A gentle patina in her voice gives this self-released effort a sense of character unfamiliar to many indie acoustic singers, tinged with a soul unmatched by her peers. Her whistle-register voice is reproduced in a very honest and intimate fashion on the self-released EP, Under The Cloud Cover.
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It's intriguing to imagine a powerful trial attorney shaking in his shoes on his first open-mic night, or the pensive business lawyer tuning up her guitar for a mid-Atlantic tour, to be sure, but you're not likely to find these performers at the Ottobar opening up for The Melvins. As one attorney points out in the piece, it can be difficult to pull a weeknight gig with a set at 11:00 PM when you have a hearing at 9 the next morning.
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Artscape kicks off this weekend and features plenty of Baltimore bands which have often graced the pages of this blog and magazine. Whartscape takes the cake this time.
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Gary B & The Notions,
Joan Jett,
the death set,
The Jennifers,
The Oranges Band,
thrushes,
Wham City
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Join me as I talk with Squaaks about their album, Rock Control, and the songwriting process, art, and more.
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Hear three tracks from World/Electronic/New Age fusion group Telesma (www.myspace.com/telesma), and listen in as Ian Hesford plays the kubing (a bamboo mouth harp and Chris Mandra talks about his invention the man drum.
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Luckiest Girl mixes the best of the 20th century with the freshness of the 21st and proves that jazz is neither dead nor dusty. The songstress never goes out of style.
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Billie Holiday,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Etta James,
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Rosey
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Forget about what you thought folk and nostalgia sounded like, this simple release is angry, frustrated, and whispers an angular promise of better things to come from The Ghostwrite.
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Brooks Harlan,
J. Robbins,
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Kicking off with "The Whip" and its barbed chorus, Elika's Trying Got Us Nowhere is best described as shoe-tronica, blending programming with organic field recordings and reverb effects.
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The liner notes to Panda Riot's She Dares All Things describes the nine-track LP as "a collection of singles", and that seems appropriate. The album is very synth-y, poppy, and therefore catchy.
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