Mike's Friends
Singer/songwriter and performer friends of Mike Schmid
These albums are highly recommended.
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RICH JACQUES: Technicolor Movies
Heartbreaking cinematic folk pop
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
STEWBOSS: The Places We Meet
The Mighty Stewboss have returned. All is well again in rock-n-roll.
MP3 price: $12.00
CONNIE KIM: connie kim
Darkly shimmering pop played with acoustic guitar, drums, and strings like jagged daggers dipped in honey.
CD price: $8.00
JEFF MILLER: Something Different
Miller's sophomore effort- the long-awaited 'live in the studio' solo acoustic album, Something Different is a 70-minute collection of original songs and some improvised instrumental tunes.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
RENEE STAHL: Melancholy Pop
Melodic, lyric driven, melancholy pop with airy female vocals.
Recommended if you like Beth Orton, Natalie Merchant.CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
JULIE SCHREIBER BAND: Landing
Start with vocals from Alanis Morrisette and Janis Joplin. Add in guitar work from Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page and finish it with the rhythm section of Led Zeppelin and Audioslave. What do you get? The Julie Schreiber Band.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
JONATHAN GEER: Essex
An eclectic mix of flute, concertina, vocals, strings, and electronic bleeps and flourishes that creates a lush, intricate soundscape inspired by the tragedy of the Essex whaleship in 1819.
CD price: $9.95 / MP3 price: $9.95
GAYLE DAY: freedom paradise
Transition and resolution. Both themes run consistently like a red thread through the 11 songs that make up Gayle Day's new release "Freedom Paradise".
Recommended if you like Sheryl Crow.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JANIE CHU: Roots
Thoughtful modern pop...From a huge, guitar driven band sound to the contemplative piano musings of post-modern life.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
MELISSA LEWIS: Simple Life
The ache of kd lang meets the organics of Amy Grant. Melissa has forged a style that suits her powerful voice. Too soft for pop, too hip for adult contemporary, she is an artist in every sense of the word.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
CHUCK LEE BRAMLET: Murder of Crows
Personal, unflinching and nakedly honest songwriting with arrangements from traditional to loud folk-rock.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
KOO CHUNG: While We Wait
acoustic rock with occasional shades of pop, blues, and country fostering a distinct and very listenable sound
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
BRANDON SCHOTT: Release
Dark organic pop-rock with a 70s singer-songwriter sensibility
MP3 price: $10.99
LESLIE KING: Since You Took flight
Leslie King's "Since You Took flight" has a soulful groovy rock sound. Her songs carry strong soothing melodies and her lyrics are thoughtful and thought proviking. Aimee Mann meets Sheryl Crow.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
