Over the last few years, from time to time I have worked in Cameroon. . .living in mud huts, catching lizards, eating things best not eaten... As a biologist, I've spent a good bit of time in various small towns and backwaters...catching and tracking bears in the swamps of western Florida, surveying caribou on the North Slope of Alaska. I've had guns waved in my face, lived in trailers, had way too many people ask me if I'd like to come to Bible study, and I've played Lynyrd Skynyrd covers in dive bars in exchange for cheap beer and crawfish.I moved to Seattle in 2001 where through a combination of unemployment, sleep deprivation, and coffee, I started writing music. For the past few years, I've been running around the rainforests of Cameroon chasing reptiles, getting drunk with village chiefs and arguing with well-armed corrupt policemen. Currently, I live in Los Angeles.
The debut cd, best laid plans (gone wrong), is now available at cdbaby (see link below), iTunes, and Napster.
Good friend and sound engineering genius Jason Merritt (check out the top 16 below) deserves much credit for enduring the overcaffeinated freakshow I became during marathon writing/recording sessions. Lindsay Monroe (also on the top 16), the cd cover artist/designer, did fantastic work. Check out her other work at www.lindsaymonroe.com.
What's been said:
"Beautiful and driving indie pop." --Insomnia Radio: SoCal, Podcast 11
"Adam Freedman showcases his indie pop jazz fusion that recounts the genius of the seamless rock-to-jazz-and-back shifts from the early 90's Nashville band 'Clockhammer'."--Insomnia Radio: SoCal, Double Shot w/Chaser
"He makes a punchy brand of acoustic music built on smart lyrics and a rocking foundation."--San Antonio Express-News, 6.27.07
"Freedman weaves his amazing life stories into his music with entertaining and profound results."--Boulder Weekly, 7.26.07
"...even if deconstructed to its basic, talky folk core, Freedman definitely is worth checking out."--The Times of Acadiana (Lafayette, LA), July 2007
"Music so fresh it's almost indescribable...an eclectic Paul Simon quality with a hard-edged kick...absolutely wails on the acoustic." --Live Magazine, December 2002
Links to CD Reviews:
"Elliott Smith's simplicity paired with Andrew Bird's lyrical proficiency": Independent Clauses (July/August 2007)
Texarkana Gazette (7.15.07)
Americana UK (7.6.07)
"Indie pop, acoustic genius": Sync Weekly (7.10.07)
Interviews:
--July 16, 2007 interview on KSCL 91.3 FM (Shreveport, LA) by Jon Schleuss
--June 28, 2007 El Paso Times blog the Listenting Booth (by Adriana Chavez)
Internet Radio:
--TLP Show 6-Pack 12: Something Familiar
--Insomnia Radio SoCal: Double Shot w/Chaser
--Insomnia Radio SoCal: Podcast 11
--Insomnia Radio San Francisco: Podcast 38
--Radio UTD
Current and Upcoming Radio Play:
--KSCL 91.3 FM (Centenary College): Shreveport, LA
--KUAC 89.9 FM: Fairbanks, AK
--High Plains Public Radio: stations in E. Colorado, W. Kansas, and the
Oklahoma and Texas pahandles (see www.hppr.org for signal map)
--KXCI 91.3 FM: Tucson, AZ
--The 'Burg 88.1 FM (Central Washington University): Ellensburg, WA
--KSSU 1580 AM (Sacramento State University): Sacramento, CA
View Adam Freedman's EPK
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