Tagged: acousticrock

Thanksgiving not only means lots of food at the dinner table but a gazillion pounds of leftovers too. For us, most of those pounds came courtesy of mashed potatoes. Unless we wanted to eat mashed potatoes for the next two years, I needed something to lower the supply a little. I wasn't feeling particularly gnocchish so that was ruled out. My answer appeared, golden and browned, in the newest Vegetarian Times . Duchesse Potatoes are basically mashed potatoes mixed with a binding agent (eggs), cheese (I used mozzarella) and buttered paprika and then baked in the oven for 20 minutes [...]

• The Airplane Boys - Escape

Missy Higgins - All for Believing "Just believe. Just believe. Just believe." Believing is a hard thing to do. Trusting people. For some it comes more naturally then others. But its so hard when that trust has been broken, to trust again. I know though, that I have gone against the truth a few times and need people to trust me again. Its just such a point of vulnerability. It's like let me peel off that layer of skin and just see everything within you. Trusting people. But without trust, true relationships cannot be [...]

Singer/songwriter Stuart Newman's star is rising as he pushes the boundaries and expands his horizons.

"Today we ditched the city for a cabin in the woods. Gonna write a record." With those words, the three friends of The End of America embarked on a journey of reflection, self-discovery, and finally redemption in a cabin in the Adirondacks. And just as impressively, using nothing but acoustic guitars, a banjo, mandolin, and their voices, they managed to take me along with them. Now, in truth, I'm probably going to over-analyze the heck out of this album, much the same way some bespectacled intellectual tries to find meaning in a [...]

I'm probably the last person you want reviewing an "acoustic" album. For the most part, acoustic guitar bores me to tears after a few minutes (Muddy Waters – Folk Singer is one of the few exceptions). But this is Wino we're talking about, the master of doom, not some Jeff Tweedy snooze-fest so I approached it with an open mind and open beer. Thankfully, the electric guitar makes an appearance early on and helped me to dive into this very solid album. Wino is an excellent player and it's actually refreshing to hear him [...]

Acclaimed South African musician Ashton Nyte finally make his US debut with The Valley Ashton Nyte - South Africa - Africa - Arts and Entertainment - Valley

Power. Drama. Tension. Beauty. These are words that come to mind when you hear Cellarscape's panoramic, cinematic soundscape of an album, Animation, Suspension . Just check out our review and you'll see where we were coming from. But it wasn't until we had a chance to have the one-man band that is Cellarscape, Paul Terry, come join us on the Ripple red interview couch, that it all made sense. Just check out his "holy trinity" of favorite songwriters and you'll get a feeling [...]

The thing that I've always liked about the singer/songwriter has always been their ability to strip the music down to its barest form and move the soul with a vibrant array of lyrics. But the lyrics alone don't do the work. Generally, the voice comes in and conveys the emotion with well phrased lines, slight changes in intonation, subtle nuances that captivate the senses and let the imagination soar. These singer/songwriters have the power of conviction behind their voices and for many years now, I've listened to the various works of artists like Jim Croce and Cat [...]

Well I have a few gems for you this week. I have a new metal band that I have been listening to for the past month (and should've told you about long before today). And an artist who was on a previous podast that has released a masterpiece of intimate and inspiring acoustic rock. Here ya go. Deflagration "A Call To Arms" (Metal) This stuff is damn heavy and breaks some new ground ta boot (I can't quite pinpoint it but you'll see what I mean). I've [...]

Singer/songwriter Neil Nathan has applied those final touches of color to his new album The Distance Calls and is now waiting for this beautiful piece of music to hit the streets. We were able to catch up with Neil for a few minutes to see what made Neil, well . . . Neil. Here's what he had to say. When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Simon [...]

The Melting Pot is back in action and you, my friend, are not going to wanna music a single note of any tune present in this compilation. The tunes, like me, are mellow yet upbeat and 100% thought provoking. Grab a beer, glass of wine or mixer and press play now! Click Button To Play | Right-Click To Download Songs heard on this podcast: Whitey Morgan and the 78's - "Crazy" (download this tune free on eMusic ) Blitzen Trapper - "Black [...]

• Corey Koehler - MMP035 - Acoustic Rock'n Country Blues Blender

The Melting Pot is back in action and you, my friend, are not going to wanna miss a single note of any tune present in this compilation. The tunes, like me, are mellow yet upbeat and 100% thought provoking. Grab a beer, glass of wine or mixer and press play now! [audio: http://musicgoat.com/podcast/m mp035_blender.mp3] Click Button To Play | Right-Click To Download Songs heard on this podcast: Whitey Morgan and the 78's - "Crazy" (download this tune free on eMusic ) Blitzen Trapper [...]

Right album at exactly the right time. I've spent the better part of the last two months buried under a pile of the hardest and heaviest of rock and metal that this world has to offer. At one point on this past metallic journey, I do believe I commandeered Charon's skiff and piloted myself to a previously unknown ring of the hot lands of tortured souls. Charon wasn't too pleased and told me to get out, but I think y'all see where I'm going with this. I was in a very dark place for [...]

On return from its first American northern round, HYPNO5E reconsiders the front of the scene with its side project acoustic, A BACKWARD GLANCE ON A TRAVEL ROAD . "True testimony of the melody range of a group more accustomed to transforming a scene into a chaotic place, A BACKWARD GLANCE ON A TRAVEL ROAD operates like an introspective voyage to deepest of the hearts. " - Guillaume M, Eurockéennes of Belfort. Confrontation enters the crystalline violence of guitars, the heaviness of rhythmic, the murmured despair of the songs and [...]

Derry's Robyn G Sheils is a virtual unknown down here, which is surprising given our never ending propensity to fall for one man troupes. The rub of course is that Sheils is a vastly more interesting prospect than your average acoustic guitar-tooting wet blanket. Sheils' musical ideas are cleverly simple and they are bolstered by cerebral lyrics. So tunes like 'Playing Host To Ideas', which may

• Robyn G Sheils - Playing Host To Ideas

If you are anything like me, then you know that there is nothing like the feeling - a small buzz even - that you get when you pop in a new CD and realize immediately that you have stumbled onto to something that you just have to share with everyone. That is what happened to me today. Early this morning, like any other morning lately, I reluctantly drug my ass out of a warm bed, shuffled my son through our pre-dawn sleepwalk and then headed out the door to what was looking like a long day at work. [...]

Ron Greene 's debut album, Sketches , is quite possibly the most overlooked album of the past year. I say this not to make some bold, sweeping statement or to simply to grab your attention. I say it because it's a freaking good album filled with amazingly expressive, rootsy acoustic soul music that moved me to various points of emotion. Hip shaking and groovin' one minute, completely somber and introspective the next. Yeah Waveriders, you read that correct. I'm making the claim that one of the year's most overlooked albums is a rootsy soul shaker and not some darkened [...]

Jeff Sanders is the mastermind behind the acoustic based heavy mountain music so lovingly known as Mountain Mirrors. To date, he's written, recorded, and self produced three albums, and still was kind enough to make some time to answer a few questions. So, we pulled up the couch, fired away, and this is what Jeff had to say. When we were kids, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Simon and Garfunkel, the first time I ever hear Kiss's "Detroit Rock City," [...]

Jeff Sanders is the mastermind behind the acoustic based heavy mountain music so lovingly known as Mountain Mirrors. To date, he's written, recorded, and self produced three albums, and still was kind enough to make some time to answer a few questions. So, we pulled up the couch, fired away, and this is what Jeff had to say. When we were kids, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Simon and Garfunkel, the first time I ever hear Kiss's "Detroit Rock City," it was [...]

As you will hear in the first tune, it is time to "Give your day the brain off." Yep, we crack a bottle of wine (or beer or Jack or whatever), lighten it up a bit and realize that, it just isn't that freakin bad. For best results, grabs some good Headphones. Find yourself a nice, relaxing place and press play now. Click Button To Play | Right-Click To Download Here are the songs heard on this podcast and the links to each artists website; [...]