ItsAboutMusic.com
If you like one of these artists - you'll like them all.
It's not about charts - it's not about million sellers - it's about music. And exceptional music at that. ItsAboutMusic.com is an E-Label for some truly fine singer/songwriters and bands from all over the world - New Zealand to New York. The genres may vary but the music is on the mark.
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KEN HATFIELD: Dyad
Original acoustic jazz featuring the artistry of a critically-acclaimed composer and classical guitarist, ranging from traditional, straight-ahead jazz, to jazz with a distinctly Brazilian flavor.
CD price: $15.00
ELIZABETH RICE: The Wishing Tree
Lyric-driven acoustic rock songs with memorable melodies and vocals.
CD price: $10.00
MIKE BENJAMIN: Never Too Late
Lowell George meets Bill Withers in one beautiful incarnation with a hint of Martin Sexton. Refreshingly well written songs with soulful singing.
Recommended if you like Lowell George, Martin Sexton.CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
CROWN JEWELS: Linoleum
Eclectic power pop/roots rock with emphasis on soul, poetic lyrics, sophisticated harmony, jangley guitars and a touch of surrealism.
CD price: $12.00
KEN HATFIELD: Explorations for Solo Guitar
Original acoustic jazz featuring the artistry of a critically-acclaimed composer and classical guitarist, ranging from traditional, straight-ahead jazz, to jazz with a distinctly Brazilian flavor.
CD price: $15.00
LISA RICHARDS: Not Quite So Low
Alternative folking rocking pop songs you can sing and sway and laugh and cry and dream to - with a tinge of country/blues, and a whisper of techno
CD price: $12.00
KYF BREWER: Salvador Deli
infectious pop/rock melodies with deep roots in the 60s and 70s.
CD price: $12.97
MOTORBABY: Rise
Makes you feel like your flying over the alps naked in the hot summertime. A modern rock infused dip in refreshing vocals, guitars and production featuring Sharon Middendorf
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
KEN HATFIELD: Phoenix Rising
Original acoustic jazz featuring the artistry of a critically-acclaimed composer and classical guitarist, ranging from traditional, straight-ahead jazz to jazz with a distinctly Brazilian flavor.
CD price: $15.00
GIANTSEQUOIA: moment in the sun
Pulling from elements of jazz, funk, pop and rock, the trio achieves a unique musical perspective.
CD price: $12.99
JON HERINGTON: Like So
Steely Dan guitarist steps out on his own, showing surpringly great songwriting, singing, and the sound of a band that recalls the good old days of 60's rock yet manages to sound fresh.
CD price: $14.99
THE SWINGIN' TETRAHEDRONS: The Cydonia Suite
Take an ambient trip to Mars and experience some very sensual music inspired by Dr. Richard Hoagland's work on Cydonia - the Face on Mars.
CD price: $10.00
KATI MAC: Anicca
Melodic, accoustic rock, cool songs, great playing, and sexy singing. Moving lyrics.
CD price: $10.00
BRAD YODER: Used
Rock, pop, folk, cooked to perfection: "an outstanding aural experience I can't get out of my head." (Pittsburgh Magazine)
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
KEN HATFIELD AND HANS GLAWISCHNIG: Music for Guitar and Bass
Original acoustic jazz featuring the artistry of a critically-acclaimed composer and classical guitarist, ranging from traditional, straight-ahead jazz, to jazz with a distinctly Brazilian flavor.
Recommended if you like Gene, Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock, Michael Moore, Joe Pass with Red Mitchell.CD price: $15.00
BRAD YODER: Talk to Total Strangers
Yoder kicks it out live and old-school acoustic, with faves like "Skyler", "I'm Not Setting the World on Fire", and "Turn @ & :]". Find out why Pittsburgh Magazine says Brad "rules the Pittsburgh coffeehouse circuit."
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
CROWN JEWELS: Spitshine
Classic, bluesy/alternative rock and roll...a blend of kick-ass playing, pop melody, twisted harmony and loud guitars.
CD price: $12.00
CHARLES LYONHART: Down to the Hard Line
A truly inspiring artist. His melodies both haunt and energize; his eloquent lyrics-intense, ironic, sharp-arrow true-reflect rare depths of human experience as well as a resilient and ultimately triumphant spirit.
CD price: $15.00
LEMONPEELER: The First Time
A Boston based "roots-pop"rock band with classic sound of sweet harmonies, fuzz driven guitar leads, wonderful songs and a harmonious verve.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
BEN ARNOLD: Almost Speechless
Very melodic guitar driven song-rock. Great grooves and lyrics sung by one of indy pops most intriguing voices.
CD price: $15.00
BEN ARNOLD: in case i'm gone tomorrow
Ben Arnold has done it again with this intriguing and inspiring collection. "in case..." is loaded with some of the best pop songwriting around. From the feel good bounce of "Everywhere You Go" to the grand and brooding sweep of "Bad Time" this 30+ tra
Recommended if you like Counting Crows, Randy Newman.CD price: $12.00
JD MARTIN: One Heart
Songs about life and the spiritual journey with gospel, rock and country influences
CD price: $18.00
MICHELLE NAGY: Art Museum
Drummer in high school, Opera scholarship in college, lessons on piano, learned guitar because her piano was too heavy to carry by herself on the road. Nothing stops this enigma child. Unique, percussive driven soul "nothing short of majestic"-MTVonline
LYNNE ROBYN: Red Bird in Snow
Singer/songwriter Lynne Robyn's debut album, "Red Bird in Snow," is a melodic,soulful collection of pop tunes with folksy poetic roots. Produced by Steely Dan guitarist, Jon Herington
CD price: $10.00
BRAD YODER: Best Sunday Heart
Yoder's studio debut. The Pittsbugh Post-Gazette said: "Full-formed songs evocative of Freedy Johnston and Michael Stipe by way of Bruce Cockburn."
MP3 price: $10.97
FEATHERMERCHANTS: Feathermerchants
Middle Eastern and Female Modern rock influenced band formed in 1998 in NYC
CD price: $12.00
KENNY WHITE: Uninvited Guest
bob dylan meets woody allen...one part joe jackson, splashes of leonard cohen and elvis costello. bake for 44 minutes.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
CHARLES LYONHART: Leap Of Faith
"A genuine voice and one that should be heard", is what the Woodstock times says about the man whose "deep voice is as rich as his words". In the tradition of Tim Hardin and Cat Stevens, Lyonhart "brings a lot of special stuff to the table".
CD price: $15.00
JAKE HOLMES: Dangerous Times
A free-style expression of life as he knows it - and he's not afraid to speak his mind.
CHARLES LYONHART: Exception To The Rule
This artist grabs the audience's attention as he paints vivid images of a life in despair struggling to understand the complexities of a dark and seductive world. You realize immediately that this is not just another guy with a guitar and a song list.
CD price: $15.00
BARBARA MONTGOMERY: Dakini Land
If she were a trumpeter instead of a singer, she would be reminiscent of Chet Baker and early Miles Davis--her smokey voice is slightly mysterious and terribly inviting.
CD price: $15.00
ERIC COLVILLE: Afraid to Dance
Idiosyncratic singer-songwriter touching on rock, sultry blues, ballads, and country-ish toe tappers in his refusal to be limited by genre. Think Lyle Lovett, Evan Dando, and Tom Waits.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
