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mike skliar

About Me

Songwriter, singer and musician. Plays guitar, mandolin, dobro and more. As as songwriter, a wide variety of works ranging from the topical and political to the timeless, funny, and serious. The topical and political material is featured monthly on WBAI radio. First album "Mike Skliar" is available at cd baby, amazon, and thru i-tunes. Second album "Ship of State" will be released in May 2009 and will also be avaliable at cd baby, amazon, i tunes and more.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/02/2006
Band Website: www.mikeskliar.com
Band Members: mike skliar- guitar, mandolin, dobro & vocals. musicians Ive recently worked with include : Tom Ricciuti- guitars and bass Ken Ficara- harmonica Robert Weiss- drums Joe Brent- violin and mandolin Elaine DiMasi- harmony vocals Angelina Powers- harmony vocals
Influences: Bob Dylan, Beatles, Loudon Wainwright III, John Prine, Tom Lehrer, George Carlin, Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, David Bromberg, Frank Sinatra, and everyone in all their record collections!
Sounds Like: Loudon Wainwright III, John Prine, Tom Lehrer, Bob Dylan, Mose Allison, David Bromberg.
Record Label: indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New album, even newer song and video..

The new album "Ship of State" is available on cd baby, as well as iTunes, Cd universe, and other outlets. An even newer topical song I just wrote has now been posted on youtube. The new 20-song album ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 10:49:00 GMT

The Ship of State is sailing!

The new album "Ship of State" is finally out! Many talented musicians from around the world play on the 20-song album, and it's been quite a ride! Available now thru CD Baby and coming soon to itunes ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 10:18:00 GMT

New CD and NYC gig...

Twenty-song new cd of original songs, Ship of State has just been released, with contributions from musicians around the world. Ill be playing a a gig & CD release party with Ken Ficara, at Café du...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:20:00 GMT

New songs for a new day

It's an exciting and interesting time here in the US, with the wonderful election results still sinking in, while unfortunatly  the economy is just plain sinking.I've got several new songs, which are ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:08:00 GMT

How bad does it have to get?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0fi7fJOqks This is a new original song I've written, played on a baritone tricone resonator National guitar. It's inspired by the crazy state of the world the...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:27:00 GMT

New Music Video, and election season...

Hi everyone... well, the US election is almost upon us, and it's been quite a ride! As many of you know, I'm a supporter of Barack Obama, and I went down to Pennsylvania (the nearest swing s...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:17:00 GMT

New video of new song on youtube!

Hi everyone- wanted to let you all know that I have a new original song which we just made a video of- it's a live-in-studio performance of "Yes We Can".  Yes,  I wrote the song inspire...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:37:00 GMT

new songs, new recordings, & more

It’s hard to believe it has been a year since I posted here, and alot has happened. From a musical standpoint (which is what this myspace page is about, really) I participated in another Februar...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT

a few early february things of note

hey everyone A few things of note this week:   THe great fawm site (february album writing month- go to fawm.org for more details) has been even better this year. I've written two new songs, rec...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:22:00 GMT

february album writing month

Hi everyone- I wanted to update this blog and , first, say a few words about an interesting project that I got involved in last year and hope to again  this year. www.fawm.org It's cal...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:50:00 GMT