Folk » Mood: Quirky
JOHN SCHINDLER: Two-Step Man
Witty, poignant, irreverent slice of Americana.
Recommended if you like Greg Brown, Townes Vant Zandt.CD price: $15.00
THE CEDAR: I'm Always Explaining to Mom How It's Different Here
Unique folk rock music for smart people using ukulele, viola, glockenspiel, clarinet, cello, accordion, banjo, tiny cymbals, trumpet, hearts, brains, and more.
CD price: $14.97
THE HORSE FLIES: Until the Ocean
One of the earliest bands to bring a punkish energy to traditional American music and then to move beyond, creating a sound that's wholly unique and fresh . artful original songs, wild groove-oriented approach to fiddle music.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.97
JOHN HARTFORD: No End of Love
Bluegrass Americana
Recommended if you like John Hartford.MP3 price: $10.00
THE CIRCUS CONTRAPTION BAND: The Half-Wit's Descent
When carnies get the day off, they swarm into town and take over the music halls of small towns everywhere. This music embodies their drinking, carousing, and merriment.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
GEOFF SOULE: A Dialogue Between Feminine Wisdom And Masculine Uncertainty
Home-recordings by Geoff Soule of the band Fuck.
CD price: $12.00
KYLE DINE: You Must Be Nuts!
Music about food allergies? You Must Be Nuts. Kids are loving Kyle Dine's CD packed with sing along songs that the whole family will enjoy.
Recommended if you like Dan Zanes.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
THE CEDAR: Grannies' Knitting Café
Unique folk rock music for smart people using ukulele, viola, glockenspiel, clarinet, cello, accordion, banjo, tiny cymbals, trumpet, hearts, brains, and more.
CD price: $9.99
CAOIMHÍN Ó RAGHALLAIGH: Where The One-eyed Man Is King
A quirky 10 track cd of funky music from one of Ireland's most creative fiddlers, featuring new multilayered compositions as well as traditional tunes transformed with cool crosstunings and soundscapes.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
KEVIN O'DONNELL: This Is For You: Music from The House Theatre of Chicago production "The Sparrow"
"a haunting original score from Kevin O'Donnell." - Chicago Tribune
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
RACHEL BROWNE: Rachel Browne EP
Thick textures, acoustic plucking, layered harmonies and experimental percussive elements recorded during music school. Funderful.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
JOHNNY DANGO & THE STILLWATER PIONEERS: Let's Go Pioneering!
Playing music that defies definition, Johnny Dango & the Stillwater Pioneers explore virtually every style in the American song book. Country, blues, jazz, bluegrass, rock & roll--it all comes together in the Pioneer sound. Take a hit and blow your mind.
CD price: $12.00
RASHA SHAHEEN: Hatshepsut
Has a light and a dark side and can be seductively quiet and impressively loud in the space of a few minutes. This DIY album has some beautifully delicate moments, and the sinister and clever aspects of her persona never quite disappear.
Recommended if you like Bat for Lashes, joan as police woman.CD price: $12.97
SPECIAL ED & THE SHORTBUS: Rats in the Kitchen EP
A collection of jugband, ragtime, klezmer, and Americana amalgamations.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
LOOSE CHANGE TRIO: Unstruck Note
Breaking the boundaries of traditional soul, the Loose Change Trio (LCT) creates a vintage sound fusing jazz and funk with a genre defying theatrical influence featuring David Ward, singer/songwriter for the album "Never Meant to Know."
CD price: $17.50
JOHN COLUMBUS: The Toll
Born when Bob Dylan and the Beatles met in 1966 and made babies.
CD price: $12.90 / MP3 price: $12.90
ANDY SANTOSPAGO: Tiny Problems
Independent music with elements of roots, psychedelic rock and pop.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
GEOFF SOULE: A Wild Man Brandishing An Uprooted Tree
4-track and other home recordings by Geoff Soule of the band Fuck.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
RUSTY BELLE: Rusty Belle
A mostly acoustic quartet of "junkyard songbirds" who crash and clang on tins, cans, lids and pans while singing sweetly though the rubbage.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CHUCK BRODSKY: A Fingerpainter's Murals
Singer-songwriter, folk, story songs
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
DUDLEY: Doin' Jack
"Jazzy acoustic finger picking and a little brushed snare back up Ellen Turner's hazy, hushed vocals through light, breezy songs, best described with adjectives like plush, nice, deluxe, yummy and delightful." --from www.listen.com blurb
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $15.97
HARRIS TWEED: The Younger
Harris Tweed is indie, Harris Tweed is folk, Harris Tweed is pop, Harris Tweed is rock, Harris Tweed is heart, Harris Tweed is fun, Harris Tweed is a girl warbling away behind the piano while her boys bash the skins and pick the strings along to the song.
DEVON SPROULE: Keep Your Silver Shined
"Keep Your Silver Shined rings with a sweet, heartbreaking majesty; these songs are beautiful, timeless and transporting."- Davy Rothbart of This American Life
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CEDARWELL: Gamboge
Acoustic guitar and drumset. Less than rock, more than pop. Sheboygan, WI in music form.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
UNCLE MOON: Homestyle
Uncle Moon weaves an eclectic blend of acoustic styles that has been variously described as "Kurt Weill at the Grand Ol Opry," "Urban Gypsy Music" and "The closest performance art music has come to moonshine."
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MILES AND KARINA: Wherego
David Miles Keenan and Nova Karina Devonie's side project Cinematic. Accordionistic. Actual melodies. Honky-tonk, Samba, Old-Time, Musette, Swing, 60's soundtrack - very cool.
CD price: $15.00
JULIE DELPY: Julie Delpy
Folky, jazzy, and European. Intimate, personal, and charming. From the French actress known for Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, White, and many others. Her first album, self-written and produced.
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $15.97
CAKE BAKE BETTY: Songs About Teeth
An amazing collection of songs about teeth, cannibalism, robots, the sea, ships, pirates, syphilis, crayons, divorce, monsters, and you.
CD price: $12.00
UKEBUCKET: Bad Ukulele...
A quirky compilation of strange, simple, and soothings sounds that will raise your eyebrows, lift your spirits, and put you into a euphoric ukulele trance.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
MATT CLARK: Funny Little Fella
Short, quirky, melodic songs written by a father of his baby's first year.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
JULIA MARCELL: It Might Like You
You'll hear the pounding, or subtle sound, of a piano, organic strings, wood, breathing, cracking; a world of sounds so natural, you might think the music is happening in your room and the singer's voice is getting closer to a whisper.
Recommended if you like Regina Spektor, Feist.CD price: $13.50
MARC GUNN & THE DUBLINERS' TABBY CATS: Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers
The Cat lover's response to "Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers", Irish music done right. with a love of kitty cats.
Recommended if you like "Weird Al" Yankovic, Tom Smith.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
WILLIE CARMICHAEL: Serious Business
The second CD from this young/old boy genius songwriter--smart, funny, and touching. Touches of folk, blues, country, gospel, and jazz fill this album with uniquely American music.
CD price: $14.99
PAUL EMME: Backyard Alchemy
Blending simple bouncy melodies with lyrics that run the spectrum from quirky to impressionistic he has described his own music as “swingy-alternative-folk-rock” and “equal parts pop, protest, poetry, and poltergeists”.
Recommended if you like Barenaked Ladies, Andrew Bird.CD price: $15.00
CURTIS ELLER'S AMERICAN CIRCUS: Wirewalkers and Assassins
New York City's angriest yodeling banjo player.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
THAT DAMNED BAND: THAT Damned Band
A circus train wreck't into a hobo camp where wandering Jews and gypsies from eastern Europe have been learning Irish drinking songs from Tom Waits.
Recommended if you like Tom Waits, Goran Bregović.CD price: $15.00
JAMES COMBS: To Know You Is To Save You
Equal parts quirky and powerful, acoustic and electronic, and sprinkled with psychedelia dust. This indie rock Angeleno's music is sonically rich, lyrically sharp, and has been heard in TV shows like "Six Feet Under", "Entourage", and "Dexter."
Recommended if you like Elliott Smith, The Flaming Lips.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BOB SCHNEIDER: The Galaxy Kings
Country folk and blues songs drawing from Ben Harper and Tom Waits.
CD price: $14.99
NATHAN: Key Principles
"Infectious alt-country noir, fractured folk swing and surreal songwriting" Acoustic Guitar Mag.
AMOS THE TRANSPARENT: Everything I've Forgotten To Forget
A compelling debut of atmospheric folk-inspired rock from one of Canada’s most promising new talents - already being touted as a year-end list candidate.
CD price: $12.00
CHEESE ON BREAD: The Search for Colonel Mustard
Exuberant orchestral twee pop masks critiques of modernity. Like the Muppets produced by Brian Wilson and operated by Derrida.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
THE SCHATZY BAND: Nocturnal Wild Life Journal
An energetic blend of roots music styles ranging from gypsy to swampy blues,country, folk and some acoustic disco with a strong emphasis on song writing.
PORTLAND NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL AT OLD LIBRARY STUDIO: The Stars Come Out At Night
Music that graduates from high school with you, a wild diversity of music from talented emerging artists; classical, to experimental, to jazz, to electro-food-thrash, to folk.
CD price: $9.99
JODI PHILLIS: In Dreams I Live
A cool mixture of pop styles, from sad country ballads to quirky 1920's bossanova, with a death metal middle 8. Coming from the imagination of one of Australia's finest singer/songwriters, this album will take you to some dreamy, dark and intimate places.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
GWENDOLYN: Lower Mill Road
Traditional Scottish musicians lend their talent to California freak-folk artist Gwendolyn. Together they take their listeners on an epic journey through Celtic soundscapes.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SJANE DOUGLASS: Ordinary Imperfection
Here, the voice is the centrepiece, lent drama by soft choral arrangements and layered 'Lanoisesque' guitars.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
PIED PUMKIN: PUMKIDS
Lively, warm hearted folk music for all ages, combining dulcimer, violin, mandolin, guitar and gorgeous harmonies in tuneful tales for kids and kin.
CD price: $14.99
DUDLEY: Public Nudism
Ellen Turner, the primary force behind Dudley, has put together a collection of pop with a relaxing folk undercurrent. Turner's velvety, enveloping voice is reminiscent of Frente's Angie Hart in its sweeping sighs.
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $15.97
SARAH LONGWING: Flying on the Tradewinds
Musical-Storytelling duo, Sarah Longwing takes you on a contemporary journey of Norwegian tradition through song, fiddling (including the 8-stringed Norwegian Hardanger fiddle), flute playing, and stories.
Recommended if you like Anonymous 4, The St. Olaf Choir.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
DUSTIN MILLER: Serenading The Wall
A diverse and eclectic album. Acoustic guitar driven indie folk rock tunes ranging from love songs to alien anthems.
CD price: $9.97
SEVE: Witches Rock
This group of songs were cobbled together from bar napkin confessions, and notes written on match book covers. They try to piece together what life's about and what occurs while you're trying to find the balance between what you want and what you need.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
REV. TRUMAN GOINES & JR. BLIGGINS: The Legend of Bliggins & Goines, Vol. 2
Sounds like an updated version of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Tom Waits, and a Cajun kick.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
TOM HARVEY: Ruff Tracks
Upbeat backed by members of Grammy winning Asleep at the Wheel, contemporary acoustic folk rock
CD price: $8.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
REBECCA ZAPEN: Japanese Bathhouse
The comfy melodicism of lush strings and vocals, ukulele/glockenspiel-sparked quietude, and folksy warmth bring to mind no less than early solo McCartney and Brian Wilson's SMiLE. Japanese Bathhouse is one of those near-perfect hidden gems.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
BOB BRADSHAW: Enjoy Your Confusion
Rootsy pop songs with guitars, bandoneon, marimba, fiddle, pedal-steel
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
MARK GROWDEN: Downstairs Karaoke
"Growden's Music is a caliope of tangos, marches, pedal steel blues, and eloquent acoustic ballads. In his hands, parade scores unravel to become inebreated waltzes. Ballads are stretched thin and poked with forks. Melodies dance like wicked children
MP3 price: $15.00
ZHENA FOLK CHORUS: Zhena Folk chorus
Through songs ranging from pagan to religious, humorous to haunting, Zhena Folk Chorus passionately presents the rich folk traditions of Eastern Europe, emphasizing the role of women in presenting and preserving this captivating music and culture.
CD price: $12.97
CLARE MULDAUR: Sweetheart
Swinging timeles pop with threads of Americana, Jazz and melodies that just don't go away.
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
DAVID WEISS: Virtuoso Saw
Weiss bends steel in his bare hands, backed by members of the LA Philharmonic in this "cutting edge" CD of pop and classical favorites - "He came, he sawed, he conquered." (Los Angeles Times).
CD price: $14.95
JIM BIANCO: Well Within Reason
Presented with the urgency of a firecracker, hear the heartwarming collision of melody, emotion, imagination and wit.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS: Gullible's Travels
Celtic Renaissance music inspired by Renaissance Festivals.
Recommended if you like Owain Phyfe, celtic stone.CD price: $18.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
LEMON JUJU: like candy
Spawned from the minds of two brilliant a cappella mavens, this fab pop duo's first album combines catchy tunes, silky harmonies and bittersweet observations. And two ukeleles.
CD price: $12.97
LEMON JUJU: like candy (digital)
Spawned from the minds of two brilliant a cappella mavens, this fab pop duo's first album combines catchy tunes, silky harmonies and bittersweet observations. And two ukuleles.
Recommended if you like Indigo Girls, Ed's Redeeming Qualities.MP3 price: $12.97
CALICHE CON CARNE: Time is Absolute
Six years and four drummers later, this country folk getup still has a powerful and unique style that conveys a timeless message about the world around us.
CD price: $8.99
MAUREEN ANDARY: Nostalgia
Experience the realm of cabaret artist Maureen Andary as she explores themes of modernity, love, longing, and self-medication. Her debut album, Nostalgia, is a steamy plate of 1930s style sounds peppered with modern-day imagery, concepts, and punchlines.
Recommended if you like Billie Holiday, Feist.CD price: $12.97
ALICE.: elastic.hybrid.chamber.pop.
Quirky indie/folk music, sounds like NPR filler music on crack.
MP3 price: $9.99
THE TREAD ABRAHAM: Rejoice God and the Grandpa
Fierce and melodic, this E.P. burns the brazen drapery that covers your moldy windowpanes.
CD price: $5.99 / MP3 price: $4.98
AMBER LEE AND THE ANOMALIES: Estuaries
Charming alt-folk accordion songs by a female singer-songwriter.
Recommended if you like The Roches, The Decemberists.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ERIN COSTELO: The Trouble And The Truth
Genre melding jazz, pop and folk
Recommended if you like Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone.CD price: $12.97
THE WRONG TROUSERS: One and Counting...
Acoustic indie folk-rock, with a harp, mandolin and bass.
CD price: $13.00
DANNY INFANTINO & STEPHEN E. SMITH: Say the Word...Sing the Song
Eclectic classic rock, folk, and Americana alternating with spoken word stories - dare we say - poems, some humorous, all thought provoking, about growing up,love, bombs, relationships and boomer stuff.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
MISTER VAGUE: Allergic To Everything
From Reno, Nevada, it's everything from raucous indie rawk to moody quiet pop
CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
DUCKDIVE: Stories for another day
Sorta folk, sorta pop, sorta rock, sometimes sweet and sometimes sad, but always different, this maxi band, mini orchestra are an act like no other.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
INVOCAL: Four Songs About Love, Madness and Glove Puppets
A left-field all female acoustic band whose songs tell tales of modern life with wry, theatrical humor, powerful and moving lyrics and (most days) expert musical prowess.
CD price: $6.99 / MP3 price: $6.99
HOME GROAN: The Opening Act
Scandinavia’s premier alt-country/organic-rock a mature full fledged band that can rival anyone in creative power and musical sensibility. Martin Hagfors has honed his eclectic, catchy and lyrically unique skills to the point of perfection.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.50
PHOEBE KREUTZ: Big Lousy Moon
Joke folk for bruised hearts. Silly, dreamy and highly literate, these songs are for the smarty-pants romantic.
MP3 price: $12.97
BIG BOSS SAUSAGE AND THE PACIFIST OF FURY: Big Boss Sausage and The Pacifist of Fury
Folk, country, rock, and punk. You'll laugh and cry and wonder why.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
CHRISTOPHER SMITH: Gravedigger's Boy
A master storyteller who writes well crafted songs based in the folk tradition. He holds the listener's interest from beginning to end.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
JULIA DOUGLASS: Poor People On TV
Smart songs, with catchy melodies.
Recommended if you like Beth Orton, Suzanne Vega.MP3 price: $12.97
SUSIE ROSS: Breakup
Honest lyrics, clear voice, backed by fantastic musicians, this album takes you on a musical road trip - with humour and heart.
CD price: $14.95 / MP3 price: $14.95
LESLEY LITTLEFIELD: Little Songs Unabridged
Funny storytelling folk.memorable melodies, rhyming lyrics, odd characters, unexpected lasciviousness. Some of the songs might get stuck in your head and keep you giggling, and others might remind you of the thoughts and feelings you forgot to notice.
CD price: $17.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
DAVID BABICH: Mind Aside
Rich and crafted stories supported by a unique blend of folk, jazz and rock.
CD price: $4.99 / MP3 price: $4.99
RAY BAKER: Wrinkle In Time
Contemporary Folk; unforgettable and you'll find out why when you listen.
MP3 price: $5.00
JAY GAVAN: Takes A Flying Leap
Eclectic original music with roots in jazz, samba, klezmer, and folk.
CD price: $12.97
UNIVERSE NARROWS: What Makes a Weed?
eclectic mix of simple, direct, hummable pop tunes sometimes exploring the (slightly) darker side and featuring some truly tasteful lead guitar work (as described by reviewers)
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
ELAINE COLELLA: A Little Steam
Delivers compelling, haunting, original melodies and words in Spanish, Armenian, and English. Utilizing alternate tunings and strumming methods, her unique sound rises defiantly in stark contrast to the common standardized music brands of the corporate wo
CD price: $10.00
ALYSSA WRIGHT: Dark Waters
Contemporary cellist and singer-songwriter -- Jacqueline DuPre meets Janice Joplin
CD price: $20.00
RAMON & JESSICA: Handyman's Honeymoon
A song for every mood...funny, sweet, theatrical, understated, spiritual and serious.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
NEIL CONWAY: The Somethin' Family Album
Fringe-folk singer/satirist from Newfoundland brings you comedy, politics, sex, pie and icecream.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
RICHARD DOBSON: On Thistledown Wind
Songs written from exile, Country-Folk music from an expatriate Texan, a Gulf Coast Boy on the old River Rhine.
Recommended if you like Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark.CD price: $12.97
SHINE CHERRIES: Shine Cherries
Moody indie folk rock, with eclectic vocals and instrumentation
Recommended if you like Galaxy, Sam Phillips.CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
HANNER: No Guts, No Gravy
Appalachian wandering girl meets Oregon Trail hobo - birth on the Greyhound and death in a volcano.
BLONDE FROM FARGO: Only in it for the Blondes
An amazing, eclectic mix of rock, acoustic guitars, vocal harmonies, and great lyrics. A mix of influences ranging from The Beatles to The Clash to Teenage Fanclub.
Recommended if you like The Beatles, The Clash.
BEN WILSON: Songs for Naked People
Quirky, yet prolific Folk/Rock Humor
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
RACHEL KERSHENBAUM: Love Is Not Love...
Wise, witty, sweet-toned girl folk for those who've been kicked around by love for a little too long.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BEN ROGERS: The Dawn of a New Error
From the rambunctious energy of One in a Million, the lilting, lonesome melody of A Night on the Ghost Town, to the spare and hopeful Glory Song, the velvet voiced Rogers covers a wide range of moods and effects.
ILSABE OCONNELL: Little Lost Cause
A tribute to old country, bluegrass, and rock with smart lyrics and finely crafted melodies.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
DOC DABOLU: Sunburn
Atmospheric, Anti-Folk Acoustic Rock with experimental sounds and objects being hit against other objects to make noise. Will be enjoyed by fans of Nick Drake, Jim O'Rourke, Ben Folds and Ween.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
THE SYMPATHETICS: The Sympathetics
A mellow mix of pop, folk, indie and country, the stripped-down sound is a tapestry of three-part harmonies and memorable melodies.
CD price: $8.00
THE ROGUES: RogueTrip
Bagipes, accoustic and electronic, driving percussion, keyboards and guitars combined to create the most daring Rogues album to date, which includes everything from beautiful traditional Breton melodies to original Top 40 and Funk.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $13.50
ADLER & HEARNE: Opposites Attract
From Spring Hollow Organic Song Farm deep in the East Texas piney woods, performing songwriters Lynn Adler and Lindy Hearne serve up fresh harvests of their own spirited brand of folk-country blues-grass, with impeccably crafted songs that stir things up.
CD price: $15.00
JEFF STONE: Life, Death, Love, Hate, Hope, And Bad Apartments
Quirk rock antislick. the white stripes and beck meet simon and garfunkel and they all move to halifax.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
KEVIN COYNE WITH JON LANGFORD & THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS: One Day in Chicago
First spied in 1974 on the Whistle Test with his guitar on his lap moaning and yelling, fretting the chords with his thumb Kevin caused a stir at my school on a par with Alvin Stardust's dramatic TOTP debut.
CD price: $14.98
REV. TRUMAN GOINES & JR. BLIGGINS: The Legend of Bliggins & Goines, Vol. 1
Bliggins and Goines are a guitar and harmonica duo playing and singing country blues, americana and folk music; these are original songs that tell the story of the Sourlands region in New Jersey. * Winner 2005 New Jersey Folk Festival Songwriters Contest
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
PHILLIP FLATHEAD: Four-Track Mind
aLt-FoLk * sInGer/SoNgwRiTeR.mix Tom Waits, Neil Young, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Simon and toss them with a hint of Woody Guthrie meets the Velvet Underground.voila. Phillip Flathead. Best served early mornings and late nights. Tasty, anytime
MP3 price: $10.00
SCOTT HAWLEY: Partial
Emotional, groovy, intelligent acoustic tunes about life in the modern world.
CD price: $7.00
JESSICA RADCLIFFE: Nightblooming Jasmine
Haunting ethereal eclectic celto-blues love letter to New Orleans
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CURTIS ELLER'S AMERICAN CIRCUS: Taking Up Serpents Again
Banjo music for funerals by New York City's angriest yodelling banjo player
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
MICHAEL AUSTIN: Thick 'n Thin
Jazz, folk, and R&B from a song-wielding clarinet player with ties to both coasts, currently performing out of Austin, Texas. Impeccably crafted tunes, great song style and intriguingly oblique lyrics from one of the great male voices of our time. This
Recommended if you like James Brown, Benny Goodman.CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
JUNI FISHER: Sideshow Romance
2006 WMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2006 Nominee, Just Plain Folks Best New Folk Album. 2005 AWA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2005 WMA Crescendo Award Winner. True songwriting, beautifully sung.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CELTIC NOTS: Why Not?
This is a double album representing the two halves of Celtic Nots' work: Disc one is "Celtic", featuring mostly traditional tunes, while disc 2 has the funkier, mostly original work of this three piece acoustic-electric band.
MP3 price: $18.95
THE BAD THINGS: The Bad Things
Junkyard Gypsy Polkas, Alcoholic Hillbilly Rave-Ups, and Sad, Sick Sea Shanties also called Post Apocalyptic Traditional Music. Celebration Music for the Broken Man.
MP3 price: $13.95
WENDY MCNEILL: Such A Common Bird
"Folk Noir " Twisted polkas and waltz marches on accordian...haunting melodies and odd tunings on guitar. Edith Piaf meets Veda Hille
CAFE ACCORDION ORCHESTRA: Le Disque Francais
Passionate, romantic, and powerful, this is the Gypsy-influenced music of the Parisian nightlife.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
HELEN HIGHWATER: Midstream
Lovelorn, broke & drunk: Raw, rootsy music with wry lyrics about life's unpleasant situations.
CD price: $10.00
LAWRENCE LANAHAN: Lawrence Lanahan
Well, it sort of sounds like Bert Jansch...but what's that noise? Soothing now, slightly menacing later, averaging out to menathing. Crisp melodies. Wry, sentimental stories. Elliott Smith? Chris Smither? Not The Smiths, but slightly Smithsonianian.
CD price: $8.00
THE BARMITZVAH BROTHERS: Mr. Bones' Walk-in Closet
Teenagers making eccentric, experimental pop from unusual instruments and household objects, fusing folk, polka, bluegrass, rock, klezmer, punk, and more, with brutally honest lyrics about everyday concerns.
CD price: $12.97
MATT CURRERI: How to Play the Songs of Matt Curreri
"Matt Curreri [is] a clever and unkempt songwriter whose catchy rock-and-roll chanteys capture the warm joys and cold sweats of one's twenties." The New Yorker
CD price: $11.95 / MP3 price: $11.95
JOE LIMA: Let Go and Let Joe
From the haunting cinematic noir of "Kenji" to the gentle folk fingerpicking of "Epiphany, South Dakota," with nods to Jazz, Calypso and Western Swing, Louisiana native Joe Lima swings wildly and never misses. A CD Baby Editor's Pick.
Recommended if you like Costello.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
KATHY HUSSEY: Stranger Than Fiction
Sex-starved good girls, identity-seeking drag queens, weather-forecasting dogs, alcoholics behind the wheel...a consortium of interesting real-life characters populates smartly-crafted folk-pop songs lurking under a dark sheen of mysterious grooviness.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
ASK NORA: Circling As Warmth
Folk-art music reminiscent of the good ole days of studio experimentation, with songwriting at the heart of it all
CD price: $12.00
JOE CURCIO: Tunes on Tangs and Songs on Sans
Double-CD musical study guide to the functions and ingredients of the most popular Chinese herbal formulas. All California State Board required formulas are included.
CD price: $40.00
CHUCK MCCABE: Creatures of Habit
Acoustic-based folkie/blues/country with a little edge and a lot of humor
CD price: $15.00
HEIDI SIEGELL: Us Lonely People
A soulful, eclectic, genre-defying emotional journey.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.99
BEN WALKER: Kill or Cure
Funky Rock and Roll, Angsty Acoustic Pop, Jazzy Melancholia
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
ANDREW PHILLIP TIPTON: The Champion of Love
Silly sad songs about being a 24 year old little kid.
CD price: $10.00
JOURNEYMP3: Season 1
This is the first ever compilation from the Journeymp3 live event London. Bursting with genres, vibe and stories. This is truly a journey of sonic exploration featuring a host of vintage and emerging talent.
MP3 price: $9.99
EUGENE SMITH: Almost Greatest Hits Vol 1
Folk rock with touch of humor
Recommended if you like Van Morrison, John Hiatt.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ROCKTHROW: In Minnesota They Call People "Folks"
A rootsy and varied collection done in a folk/rock style with bluesy overtones. Humor, longing, love and regret on one album.
CD price: $12.97
THE TIGER AND ME: Live at Manchester Lane
The Tiger and Me provide captivated audiences with folk longings, country thoughts, gypsy stylings, electronic suggestions and cabaret moments, through the use of male/female lead vocals, violin, guitar, piano, live loops and a spark that dances between t
Recommended if you like Ed Harcourt, Angus & Julia Stone.CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
THE SPITSHINE KID: Dentures of Peril
Indie-folk-punk, baked fresh, just like your grandma used to make before they put her on medication. These low-fi grass-fed expressions are idiosyncratic with powerful hooks. sure to make you queasy with delight.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
WILL ADAMS: Little Brother, Big Sister
Soothing, quiet, meditative melodies
Recommended if you like Nick Drake.CD price: $12.97
BOURGEOIS GYPSIES: Faulty Fairytales
Featuring freewheeling musical wanderings through the continents of raucous countrified blues, seductive swamp ballads and homegrown hillbilly heartbreaks, the Bourgeois Gypsies pit slow-burning, porchsetting music against poignant punk rock lullabies.
CD price: $15.00
MIKE GOODSON: Long Lost Stories
Acoustic indie-folk pop with a wanna-be rocker twist sprinkled with humor and wit at the intersection of Tom Petty and Raffi.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.50
KATIE HERZIG: Apple Tree
Enchanting melodic female pop. Refreshing with depth and edge.
CD price: $14.00
THE DIVERS: Walkies in the Park
Eclectic, fun, original folk including elements of rock, jazz and blue grass.
Recommended if you like Barenaked Ladies, They Might Be Giants.CD price: $12.97
JACKIE TOHN: Beguiling
It's like a hot air balloon ride over the city. (You may or may not be in the company of Willy Wonka.) Then you get on a train, hop in a kayak, hail a cab, and jump on the cross town bus. Point is, it's an adventure.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.00
THE ESTATE: Welcome to the Estate (Demo)
Braden and Brendan create a delicious slice of pop-rock.
Recommended if you like Suzanne Vega, Hard Fi.
ROBERT GERMAN: Unplug (limited edition single)
A unique fusion of Folk, Jazz and Blues with vocal instruments, catchy tunes and witty lyrics
MP3 price: $4.75
HOWLIN' DAN: Ishmael
Great stories, lyrics, and catchy tunes command this album which takes a powerful voice and a guitar (or appalacian dulcimer) madly off in the directions of world beat and blues to create a diversely styled collection of songwriting gems.
CD price: $12.97
SEE COLIN SLASH: Fish in a Bag: The Dubiously Essential See Colin Slash
The best work by the now-defunct industrial/folk/humor act, featuring former Psyclon Nine member Eric Gottesman.
Recommended if you like They Might Be Giants, Psyclon Nine.CD price: $12.97
BUDDY: Alterations and Repairs
Self-described wimpycore mellow moments to beautiful building rock.
CD price: $12.97
KEN WEBB: Waltz for Venus
An album for the listener who enjoys real meaning in lyrics, the eclectic style of this album comfortably visits a wide variety of musical flavors: songs with lush orchestral strings, catchy pop-rock tunes, and folky feel-good numbers.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ANDREW KREIDER: But Seriously...
Singer-songwriter, poet and prophet, all with one eyebrow raised.
Recommended if you like Bruce Cockburn.CD price: $12.97
MYSTIC CHEESE: Meet The Cheese!
Mystic Cheese is a groovin' blend of soulful harmonies against a moody, acoustic band that changes from quiet to crazy intensity, like the smashing pumpkins, but with 3-part harmonies and a splash of humor.
Recommended if you like Violent Femmes, The Smashing Pumpkins.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.89
DAVID LEWIS: Drill, Fill & Bill
A zany comical tribute to his profession: dentistry. Contains 10 original songs written about his experiences with patients like you. Laugh today - Live tomorrow.
CD price: $13.98 / MP3 price: $9.98
THE PASSENGER PIGEONS: So Far...So Ok.
A weird cross between Mama Cass, Queen Victoria, and Joanna Newsom. Lovely.
Recommended if you like Cat Power, Daniel Johnston.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
WALLY LAWDER: Back to the Adobe Cafe
This is a perky, fun-spirited album, shifting seamlessly between jazz, acoustic rock/pop and folk, while somehow maintaining that unique genre that is all Wally Lawder.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
COUNT BOOGIE: Nerd Music
If you are a nerd or love nerds. This music will make you happy.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
ELASTIC NO-NO BAND: My 3 Addictions
A quirky acoustic-pop concept album about 3 things: food, movies, and women. Some songs are funny, some are serious, and some are a little of both.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
MULTIVITAMINS: Multi-pulti-jin-jin-jin
When it comes to defining this band’s music style, critics get lost. Is it Rock? Pop? Polka? Reggae? Blues? Hardcore? Death Metal? Folk? The answer is all, and none, of the above.
Recommended if you like Mr. Bungle, Gentle Giant.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
LINDSAY STREET: My Bird
Celtic tunes to make you dance or listen, featuring accordion, fiddle, guitar, and bodhran.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
THE BEARDS: The Beards
We are a bearded band, who only play songs about beards and having beards. With folk-rock hits such as Beards Club, Big Bearded Bruce and Baby's Got a Beard, you'll find yourself joining the Beard Revolution.
CD price: $12.97
ROYAL ROAD: Journey Of A Thousand Miles
Eclectic mix of rock, beats, and country and a bit weird.
CD price: $9.08 / MP3 price: $9.08
CHILDREN OF CELEBRITIES: We're Not Bitter
Enviro- cowboy lounge music
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
