Blog: The Ripple Effect

Full disclosure: I have never had much success enjoyably listening to bands or albums just because they have a great name. I don't think very many people do. However, that is how I stumbled across this hidden gem of an album in 2010. Strand of Oaks , the recording moniker used by Timothy Showalter, is, at its core, a singer-songwriter project. Rarely is anything ever heard beyond Showalter's melancholy voice and his guitar. Many of the songs you don't even hear his voice, choosing to forego that route for simple instrumental tracks. [...]