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Musik-Harry 2005
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 Posted - 2006/07/19 : 16:13:46
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Etienne de Rocher
Every tiny sound on the exquisite 12-song album is perfectly embedded in the carefully crafted music. It's a sound that is spare and open, yet dense and intricate at the same time." (San Francisco Chronicle)
Few new artists get the luxury of spending years making their first record. Perhaps more would if they could come out with an album as good as this one. It is a poised, confident CD, the work of someone who has already mastered his craft, not someone just starting out. Every tiny sound on the exquisite 12-song album is perfectly embedded in the carefully crafted music. It's a sound that is spare and open, yet dense and intricate at the same time. Think Nick Drake produced by Peter Gabriel.
"I walk the line between complete abstraction, dreaminess and stark reality," de Rocher says in the living room of the tidy West Berkeley duplex he shares with his wife and 2-month old son. A vinyl copy of Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy sits on his turntable -- the large collection of old albums belongs to his wife, he says -- and a bouquet of lilies on the coffee table scents the room.
De Rocher grew up in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where his parents were both French professors. His mother was French and his father a Michigan-raised Francophile, which is where he came by the name. He resents people suggesting it might be something he made up for the stage; he suffered too much grief over the name growing up in the South. He came to UC Berkeley in 1987 as a Physics honors student.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/etiennederocher
Alli Rogers
Always Eden
Re-released in 2006 (remastered and containing a bonus track), her debut album "Always Eden" invites the listener to join an ongoing conversation as she shares stories rich with unflinching honesty and quiet intimacy.
Making her first full-length album was as natural a progression for singer/songwriter Alli Rogers as the transition from winter to spring. The changing of these particular seasons brings what Alli likes to call "sweater and sandal" weather, the time when warming temperatures bring people from their hibernation to time spent with one another outdoors. Alli's debut recording "Always Eden" feels much the same way.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/allirogers3
Kim Patton-Johnston
My Name Is Not Susan
Rootsy, thump and drawl songs of truth. Stories and inspiring message songs that fill your heart and keep you wanting more.
This critically acclaimed 'darling' of the independent cd world has been touted by Music Row Magazine, The Nashville Tennessean, and American Songwriter just to name a few. A Dove-award winning songwriter with songs cut by Shana Morrison, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, and Jennifer Hanson...this hip-chick singer/songwriter/producer, Kim Patton-Johnston (KPJ, to friends) gives new meaning to cool. It will quickly become your favorite cd! From the first twang of the banjo, it hooks you, and the characters of every song become your favorite old friends.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/pattonjohnston
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