricacy. Other tunes of interest on the disc are "Pining," with a Primus-meets-Radiohead punch, and "Set Free," a more straight-forward rocker. One of the strong points of As Human is the stunning, open-minded musicianship exhibited by each musician. Paci and Conley mix a punk-rock attitude with jazz-fusion sensibilities to create a thick, effects-laden guitar landscape. The glue that binds the seemingly unrestrictive nature of each tune comes from Fraticelli and Catastrophe. The rock-solid bass and drum duo are as soulful as they are aggressive, creating a hypnotic vibe throughout. All in all, Kilo is a fascinating release, at times quirky and unsettling, yet highly inventive and worthy of repeated listening. by John Barron at allaboutjazz.com for more on this review go to... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30684 Visit As Human on the web www.myspace.com/ashumanmusic Track listing: As Hwuman; Fall Backwards; All That We Have Said; Pining; Level; Spiral; Set Free; Heavy Heart; Ojai; Tap In; Obsession (with the sunshine). Personnel: Ryat: vocals, wurlitzer, synths; Dion Paci: guitars, percussion, programming; Jason Fraticelli: upright bass; Tim Conley: guitars, slide guitar, ukulele, piano, organ; Tony Catastrophe: drums, percussion. Style: Beyond Jazz Published: October 01, 2008 Related Video
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"Armed with a punk rock sneer worthy of Jello Biafra and a love of traditional roots music ranging from Fred Neil to Townes Van Zandt, The Jonah Kit's Jonah Watchman is one of the most fascinating frontmen to emerge in some time. His San Francisco-based trio comes with classic country instrumentation, while Watchman presides likeably over the arrangements with an almost irascible charisma. He's a strange dude for sure, and his delivery casts him as a lanky prairie iconoclast, traversing the American Heartland with a Mohawk tucked under his cowboy hat. Vibrating away through such numbers as the prickly "Rebound Shit" or the doleful "Mercy Kit," Watchman brings to each composition a real originality that's complemented by his band's studious rootsty accompaniment. He can play it pretty straight ("Uncle Cadillac," "Another") or go wild before a campfire ("I've Got Something In My Eye," "Even My Dog Done Made A Fool Outta Me"), but either way, Watchman is never dull company." —Alex Green/Caught In The Carousel
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"a gritty, folksy acoustic melange that manages an edgy side." -Monterey County Weekly
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Imagine the White Stripes driven by the fevered folk of Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, and you might get some idea of where the Blind Willies are coming from. Duo Annie Staninec and Alexei Wajchman have brought a punky attitude to bear on songs whose templates have long histories. Alexei's voice drawls and snarls over agitated guitar, while Annie's fiddle playing gives the music it's whirling, devilish heart. Like Meg and Jack before them, they combine to create a sound bigger than the mere sum of their parts. High points include the rich, sneering sarcasm of "Mom Says No," the bluesy, Jagger-esque swagger of "Shark Out of Water," and the dark gypsy sorcery of "Sinners Medley." The line between the past and present is muddied in the melée: You can as easily imagine "If You Was a Good Pimp" being penned in a dingy prohibition-era juke joint as by Snoop Dogg. It's this sound, of traditional music being seized by musicians with new, fiercely held ideas of their own, that makes this album so invigorating. Keith Laidlaw, KQED, 7/4/08 http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=22971
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Blind Willies' debut, The Unkindness of Ravens, has been knocking around my CD player for quite a few months now, quietly haunting random moments of my life during this tail end of winter and early spring. As the days grow longer and the East Coast slowly emerges from icy temperatures, I've come to love this disc rather a lot - so much so, that I find words are failing me. How can one truly relay the maddening beauty of the first crocus poking through the dry, cracked Earth to someone who has never seen it happen? How can I possibly explain something like the Blind Willies song, "Last Rites in December", in such a way that you'll understand how breathtaking it is? Blind Willies are Annie Staninec (fiddle) and Alexei Wajchman (guitar, vocals), a duo that met while at San Francisco School of the Arts. Staninec and Wajchman, both accomplished musicians, made their professional debut as Blind Willies in 2004 at San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Since then, they've played a variety of venues and recorded their first release - a collection of ten acoustic tunes featuring the fiddle, guitar, and a bit of harmonica. There's nothing overtly unexpected on The Unkindness of Ravens, but Blind Willies play incredibly wonderful music. Alexei is a remarkable songwriter whose lyrics go well beyond the average ramblings of most singer-songwriters. Even "Mainline" - with its "hungry pawn store prisoners" - is well-crafted enough to run with the big boys and Wajchman wrote the song at the tender age of 15. Annie's fiddle is the perfect accompaniment for Alexei and it's the soft wails from her instrument that really give this album an overall feel of quiet desperation - like waking up in a cold sweat with traces of a nightmare clouding your mind. Tracks like the seven minute long "Something in the Night" are further proof of Alexei's knack as a wordsmith; here, he sings "there's something in the night/even when you're blind/taking drugs to cancel time/that keeps your eyes wide open and your heart clenched tight" and the scene almost materializes right in front of you. Still, it's the opening track, "Last Rites in December" that gives me butterflies every time I hear it. This song just has that certain something that makes it stunning and I find myself returning to it over and over again. "Last Rites in December" is Blind Willies' perfect blend of instruments and voice(s). As Wajchman and Staninec sing "there's no warmth in this city/there's no joy in this lover of mine/so I'm leaving with nothing/I think I'll make it this time" you can feel not only the heartbreak, but the delicate new leaf of hope. Although I'm sure my words are woefully inadequate, I cannot urge fans of all sorts of folk music enough that they should not miss out on The Unkindness of Ravens. The opening track alone is sufficient to pay for this debut CD, but there are nine other gems just waiting to be discovered. Jennifer Patton, Editor, http://www.adequacy.net/feature.php?featureID=3&featureContentID=256, 4/12/07
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This is the the Surfabilly Band I played drums for down in Los Angeles! Check out the tunes. Excellent music! We kicked ass and were lucky enough to open up for the great Dick Dale a couple of times at the Roxy, Hollywood! circa 2000.
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SUNBURN by Joey Sunset Indie Acoustic Rock! "Only a mad scientist could invent such a thing. But in this case, mad means complete genius!" - Exhaven, Travers City Michigan. Joe Gusich, aka Joey Sunset’s splash debut record, “Sunburn”, Original release: Summer of 2003 Re-Mastered by Studio 132: 2006 Recorded at Sunset Studios, San Francisco Includes the smash hits: ‘Superman is Clarke’ (a Keith Savage favorite), ‘Sunset Surf’ and ‘Smog Check (in Joe’s Brain)’ ‘Sunset’ is thee axe player & songster to the Chicken Kicken' Rock of EleKtriK SunsEt! See www.elektriksunset.com for more Action!
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KCSC Radio: “A Conscious Alternative takes you through an unexpected dreamscape of the inner workings of an awakened being. Staedler has an uncanny knack for creating lyrical and melodic dramas, which expose and reveal the many ridiculous ways in which people divert their lives from achieving deeper connections. Staedler's raucous carnival style vocals combined with an acute sensitivity to creating, haunting, catchy melodies combine to give the listener an experience for the mind, body and soul. Anyone interested in music that integrates evolving consciousness, political & social awareness, and the deep emotional struggles of modern humans should get this album. Keep your eye out for this Performer, he may be coming through your town to wake you up!”
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First time I ever met Joey in 2003, I played after him at an open mic night. I didn't want to even try to play after hearing him, I just wanted him to not stop. I became a fan.--- After hearing several CDs of live shows that he was nice enough to GIVE me, I've grown quite fond of them all. un EP is awesome, a good introduction to Joey's style. He has so many more awesome songs in addition to the five on this album. Track 3, "I Will Find You" is amazing and pretty much genius. Enjoy-------Matt
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San Diego Troubadour Review :: Aug 2007 by Chuck Schiele Jane Lui is in her own space. I don't know how to really classify this music. It has many elements, but I think it does disservice to offer my interpretation of what I think those things are. So I'm not gonna do it. I will tell you that it is an impressionistic collection of songs meandering more like sublime moderato dreamscapes as opposed to the usual and obvious strides in kitschy-catchy pop-craft. Lui is a thinker. She see's the world in a unique and beautiful way. As an artist. And I'd say she's more successful at sticking her neck out in the name of originality than most. My respect for that is in kind. One thing to note is the quiet essence of these tracks. The songs whisper more than they ever raise their voice but the work remains urgent somehow by way of its own freedom to go where it's going to go. The music and words are gorgeous. Her voice is flawless, naked, and real, which makes this a good time to switch to the production value of this work. Barkentine was recorded and produced for the most part by Aaron Bowen and Jane Lui. I dare say that Mr. Bowen's ear for production rivals the best around as this is a remarkable recording. It feels like a candid experience - as though she didn't know he was following her around in her own private thoughts that sound much like the whispers and creaks in an old house. And whether it was intentional or not, the primary concern is its own stride toward the idea of 'beauty.' It just sort of is what it is left to the confidence that it is beautiful as is. The effect is deeply moving. That said, there remains a matter of the production style, which is uniquely fresh in its super clean finish, the decisions for simplicity, and the knack for the not-so-obvious choices made in terms of its arrangements (centered around Lui and her piano or guitar for the most part.) You'll still find yourself turning your head now and then in wonderment about either some subtlely crazy sound or a violin that comes and goes like a Doppler-effected train off in the distance. It's more like an energy that moves through you, changes you somewhat, and keeps moving.
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944 :: July 2005 Behind the Curtain San Diego Talent in the Spotlight By Vicki Marangos As the radio waves inundate music fans with overplayed, homogenous tracks, it becomes too easy to overlook the other talent and qualities it takes to express yourself through art in a not-so-mainstream way. Few people have the opportunity to turn a true passion into a life’s work, and right here in our backyards, there is a network of artists who strive to do just this by pouring out music — authentic, raw, real — dying to reach us through their art. Read on to get the scoop on some of San Diego’s most noteworthy upcoming talents. Jane The first time we saw Jane play, she was on stage with Dustin Shey, performing a rendition of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights,” using a 10-note marimba and a toy piano. And while her sexy, captivating voice does not reveal her quirky yet undeniably charming personality, her music does offer an ample view into the inner workings of her complex imagination. Jane’s new album, Teargirl, is rich with metaphor, capitalizing on stunning vocals to bring elements of fantasy to life through simple stories. In light of her first full-length, Jane launched an entire Web site dedicated to the album, where she provides fans with an up-close look at the concept behind each track, the challenges while recording and those who helped her bring it to life. Her explanations are certainly as eloquent as her craft. An absolute must-hear. Visit www.janelui.com
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"Although she has back-up, Larson is a one woman band playing guitar, banjo, mandolin, flute or sax depending on the track. I put on the disc thinking Jewel or Chantal Kreviazuk, but what I heard seemed more like vintage Joni Mitchell. Think less pop influence, more folk influence, with some classic country flavour mixed in for good measure. Every song is a little slice of life, like track 6-"Java Junkie," which makes a hoedown out of that morning coffee fix. For the record, the Parental Advisory Warning refers to track 8-"Party, ' which contains some rather frank language concerning the matter of doobies. Hit "skip" if the kids are around." --by Adam A. Donaldson @ www.lucidforge.com
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Hello all. This is my latest album, brought forth from the wreckage by nothing but my bare hands. Released in spring of 2008, all songs written and performed by your's truly. Head to itunes and search my name. And no, it's really not that explicit.
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Every so often a book comes out that is a grand summation of existence. SHE is an experiment of unlimited scope- a quilt of a novel sewn in incremental nuggets of moment. As much philosophical meditation as modern love story, SHE is what happens when you take a human life, stretch it out and pin it down like the frog in biology class. How many pieces of green flesh are cut and scattered before the classroom hushes at the indelible beating heart? Written in 100 different moments encapsulated in 100 different years in 1 human life, SHE takes place not in the order that time prescribes, but in the pace of human experience. The world does not delineate meaning, death shocks, and the only chance SHE has of finding her place in the universe is to understand where the dropped mirror shatters. Temporarily sacred, temporally scattered, SHE will haunt (and save!) you.
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**Wonkavision Magazine - "Friedman’s melodies always, always work well within his keys, guitar, drum mix to create a pop rock feel straight from Earlimart’s map, and Jurado’s gear box...an enjoyable ride in every possible way." ** PopMatters *- "Friedman delivers a lot of quality songs on this impressive, thoughtful album..." ** North County Times - "San Diego’s Greg Friedman writes songs of a disarming charm that only grows each time you listen...Friedman’s singing [has] got a kind of neutrality about it, like Paul McCartney’s lead vocal on the Beatles’ ’Blackbird’." ** San Diego City Beat - "Good shit, front to back." ** Music Matters - "…a force to be reckoned with." ** San Diego Troubadour - "...this CD stands among the best. It’s a gem."
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1. And I Loved Her 3:49 2. Angel & Devil 4:19 3. Don'T Let Me Down 4:22 4. Christmas Wine 5:46 5. I'M Not There 3:27 6. End Of The World 5:13 Bonus tracks: 7. Whiskey In My Coffee 8. Is There Love On Mars?
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If you are even slightly handy with your Google machine, you can find some fine reviews of this here album... These songs are all available from iTunes, Amazon, and fine purveyors of digitalia worldwide.
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featuring songs from her past year in minneapolis, this is angie's minimalistic and melodic debut album. self-recorded and produced at illEagle studios in south minneapolis and designed by local artist keegan wenkman [onefootinfront.com]
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I love this album! It definitely gets me going in the morning. The tracks feature Mason's incredibly strong songwriting, vocal, and guitar work. He is clearly a natural...this CD hits you with consistently grooving tracks that you'll want to hear again and again. And, you'll be dying to see him live soon!
http://www.masonblake.net

Studio recorded versions of all my songs, with a tight hip-hop beat, a whole different sound than anything you've heard me do at the Utah! Song for a Lost Friend. Terrorist Attraction. Smile for Me Baby. Music To Groove To. Place to Stay. Walk It Up. Playing Your Games. Like the Morning Cock Crows. Bolden Up, Mouse. Three Days in the Rain. The Beauty Inside. Song for a Lost Friend Instrumental. The Sign.
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The Advantage Of Getting There First is the debut EP from Lime Colony, a collaboration based on two acoustic guitars and two voices, fleshed out with some of the following: broken accordion, (French) horn, saxophone, water spilling on the floor. Song themes range from cautionary tales ("Maisy Don't You Climb Up There") to lullabyes ("Medicate"), all with an underlying pop-folk mystique trained to steal your heart. Lime Colony is based in the East bay and now has two more members who play bass and drums.
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The essence of Kathleen's old soul shines through her songs in a deep and simultaneously lighthearted way. Her rich voice and mystical storytelling create music that awakens a deep connection to life. A collection unlike any other, Kathleen has combined in this CD elements of Folk, Bluegrass, Jazz, Cowboy, Celtic and Otherworldly chants and some just plain damn funny songs along with sometimes quirky – and always insightful – lyrics. All original, all unique and all Kathleen Dunbar, your soul will glow and your funny bone will be tickled - guaranteed!
http://myspace.com/kathleendunbarmusic

Edgy, moody, dark and stripped down folk and pop with creeping vocals
http://Carroll Glenn

“Black Helicopters” is both a dark glimpse into the world of internet conspiracies and a celebration of life. Inspired by the new life the band gained by a bold move to a stunning city it is also steeped in the darkness of loss and paranoia. Strong bass-lines intertwine with driving guitar to create a sound that is warm and powerful with a stark vision of the world. The title track, the aptly named “Black Helicopters”, is themed around the negative power of conspiracy theories which contributed to one man’s loss of faith in the world. Track 2, “and then”, reflects the recurring thoughts that continue to remind the grieving mind that someone is missing from the picture. Working with recording engineer Kyle Lesley was a great gift for the album as his strong ear for melody and texture improved the ideas infinitely. Delicate echoes and chugging locomotive effects, siren wails and a myriad other sounds haunt the ear like ghosts throughout the songs. The album is a story in itself, a celebration of the harshness of life which strengthens us even as we think we are at our wit’s end.
http://greatgirlsblouse.com, facebook.com/amychorney, facebook.com/jasonchorney

Shines with the sunshine Nina Jo Smith has uncovered that place from where all unpretentious music emanates. With quiet strength, Smith's tunes shine with the sunshine of wisdom, humility, humor, and tranquility. Sit comfortably, play her soulful songs, close your eyes, and listen. -- Crystal Eastman, Crystal and the Wolves ---- gentle as nina jo! This new cd by nina jo is nothing short of personal, wonderful and brilliant. Her gentle voice and expressions of life lived are lovely, haunting. - Jean Mann
http://www.redwoodrivermusic.com

For those who haven’t experienced it… there’s a mystique to the San Francisco bay area at night. It’s unique to the ‘City by the Bay.’ Over the years many artists have captured this vibrant, earthy electricity and stuck it in the middle of their music regardless of genre. Santana, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Tower of Power come to mind… and a whole handful of jazz greats. Bay area singer/songwriter Tony Adamo fits perfectly in this fray with his deep, sultry, commanding voice and grasp for groove. Think Lou Reed but funkified. Tony began writing during his tour of duty in the Gulf War (the first one). The 15-hour workdays were exhausting, but the artist found the exotic scenery enticing and incorporated his poetry writing skills into song ideas by writing about the desert. A poet at heart, Tony Adamo presents some beautiful originals here. He writes with his long time collaborator Jerry Stucker who is also responsible for producing Tony’s recordings. Jerry actually has an original on this recording as well, a cool sensual tune called “Midnight Café.” Another Adamo/Stucker original is the anthem to Tower of Power’s Doc Kupka (who is featured on bari sax) “Groove Therapy.” You’ll also find some really intriguing covers such as “In The Winelight,” the late Joe Zawinul’s “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” and the Miles Davis penned “Milestones.” First call musicians are on board making for a sonically stellar recording including Ernie Watts, Paul Jackson, James Gadson and Neil Larsen. STRAIGHT UP DEAL is just that! ~SANDY SHORE
http://myspace.com/tonyrocadamo

Hailing from the Wisconsin Northwoods, JJ Schultz captures the lonesome middle-America landscape with the wry clarity of Nebraska era Springsteen. Schultz’s wavering vibrato captures the snap shots of everyday people surviving the life of rural America. The dusty barrooms, the front porch steps and farmer's fields are images delivered with a subtle passion that's balanced between sparse guitar picking and a poignant vocal delivery that is as distinctive as Jay Farrar and Townes Van Zandt.
http://www.jjschultz.com

Sit back relax and take in the melodic tunes. Enjoy the birth of a new genre of music. Noh, is a veritable cornucopia of musical delights. You can sense the influence of many different styles and techniques, rolled into a nicely presented line up of tracks that leave you wanting to hear what is next. Noh’s musical styling is both professional and well produced. You can hear that he is well balanced and gifted, with a great technical ability. There are the factors that count in his music, that are required to build a good tune, an interesting tempo, a quality in the compositional content, and a good melody. These are the factors, which are missing in much of the new music. Noh, will not be categorized into a general type or style, he takes the bold step to be himself, and to express it in his music.--- Freddy The Breeze
http://myspace.com/nohsmusic

Andy Mason, is a local folk singer/songwriter/musician. A Bay Area native, his songs are crafted around local happenings, social movements, political issues, hometown pride and raw human experiences. Expect to here songs about the iraq war, pollution, frustrations with modern life, cops, women, booze, and being thirsty. His songs are reminiscent of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings.
http://www.andy-masontown.com

Michael sometimes calls what he does "front porch music," by which he means music that evolves when it passes from one player to the next, as songs did before radio fixed particular versions in the public mind. That's how it was for him growing up in Tallahassee, where he spent long afternoons at Ashmore's General Store in Frenchtown, the city's black neighborhood, learning tunes from the street musicians and day laborers who gathered there. One of these was bluesman Emmett Goodman, who appeared one day after walking five hundred miles from Miami (because, he explained, an owl had told him to). Like generations of self-taught musicians, Emmett didn't hesitate to change chords, lyrics, or melodies if he felt alterations would serve the song, and Michael carries on that tradition. The first track demonstrates the process with three versions of a song that has been evolving for more than two-hundred years, falling in and out of copyright. The songs that follow are Michael's interpretations as he learned or adapted them. The original writers are credited if known, along with other contributors who created variations that led to his versions. Also here is his own "One Great Mornin,'" a song of fierce indignation in the tradition of Woody Guthrie and infused with the muckraking spirit of Upton Sinclair. In it, Michael takes aim at the cynical opportunists who have "replaced our glory with the tawdry and the crass" in his beloved South. Called by one reviewer "an ultra left-wing Confederate call to arms", it is a song that is bound to spark controversy.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/michaelkoppy

The funny/uncomfortably edgy Moldy Peaches come to mind upon hearing this album, especially on tracks such as "No More Time" or "Killer Go Home", with lyrics which start off with: "Killer go home/find yourself a rapist" and Jethro Tull-styled flute for an ironic touch. West coast singer/song-writer Julie Larson wears her humor and anger on her sleeve, but she packages it into such peppy, sing-song little alt-country ditties that you might miss the underlying wicked punch if you weren't looking for it. With classic rock influences ranging from The Who to Jefferson Airplane, Larson has definitely infused the music of decades past into her modern coffeehouse songs. --Celine
http://www.artmuserecords.com

Such is the life of the music addict. You spend your life trawling the backstreets of Musicopolis in search of a sweet hit and every now and again up pops a little nugget that manages to push just the right endorphin releasing button. Well worth consulting your (record) dealer then in search of this little gem of a cd. Ten tracks of sherbert fountain sweetness mixing uptempo melodic indie/pop/rock and slower introspective acoustic numbers all tightly played and nicely sung....Standout tracks are two rockier numbers – "Always Goes That Way" and "Love Again" both of which, in a fair and just world, would be instant radio-friendly hits for a discerning adult market. Touchstones might be Pete Yorn, our own Matthew Jay or maybe The Pernice Brothers. --James Villers, Americana-UK.com
http://www.dannyscherr.com

What comes to mind: Talking to God. Patchouli Sunrise. Day by day. A body of peace. Good sex. Favorite songs: # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Overview: Good for meditation - Keith Savage
http://myspace.com/jeannetunes

An Apple in My Back is a novel about a surreal Sisyphus of sex and stunted self-discovery. It is a travel epic, a How-To-Get-Laid guide, and a moral fable. Youth-charged adrenaline drives men to karmic repetitions of libido, war, and fear. The archetypal narrator operates in limbo, seeking to break free of loneliness through bodies, minds, cities, and angels. Does love save? Can a lonely wolf dislodge Eden’s Apple and apocalyptic destiny? Is man doomed infinitely to spinning typewriter ribbons, chasing women and medallions? Are we condemned to the grand masculine narrative historically broken like a heart? This book an many others written by Gabriel can be found here: <a target="_newwin" href="http://www.zennyrun.com/pages/thumbs.html">http://www.zennyrun.com/pages/thumbs.html</a>
http://www.zennyrun.com

Barely recovered from our first introduction to JJ Schultz' music (the slightly fantastic Bustin' Outa Town) JJ launches his second projectile our way. This time it is a band record, where, over the course of ten songs (equal shares Dylan and Haggard) and 43 minutes, our man demonstrates what Americana should sound like and what, exactly, is meant by it. One carefully chosen and brilliantly performed cover (Waits' Ol' 55) and nine of his own songs are all that's required. I know teachers who are less efficient. Whoever manages to write songs like Drinkin' You Off My Mind, with its wonderful mouth-organ and slide guitar (of Fred Odell and Scott Robertson respectively), cannot really go wrong in our books. Ol' Billy The Cab Driver changes tack completely: the drawling and emptiness ooze from the speakers. The loneliness of the man who experiences how his loved one gets to know somebody else and who is incapable of doing anything about it... we all know the feeling, but few manage to write such a beautiful song about it like Schultz did in Someone Who's Not Me. He is just as good writing from the point of view of the father who is leaving his family behind and it does not make him happy (He Drives) or from the point of view of the man who takes his own life after witnessing the death of his girlfriend (Something To Me). By showing he is capable of all of the above Schultz proves he should be ranked among today's greatest songwriters. Add the characteristic voice and the unmistakable sense for melody and you have a full package. It is time, HIGH TIME, for you to discover JJ Schultz! - MazzMuzikaS
http://www.jjschultz.com

This collection has traces of Young, Farrar, Parsons and a little Arlo Guthrie in it. With the welcome rise and rise of the American singer/songwriter showing no signs of slacking it's getting harder to pick the real talent out of the swirling mass, especially with the number of new acts emerging. It's no exaggeration to say that Schultz is definitely in with a chance of rising to the top of the pot. This excellent record provides all the elements - thoughtful, lilting tracks, an individual voice and great musicianship, but it also has that x-factor that separates the CD one might play occasionally from the one which is straight on to the MP3 player after a single listen. The record is almost entirely acoustic, and Schultz is at his strongest alone with his guitar, but refreshingly the tracks into which he imports slide guitar, violin, drums, stand-up bass, harmonica or mandolin don't feel over-produced or fleshed-out. Schultz, a Californian, is helped by a distinctive voice, complete with the odd hitch here and there (most noticeable on "Max My Dog"). Fans of the acoustic genre will almost certainly approve, and if they happen to think a song's not a song without tipping its hat to dust, dogs, love, beer and radiators they'll be all the happier. Of the ten studio and two live tracks on the record, the six-minute "Country Backroad", the story of a refrigerator repairman driving home to propose to his girlfriend, is the defining composition. There's plenty of good fare for the alt-country listener to get their teeth into, with tracks like "Song Of The Independent Rancher" and the title track "Bustin' Outa Town", and a good deal of humour too thanks to "Me And Elvis (We'd Be Friends)" and "Need A Pen". Joyfully difficult to categorise, this collection has traces of Young, Farrar, Parsons and a little Arlo Guthrie, together with the gritty American story telling of Earle and Van Zandt in it and introduces a singer/songwriter with the genuine potential to rise to the next level. - James Clark for Americana-UK (http://www.americana-uk.com)
http://www.jjschultz.com

Overview: surprising, diversified, a good listen What comes to mind while listening: hot encounters - jamboree of solitude - bayou blues - slow daze - lingering lament - soft uplift - cobblestone lullaby - a night stalker - reinvention - science fiction - acceleration/uncreation - trepidation - care-free sensation - water journey - a space trip - a challenge wept - Favorite songs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Review by Keith Savage)

"Terese Taylor can veer from lonely backwoods laments to precise, grinding Mission Of Burma-like instrumentals and back. Her music is intuitive and mysterious, filled with personal in-jokes and painful memories, a puzzle that is meant to be felt and experienced, not solved. At times, her songs remind me of Neil Young in his youth, writing lyrics in his sick bed while suffering from a high fever and coming up with stuff that was troubling and moving, but impossible to understand on a literal level, even by himself. The details in her songs tend to be small, but you can feel powerful, unspoken undercurrents beneath the prosaic details of songs that are ostensibly about such things as watching a refrigerator defrost or washing a puppy's feet. You get a clear picture of her personality from her music: a strong yet hyper-sensitive character who's been through some serious struggle and come out of it looking at the world with wry humor and amazement. Her voice is an expressive moan, her guitar playing is slashing, gut-level stuff on the rockier tracks and woozy, cracked shards of country-western on the slower ones. (Once again, the Neil Young parallels apply.) She deserves to be huge." JNeo Marvin, Pazz & Jop Poll for Village Voice "She categorizes her music as "Folk", but don´t expect to hear strumming on an acoustic guitar and mandolins and violins all day long. This body of work is a fuzzed out rocking jaunt into the backyards and back woods that is at times dark and beautiful. Terese´s voice can be delicate enought to convey loss, longing and hurt, but never do you get the sense that it overwhelms. In fact these songs are a testiment to someone who survived." -DJ Nylon, PirateKat Radio
http://www.teresetaylor.com

Elektrik Sunsets first creation. The band before the band! Recording of this new CD took place at Last Stop Records, San Francisco. Recorded by Alex James Muscat and features Joe on Guitars, Vocals, Drums & Accordion & AJM on Bass Guitar. EKKSE's reverb induced sound fetches influences from Rock, Surf, Pop, Psychedelics & Eastern Europe to bring together an original orgasm. ‘Quirky alternative rock which is at times very dark and catchy with lots of little extra ear candy sounds and ideas!
http://myspace.com/elektriksunset

"Hasko's music is a mixed bag- on one track, she's part Gary Numan, part Siouxsie Sioux; on another she's a further-out-there Tori Amos. It's creative and challenging stuff- not for everyone, mind you, but highly recommended for those who prefer their pop sans bubblegum..." - Albany Metroland, NY. 12/05
http://www.rebahasko.com

What comes to mind: celebration/graveyard exposition, voo-doo-witchcraft, ancient ritual, English school bus ride, non-stop real funk, laid back love daze, vital mission safari, ascending/descending groove, a real life experience, a gypsy band, electric shock. Favorite songs 2,3,4,5 Overall: well worth the listen, a party unto itself - Keith Savage, December 2006
http://myspace.com/themoanindove