GREAT INDIE MUSIC
UTAH PHILLIPS: The Telling Takes Me Home
This album combines original songs about the West, old and new, with songs about where the skid rows came from and what happens there now.
FLAT MOUNTAIN GIRLS: Idle Talk & Wicked Deeds
Ripping old-time music - driving fiddle tunes, and powerful, edgy harmonies.
CD price: $15.00
MELANIE DEKKER: Revealed
A fantastic collection of lyrical story telling originals co-produced by world renowned producer David Kershenbaum who produced such greats as Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, & Joe Jackson.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
TOM CURREN: Tom Curren
Acoustic Rock; Surf Rock
Recommended if you like Jack Johnson.CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
PHONOSS: Eliminator
Music for the comedown. File this one under: Late Night / Long Drive/ On Repeat/ Acoustic Slow Rocker/ Dawn is already here/Let's keep driving
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
KATELL KEINEG: High July
Soaring, sweet, epic pop like wind under wings.
CD price: $18.00 / MP3 price: $18.00
DANIEL GANNAWAY: Bootlegged at the Temple
".Herein lies the essence of Bootlegged: simply an audience, a musician, and a quiet venue . . . - no hype."
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
DANIEL GANNAWAY: darling one year
".A perfect blend of lyrics, emotion and rhythm.If your looking for some refreshing new music for the soul, I whole-heartedly recommend singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway's 'darling one year' as a must have for your collection." - AllAboutSurf
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
I AM JEN: Invisible
Stylish electro-pop from a modern girl. "Invisible is smart and sensitive. It's a superhero's jogging album or an alien's mix tape. "
MP3 price: $3.96
THE DRESDEN DOLLS: The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls fuse the smoky intimacy of Weimar-era cabaret songs with unfettered rock-and-roll fury.
ANORAK: A Limited Time Only
Analog synths and vintage drum machines define their sound. "cooltronica” scene. Synhth Pop.
CD price: $12.97
JUDE: Sarah
"CDBaby's crowning achievement. Saving Jude from the record companies."
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
KATELL KEINEG: What's The Only Thing Worse Than The End Of Time?
This EP from Katell Keineg features the single from the new album HIGH JULY, plus 3 non-album songs, including the stunning, live version of Nick Drake's “River Man”.
CD price: $10.00
BRIAN FENNELL: Safety Songs
Catchy and creative Seattle indie pop for the picky listener.
MP3 price: $11.99
JOE PURDY: Julie Blue
Sweet acoustic songs with a soul born of bluegrass and 60s folk. His song "Wash Away" featured on this album, was heard on ABC's show Lost.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
NILS LOFGREN: Acoustic Live
It's Nils at his finest. a great recording of a great performance by one of the worlds best guitarists. Nils has been the lead guitar player for Bruce Springsteen's E Steet Band for 20 years.
CD price: $14.99
DANIEL GANNAWAY: OP-ED: Environmental / Social / Political
Documenting many of singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway's previously unrecorded songs of environmental, social and political importance, OP-ED is an inspired compilation of acoustic material on guitar and ukulele - recorded in Hawaii during Feb 06.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.40
AVIAD COHEN: Hooked On The Truth
Famous Jewish rapper (50 Shekel) comes to faith in Yeshua (Jesus) Messiah and gets Hooked On The Truth. This historical album delivers a powerful testimony through song and spoken word. Genres ranging from Pop, Electronica/Dance, Hip-Hop and much more.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
BETH PRESTON: Inside Fire
A unique rootsy folk rock style with a touch of reggae on the side. " engaging. the energy of Ani DiFranco and vocals similar to Fiona Apple. “ ~G.Schwind, Rockinworld.com ".
MP3 price: $20.00
MALI WOODS: Gravity's Job
"Great mix of Folk and Trip-hop, think Portishead meets Natalie Imbruglia. This is a creative musical artpiece"
MP3 price: $4.99
GARY JULES: Greetings from the Side
(LIMITED STOCK) Factory-sealed original-artwork copies of Jules' hard-to-find debut.
Recommended if you like Cat Stevens, Nick Drake.CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
E.S. POSTHUMUS: Unearthed
A band that fuses classical, electronic, world music and hard beats into a sound that is cinematic and sountrack quality.
Recommended if you like Adiemus, Chorus of Tribes.CD price: $15.98 / MP3 price: $15.98
DANIEL GANNAWAY: Bound and Suburban
Singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway's 'Bound and Suburban' is ".like walking alone on the beach at night and seeing Jim Morrison and Jeff Buckley strumming and singing at the water's edge." - Indie-Music.com
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
SAQI DOSAJ: We The People
Saqi's politically themed debut is a funky fusion of spoken-word poetry and song, featuring an impassioned performance style and her musical penchant for the eclectic, ranging from folk to raggae...
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco, Alix Olson.CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
JEFF KANZLER: Black Top Road
"Kanzler writes beautifully understated tunes that straddle almost every genre of American roots music. His vocals compliment the songs beautifully, sounding like a cross between a more grizzled Ryan Adams and Johnny Hickman." Dan Wilkinson - AmericanaUK
MP3 price: $13.99
I AM JEN: Electronic Collection No. 1
Instrumental, electronic, thought provoking beats and melodic textures.
MP3 price: $10.89
KIDAMELN: The Kidameln Lo-fi
".Like an upbeat Seattle grunge band, with all the darkness you love without the attitude that killed the genre, Kidameln fuses contributions from band members in different locales to produce one of the most notable collaborations witnessed lately." -
Recommended if you like Jeff Buckley.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $6.30
OTIS GIBBS: 49th and melancholy
For Fans of early Dylan or "Nebraska" era Springsteen. Americana/ Alt-Country
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
CAMILLE JACKSON: Star-Eyed Siren
The alt-country-bluesgrass love child of Bob Dylan and Natalie Merchant. Songs of war, heartbreak, rootlessness and drinking in a chorus of angelic harmonies. With the ethereal musical magic of renowned slide guitarist Tony Furtado.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JEREMY LISTER: So Far
A collection of Pop/Rock/Soul songs with soaring melodies, plush harmonies, and climactic arrangements.
MP3 price: $10.00
CHRIS PUREKA: Driving North
Chris Pureka's much anticipated sophomore release: guitar-driven edgy folk with a passion and conviction that's hard to come by these days
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
I AM JEN: Slow Is In
Chilled, cured and stretching your imagination. This is i am jen's "the broken ep" slowed down nearly 400%. Perfect for hypnotizing yourself or curing anxiety.
MP3 price: $3.96
DANIEL GANNAWAY: HEADING FOR COUNTRY
Delves quietly into the musical geography of ‘country’ as a genre without falling victim to cliché or revere.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $4.20
ALEXI MURDOCH: Four Songs
This highly praised beautiful debut collection of dark folk songs from newcomer Alexi Murdoch is CDBaby's all time best selling record. (*THIS OUT OF PRINT LIMTED EDITION IS AVAILABLE ONLY AT CDBABY WHILE STOCK LASTS.*)
LANE THAW: Tokyo Belle
A unique blend of country swing with a touch of Cajun spice. This is Lane's first release with 5 time Grammy Winner, Bruce Swedien.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
PHONOSS: Dead Slow For Hell
The follow up album to the 2004 release 'Eliminator' from Phonoss, Dead Slow For Hell is a darker, heavier follow on, grabbing your ears from start to finish.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
TODD HANNIGAN: Volume 1
Folk music with dreamy ambient melodies.....A real journey through moods and feelings.
CD price: $12.98
MICE AND RIFLES: All Kites Up
Giving a well-worn sound, namely old school country, a new spin.
MP3 price: $5.99
CONCRETE BLONDE: Concrete Blonde
Debut album from legendary LA based punk/roots/rock band - now digitally remastered.
CD price: $12.99
CARY BROTHERS: Waiting For Your Letter
LIMITED EDITION - AVAILABLE ONLY AT CD BABY. While also continuing the modern folk of his first critically-acclaimed release, GARDEN STATE artist Cary Brothers broadens his style with dynamic, melodic pop.
CD price: $8.99
PHONOSS: The Rushcutters ep
Indie acoustic rock
Recommended if you like New Model Army.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SAMANTHA MURPHY: somewhere between starving & stardom
Whimsical Pop Rock for the Folks.
Recommended if you like Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Shelby Lynne, Lucinda Williams.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
ELECPHONIC: SOPHOMOREPHONIC
The sharp-edged – though inherently humorous – lyrical content makes Sophomorephonic endearingly listenable, and feeds the wryly opinionated tradition of Elecphonic’s previous release.
Recommended if you like Imogen Heap.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $5.60
ELECPHONIC: ELECPHONIC
ELECPHONIC presents an incisive socio-political commentary in a whimsically Mercurial collection of nine tracks simmered and steeped in a stew of electronica.
Recommended if you like Peaches.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $6.30
DANIEL GANNAWAY: FINE BY ME
An intense, raw and personal debut from NZ independent singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway. A solo acoustic/harmonica laced somewhere - between Tim Buckley, Joni Mitchell and Eddie Vedder. Bold, bare and honest.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.40
MARY GAUTHIER: Drag Queens in Limousines
Country noir - sharp-eyed intelligence, vocal directness, gritty and real, with themes not usually dealt with in mainstream country.
Recommended if you like Janis Joplin, Steve Earle, John Prine, Jimmy Rogers, Townes Van Zandt, Sylvia Plath.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.97
JACK JOHNSON: Brushfire Fairytales
Jack's multi-platinum debut that was first released in 2000 on the tiny Enjoy label (now Everloving). Produced by JP Plunier (Ben Harper); includes "Flake" and "Bubble Toes."
CD price: $13.99
GARY JULES: Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
Rootsy urban folk rock. His version of "Mad World", heard on this CD, was featured in Donnie Darko.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
JIMMY NEWQUIST & CAROLINE'S SPINE: Captured
Caroline's spine is a hard rock alternative.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MALI WOODS: Melodic Wand
Mali Woods story-telling follows the courageously forged footpaths of her folk-women predecessors, from Joni to Ani; this is the voice of a new generation of women who do not shy away.
MP3 price: $10.00
DANIEL GANNAWAY: flashback*
Singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway's 'flashback*' is "A fine accompaniment to those quiet beach sunsets when you've got the time and inclination to really take in your surroundings - aural or otherwise." - think Jeff Buckley and Jack Johnson.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.40
REGINA SPEKTOR: Songs
Magical realism involving pickles, death penalties and hot baths... influenced by the anti folkers, the punkers, tom waits, bjork, mozart, and many others... a secret let loose.
CD price: $14.00
DANIEL GANNAWAY: SUMMER STORM | A collection of ukulele ditties
Recorded in Hawaii and NZ, SUMMER STORM - singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway's sixth solo outing - references laidback island life with the ukulele's nylon strings, while wrapping it up a dynamic folk/indie-rock/electronic feel.
Recommended if you like Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $5.60
MIKE SCHMID: The High Cost of Living (A Love Story)
An intimate pop epic.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
RON CLEARFIELD: Dream Manifestation
Dream Manifestation offers a vision of peace and inspiration. Cellist and keyboardist Ron Clearfield is joined by other instrumentalists on flute, oboe, English and French horn, harp and percussion, creating beautiful and uplifting melodies.
CD price: $14.98 / MP3 price: $14.98
TIM FAGAN: Out of the Dark
"Tim Fagan is a winner." - John Mayer (Esquire magazine, January 2006)
MP3 price: $7.77
CARY BROTHERS: All The Rage
LIMITED EDITION - AVAILABLE ONLY AT CD BABY. A soaring, melodic nod to Brit Pop and acoustic folk that'll break your heart while you're singing along - featuring the song "Blue Eyes" from the acclaimed film GARDEN STATE.
CD price: $7.99
GARY JULES: Gary Jules
BRAND NEW ALBUM (8/06).. Self-titled follow-up to 2002's "Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets" from the singer of "Mad World".
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
NITA HOPE: View from Here
A stunning debut by a Mississippi powerhouse with a huge range of styles from rock/pop to jazz to blues, a real must-have. Check it out. Read the reviews at the bottom of the page. Add your own.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
REGINA SPEKTOR: 11:11 eleven eleven
THIS CD IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON iTUNES... Little songs...Some crude. Some touching. Stories as seen through the keyholes and windows of New York City by a young red haired singer/pianist... inspired by Mozart, The Beatles, Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan...
MP3 price: $14.00
ALO - ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA -: Fly Between Falls
ALO's collective consciousness weaves quirky California soul with shape-shifting jams, introspective lyrics with sun soaked fun, infused with an uplifting vibe.
FROG HOLLER: Idiots
"No-Depression " style Alt-Country band with great songs. Nods to The Gourds, Wilco, and Whiskeytown are there for fans.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
STATE RADIO: Us Against The Crown
Chad Stokes, Chuck Fay, and Brian Sayers have ingrained the ideals of progressive politics with their infectious blend of rock, punk, and reggae beats.
MELISSA FERRICK: Freedom
Melissa has performed with such artists as Morrissey, Shawn Colvin, Fiona Apple, Del Amitri, Weezer, Marc Cohen, Paul Westerburg, Evan Dando, Lisa Germano and Kristen Hersh.
CD price: $14.50
AUDIOFILIA: Alterego
Audiofilia gives you that feeling that makes you smile with a tear in your cheek, while you think "life is beautifully weird and weirdly beautiful"
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
GINA VILLALOBOS: Miles Away
“Villalobos has the restlessness of the most moving country music but she combines it with a rock spitit that is always forthright and never forced” Harp Magazine "Straight-up Rock, rooted but not roots music, with a twang and plenty of rough edges -
Recommended if you like Neil Young, Wilco, Son Volt, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Kathleen, Steve Earl.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JEREMY LISTER: Shooting Star
"Shooting Star" is an acoustic based album with electric undertones. Lister's writing combines intricate arrangements and plush harmonies that back emotionally driven vocals.
MP3 price: $9.99
I AM JEN: The Broken EP
introspective electronica with a future-pop influence
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $3.96
GINA VILLALOBOS: Beg From Me
Songs that serve as a map to indie rock heaven, where we hear music so gorgeous, raw, and sexy we wonder why we don't hear songs like them anywhere else; a cool, guarded voice, in its restraint, elevates the songs to a subtle, cerebral ecstasy. E
MP3 price: $11.00
GINA VILLALOBOS: Rock N Roll Pony
"...Villalobos combines the rootsy Americana of Lucinda Williams with the straight up rock of the Stones circa 1970, wrestling with Ryan Adams...." 5/13/04 The Nashville Scene
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
WILL HAWKINS: Next Stop Bedford Avenue
"This is a well-rounded and sonically exciting project with songs that are radio friendly and fully equipped with hooky choruses" ~Performing Songwriter
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
CHRIS PUREKA: Dryland
Acoustic, indie-folk, americana: the latest release from up and coming songwriter, Chris Pureka.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
DANIEL GANNAWAY: BOOTLEGGED AT THE 12 BAR CLUB
Recorded live in an intimate little venue in the centre of London – the 12 Bar Club – singer/songwriter Daniel Gannaway’s vocal range & delicate guitar, complimented by harmonica, make for a beautiful compilation.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $7.70
BRETT DENNEN: So Much More
Like Mark Twain with Pablo Neruda's guitar, Twyla Tharp's fingers, and Vincent Van Gogh's voice."
CD price: $16.00
OTIS GIBBS: one day our whispers
" In troubadour Otis Gibbs, we may have found America's contemporary Billy Bragg. Not since late A&M period Phil Ochs have we heard such a distinctly American blending of the personal and the political" - Edward Burch, HARP MAGAZINE
Recommended if you like Steve Earle, Billy Bragg & Wilco.CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
ALO - ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA -: Time Expander
Steeped in the legacy of down-and-dirty funk, ALO offers a musical vision which draws on an astounding array of influences, from trance to reggae, bluegrass to booty-beat, psych-out to soul.
MELISSA FERRICK: The Other Side
Indy Folk Rock: "Ferrick is a high-energy belter who has stunning vocal finesse and an ability to play syntax like Armatrading and Van Morrison." Steve Morse, Boston Globe
Recommended if you like Ani DiFranco, Keller Williams.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
PEDESTRIAN: Ghostly Life
IF RADIOHEAD CRASHED INTO LED ZEPPELIN WHILE HENDRIX WAS LISTENING TO THE BEATLES WHILE THE BEALTES WERE JAMMING WITH DAVID BOWIE AND U2 WERE LISTENING TO PINK FLOYD
MIST AND MAST: Mist and Mast
New album by Jason Lakis from the now-defunct The Red Thread. Jangly rock with a pinch of Rhodes, dash of mellotron and a lot of guitars.
CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
BRETT DENNEN: Brett Dennen
Fans describe Brett best "lush shimmering vocals, intricately groovin' guitar, lyrical beauty rare in a young songwriter & a soulful blend of everything that feels good." Rising up around him is music; transcending genres, gender & generations
CD price: $14.99
