Member Since: 3/18/2007
Band Website: toodamnpoortoaffordasite.org
Band Members: manuel aurelia (composition and vocals) -- david liston (upright bass and backing vocals) -- julia balen (guitars, banjo, and backing vocals) -- horatio fuentes (percussion)
Influences: john lennon - van morrison - edgar meyer - franz liszt - hope sandoval - bela fleck - al green - steve earle - jj cale - robert schumann - patty griffin - manu chao - outkast - ben harper - henryk gorecki - the beach boys - the velvet underground - tete - the beatles - roy orbison - cat stevens - macy gray - paul simon - blane goodrich - otis redding - and everyday sound and song
Sounds Like: if you are able to lift your ear, you will hear the stepping feet, shaking hands, clapping eyes, tuning faces, and singing minds. sometimes we are able to do so and at times we are unable. but this is what we intend to be.My World Visitor Map!
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***************also, be aware of the bottom right musician in our friends area - this is an artist/group that we have been paying close attention to and has recently made quite an impression. our featured artist : brett dennen.*****************************************************
**********************brett comes from possibly the greatest land of past musical protest and reflection being from northern california. he shares a top row with the best of the post 1970 school and approach. paul simon, james taylor, and even bob dylan always find a likness. but to bring my comments and brett back to the present - he is anything but dated. he is actually very current and after all, his content and style are so much of what we love about the heart of music. it's so much of what we all live. he never gets loud and he refuses the common clutter to fill spaces - but he does speak with a volume for everyone to hear and he allows everyone to really listen during the design of quiet moments throughout a song. he begins his newest record "so much more" with a fancy three - enter all the lyrical elements of great music beginning from the front. midway thru he places a beauty called "she's mine" that i would love to claim for my own. toward the end there are a few more that receive a lot of our attention called "when you feel it" and "so long sweet misery." the record is a straight listen but there are a few that peak a slight bit higher than others. i hope he continues to maintain the best traits of our elders and i hope even more that he holds in his own development that has so far shown extremely well. cheers brother, it's beautiful work. - d.l.
Record Label: Sitting Pritty Record(s)
Type of Label: Indie