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City Salvage Records A new, eclectic label out of Brooklyn, NY. City Salvage is the brainchild of writer & visual artist Andy Friedman, who has taken a big step out of the box by creating this venue to champion both printed work & sound recordings. The host of my new CD, as well as Paul Curreri's and Devon Sproule's.
Nickeltown Fresh, literate, contemporary folk. These guys not only had the good taste to cover two of my songs on their CD Presto Change-o, they're also a smart songwriting team & high-octane positive energy performers. In case you haven't heard them before, think Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Hedges, John Prine, Yosemite Sam . . .
Naked Puritans Another Charlottesville-based group, they remind some people of '80s Brit-pop groups like The Smiths. Fair enough, but you also have to take into account the influences of modernist poetry, science fiction, good ol' rock-n-roll, & leader Lance Brenner's sui generis vision. Fully self-realized in both their 3-piece electric & their acoustic-with-strings ("The Naked Puritan Philharmonic") incarnations. I've written some violin & cello arrangements for them.
Danny Schmidt One of my favorite singer-songwriters. A haunting, ageless voice; melodies that are both simple & original; wry, moving lyrics; a guitar style that's as organic as it is unpredictable. What force is he tapping into, anyway?
Jan Smith Band Lately come to Charlottesville from Kentucky, Jan's bluegrass-tinged, straight-from-the-heart folk songs and smooth-as-Irish-cream voice will soon have people saying, "I saw her when..."
Paul Curreri Anyone who's seen Paul shock a noisy barroom into silence has experienced what it must have been like to see Dylan breaking onto the folk scene in the early '60s--though his charisma, surrealistic lyrics, and beat-angel voice are without precedent.
Devon Sproule After starting her career with a precocious & bold but somewhat familiar bang as an edgy kid with a big voice & a guitar, Devon has emerged from her mentors' shadows to undergo a startling transformation over the past few years. With her brave step from brashness into sophisticated, hard-earned vulnerability, she has vindicated her early fans and continues to win new ones with every show. Her masterful Upstate Songs proves Devon worthy of holding her own on a shelf with anyone from Joni Mitchell to Ani DiFranco to Gillian Welch, while reminding you less & less of anyone you've ever heard before.
Larry Pattis Imaginative, lovely virtuoso fingerstyle guitar.
Larry Gallagher Somewhere between Cole Porter, Paul Simon, and Krusty the Klown stands this moving and insidiously memorable Californian songwriter.
Gravity Lounge As if to go St. Jude one better, Bill & Don & their cohorts are the patron saints of causes that (mostly) haven't been found yet. Offering up artisanal foodstuffs, coffees, wine, beer, smart books, & out-of-the-way live music, the Gravity has only been open since summer 2003, but there are already a lot of people who can't imagine Charlottesville without it.
Acoustic Charlottesville The town's most welcoming, performer-friendly unplugged venue for local musicians. Hugs, patchouli, birkenstocks & socks, a few kids scampering around . . .
Acoustic Muse Charlottesville's movable feast of higher-profile acoustic performers, run by a selfless and tireless group of great people.
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