Chris Cunningham
Stories to Play
© 1998 lunchbox recordings
CD IN STOCK. ORDER NOW. Will ship immediately.
urban anthemic african celtic folk with middle eastern spices. soundtracks and landscapes. songs for driving and dreaming. underseas groovulators. gritty and grainy. melodic wandering.
tracks
- 1 walking into the lightning
- 2 this one's on me
- 3 stories to play
- 4 poppa johnnie's eyes
- 5 stay
- 6 hamd'ullah
- 7 (you can) pull out the shank
- 8 unbelievable candy
- 9 Bonus Track
try this
albums you will love
genres you will love
By Location
Recommended if you like ...
links
notes
magically dark debut cd from chris cunningham. first release from nyc's lunchbox recordings - produced by anne pope and toon
"this is a collection of lovely, mysterious songs performed with passion and subtlety." --lori carson
reviews
Please log in to review this album.
Very tasty album! yum yum yum
author: Carbon 19Pure Gold. A unique artist along the lines of Peter Gabriel except not like peter gabirel. A great guitarist as well. Mixes folk and samplings and world music. Quality with a capital T!
- author: monkey-x
from the moment i hit "play" and heard the distant siren leading into the distinctive guitar riff; the soft vox and harmonium; the tabla and chris cunningham's emotion-laden voice telling a captivating tale in "walking into the lightning", i knew i was hooked. at times dark and moody, and at other times uplifting and hopeful, stories to play is an exceptional cd... one of the best i've heard in 1999, and every bit as good as just about anything any independent artist has put out in this decade. :: fred wheeler ... indie journal :: http://www.strangecloud.com
- author: monkey-x
...words which came up while listening to stories to play were beautiful, mysterious, and urban folk...great album! :: tom wilms :: l'entrepot http://users.skynet.be/entrepot/
- author: monkey-x
... stories to play rocked my lame ass ... :: josh steichmann :: the misanthropist ann arbor, mi
- author: monkey-x
...he's a mad genius who can create songs of dense beauty, lush texture and outlandish originality. :: ed mckeon :: new britain herald wwuh 91.3 fm university of hartford, ct
- author: monkey-x
chris cunningham offers a unique style of somewhat jazzy, folky, acoustic-based, highly poetic, impressionistic songs. it's the running, plucked guitar arpeggios that immediately attracted me to chris' stories and the deft "cut and paste" assembly of images drew me in further and further. mark this one among the best of the year. :: brian baker ... gajoob :: http://www.gajoob.com