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PASTE - TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2007!

About Me


**Read a really cool Madison.com interview with Ben Kyle!**
4 Stars in Paste! Click on Kanye to read the review!"YOU'LL WANT TO SAY YOU SAW THEM NOW" Village Voice, NYC
"For anyone worrying that the Americana genre has become a repository of the bad irony of hipsters and has-been quacks, fear not: Romantica is here to save the day. Singer/songwriter Ben Kyle is the latest in a long line of European exports to reinvigorate a genre by reclaiming it as his own—“God walks on the water, I walk through the rain,” he sings. With one foot still in his home country, and one taking a tentative step into the mess of promises and disappointments on the other side of the pond, Kyle and his bandmates dust off the brilliance at the heart of America. Most albums with such ambitious titles fall ?at in their attempt; Kyle—in songs and voice that sit comfortably between Jeff Tweedy and Ryan Adams—dwells comfortably in the long shadows cast by his forefathers while leaving his own undeniable stamp on the proceedings."
David Mead, PASTE Magazine
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Now available at TARGET in Minnesota!
Look for our latest release, "AMERICA", on the Cities 97 end cap.

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Music:

Member Since: 6/28/2004
Band Website: WWW.ROMANTICAMUSIC.COM
Band Members: Ben Kyle, Luke Jacobs, James Orvis, Jessy Greene, Tony Zaccardi
Influences: We wear them proudly I guess.
Sounds Like: Gram Parsons, Nick Drake, Iron and Wine, Elliot Smith, Ryan Adams, Crosby Stills and Nash, Tom Petty, Wilco, The Wallflowers, Bruce Springsteen, Calexico, Belle and Sebastian, Van Morrison, Sufjan Stevens, Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, Old 97’s, The Eagles

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Record Label: 2024 Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Romantica - Hickory Wind (Gram Parsons)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGqtd2mYf3c ...
Posted by Romantica on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST

ISC FINALISTS!

"The National Side" is a finalist in this year's International Songwriting Competition!The New York Times calls the ISC, "THE songwriting competition to take note of."Judges this year include Tom Wait...
Posted by Romantica on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

"Best of 2007" - The Onion / City Pages / Star Tribune

He might be originally from Northern Ireland, but songwriter Ben Kyle chose the title of his latest album well: Romantica's sweetly sad country-rock, awash in pedal steel, fiddle, and lovely Gram Pars...
Posted by Romantica on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:31:00 PST

PASTE "TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2007"

Romantica - AMERICA slides in at 58! in PASTE magazine's picks for the year. Read the list.......
Posted by Romantica on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:00 PST

The Dark with Ryan Adams

Wow! A few days ago, Romantica's Ben Kyle played a show opening for Ryan Adams & the Cardinals. Ryan was in a good mood that evening and joined Ben on stage to perform an unreleased Romantica song. Ch...
Posted by Romantica on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:16:00 PST

PASTE gives 4 STARS!

PASTE magazine gave the new Album "America" 4 Stars in their latest issue..."For anyone worrying that the Americana genre has become a repository of the bad irony of hipsters and has-been quackeries, ...
Posted by Romantica on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:36:00 PST

Congratulations Jessy Greene!

Romantica's Jessy Greene is playing cello & violin with the Foo Fighters!From the Star Tribune:Jessy Greene has gotten herself a choice new gig: The Minneapolis singer/violinist just finished a U.K. t...
Posted by Romantica on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:02:00 PST

"America" named one of the best!

The Minneapolis Star Tribune's Local Music Writer Chris Riemendschneider published his list of the best local CDs from the first half of 2007 and look who's there! It's Romantica! "America," Romanti...
Posted by Romantica on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST

PASTE Magazine Top 7 of 2007, so far...

Our Song The National Side made the Staff Pick's at Paste Magazine for the Best of 2007 so far.... We are in some pretty fine company! Check out the list here!...
Posted by Romantica on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:55:00 PST

International Songwriting Competition Winners!

We just found out that we've been awarded 2nd Place in the International Songwriting Competition in the Americana category for the song Queen of Hearts! That's a hat-trick now! Needless to say we are ...
Posted by Romantica on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:37:00 PST