Folk » Type: Sonic
THE HAPPIES: Flowers Are Dying, By the Way
Mellow melodic indie folkrock
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
HOTEL ALEXIS: Goliath, I'm On Your Side
Sepia-toned experiments in folk music, conceived in cathedrals, rest stops and parking lots all over the world.
CD price: $12.97
SIDESTEPS FEAT. SIR OLIVER MALLY: Steppin' Out
An elegant mixture off singer/songwriter mixed with blues, jazz and a slight touch of pop
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
BEIJA FLOR: The American
Inspired by life. Experimental, emotional, theatrical, classic.
Recommended if you like Radiohead, The Beatles.MP3 price: $10.00
CHUCK CANNON: Love And Money
Americana/Folk Rock. Chuck's new cd is rockin' and his lyrics yank you real hard. LOVE AND MONEY is the newest from Chuck Cannon in 2008.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $11.88
SHELDON MARSH: The Everlasting Glow of City Lights
Warm and embracing - vocal harmonies that seem to hang in the air indefinitely and lush guitar and organ melodies.
CD price: $10.00
NOE VENABLE: Boots
"Only a couple of records lately have pulled me from song to song to the end; one was Van Morrison's Down the Road and the other was Noe Venable's Boots..." --LA Weekly
CD price: $15.00
DOCTORS OF MEDICINE: What Happened After
Doctors of Medicine write momentary soundtracks
Recommended if you like Jeff Buckley, Ted Leo.CD price: $10.00
WHO CARES HOW LONG YOU SINK: Folk Forms Evaporate Big Sky
A large band with a fluid cast, it’s been slowly morphing for about five years and now makes music that suggests the implacable processes of the natural world, like the motions of tides and glaciers.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JON GARCIA: Jon Garcia
This is music you want to hear when you are driving in your car most likely, maybe walking the dog or knitting, these are sweet sweet folk rock melodies good for any emotion.
CD price: $9.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
EVAN KOLVOORD: Chatter of Souls
Sonic folk that is deeply revealing
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $8.95
LUKE JANELA: Rainmaker
Sonic exploration a la Eno, Boards of Canada and Sonic Youth mixed with solid songwriting and catchy Pop songs.
Recommended if you like Elliott Smith, Guided by Voices.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
CLOTHESLINE REVIVAL: Of My Native Land
Post-modern folk, ambient Americana, acid country; Moby meets the 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou' soundtrack -roots music mixed with beats and atmospheres in a unique and quirky blend.
CD price: $12.00
930MOON: Now and at The Hour of Our Death
Experimental Art Rock.
Recommended if you like Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot.CD price: $14.00
THE SLANT: Old North
What does it sound like? "Walking through the woods with a banjo" could work. In an increasingly difficult to define genre, Old North explores an experimental, sonic, psychedelic, and oftentimes powerful folk-rock sound with hits of the blues.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
BEATNIK: This Machine Kills Fascists
A band that uses sonic folk to rail against the establishment, war, and poverty. This is the voice of the working class and the conscience in the minds of men.
CD price: $10.00
BARN BURNING: Werner Ghost Truck
Take the moody feel of Denver Southern Gothic, cutting out the religious imagery and alcohol-soaked insanity, Barn Burning's left with a hollow, atmospheric soundscape that's not creepy as much as it is hauntingly spacious.
CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
GIDEON FREUDMANN: Sonic Surf
Acoustic and electric cello forays into blues, rock, folk and jazz. Extremely imaginative and very accessible.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ESTOCAR: Giraffe Riot
Angular grooves caroming in and out of the garage. Shifty brain rock for the feet shufflers and head bobbers.
Recommended if you like Talking Heads, Joy Division.CD price: $9.97
ALAN GRANDY: Acrowno'stars
Hauntingly melodic voice and guitars score a late-night musical soundscape, with spare yet affecting arrangements & orchestration, heady lyricism.
Recommended if you like Nick Drake, John Cale.CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
STEVE COFFEY & THE LOKELS: SAME BOY CD/DVD package
Western Canadian prairie roots folk rock fusion
CD price: $18.97 / MP3 price: $18.97
PAUL INMAN: Rattlesnake Heat
Wholly unique folk/pop/rock hybrid combining the restless yearning of Woody Guthrie, the fire-brand passion and conviction of Van Morrison, and the celebratory vibe and organic styled arrangements of the Waterboys; a melding of classic and contemporary.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MACK STARKS: Elsewhere
Captivating, layered, smart but viscerally satisfying roots/pop with a detatched, Leanord Cohen-esque heart break factor. Subtle hints of hometown Nashville, more direct nods to Athens, GA.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
MARTHA SCHUYLER THOMPSON: No Visible Means Of Support
Thompson seamlessly blends Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Pop, Alternative Country and Folk with such diverse elements as Latin, Celtic, Industrial and even Orchestral Rock into this powerful body of work to define the contemporary voice of American Roots Music.
CD price: $16.00
GEOFFREY KELLY: Gringo Star
All original celtic instrumentals in a contemprary setting, led by wooden flutes and whistles. A subtle use of loops and percussion helps propel the tunes in a more modern direction.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
THE SMOULDERING SONS OF THE WEST: something good something bad
Roots Rock, Country mixed with the blues and anthemic Rock
MP3 price: $15.00
SATELLITE DOGS: Showdown at Big Dalton
Rockin', raw, punkin' folk rock sounds.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BEATNIK: Eco...
Beatnik plays environmentally sensitive, socially responsible, sonic-folk in the vein of Steve Earle.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
FEYODOR: Agressive Pedestrian
Feyodor is the side project from Joed Out frontman Ben Barrett displaying his songs of heartbreak and emotional torment.
CD price: $12.97
NINA WALSH: Memo's
The Orb / Two Lone Swordsmen collaborator, UK's Nina Walsh goes it alone with her simple,seductive to the ear and honest electronic folk songs produced with a vintage yet futuristic flavor and a voice that is reminiscent of Marianne Faithfull
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE LICHENS: Symbiotic
Music in the folk tradition with some celtic post rock experimentalism.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
DEVILSPLENDER: ring the bells cause we're swinging hammers
Music that gives you all the emotions. This album should move you.
CD price: $14.00
SEQUEL: Set The Sails
Ireland's mysticism combined with straight rocksound
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BRAXTON HICKS: Modesty
Alternative pop rock, with female lead vocals, catchy hooks, sweet harmonies, acoustic/electric guitars and violin.
Recommended if you like The Corrs, Sixpence None the Richer.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
WILL GILLHAM: The Blue Wheel
A young Bob Dylan hooks up with Kurt Cobain over at James Taylor's place.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BACKROADS FOR TOMORROW: Backroads For Tomorrow
Music you can enjoy on a sunday drive to the country, a calmness that propels.
CD price: $12.00
JABE: Twenty Point Turn
Locomotive Roots Rock. Debut album and winner of the "Outstanding Debut Album" at the 2000 Boston Music Awards.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
