Acoustic Rainbow Volume18

ANI DIFRANCO - Origami
TRT: 2:23  INTRO :18  END: cold   MEDIUM

LEFTOVER SALMON - Woody Guthrie
TRT: 3:34  INTRO :09  END: cold   UPTEMPO

EAMON FRIEL - Arrow and Heart
TRT: 4:35  INTRO :22  END: cold   BALLAD

THOMASINA - How Can I Keep From Singing
TRT: 3:10  INTRO :10  END: cold   MEDIUM

THE WAYBACKS - Been Around
TRT: 3:43  INTRO :14  END: cold   UPTEMPO

PETE WERNICK'S LIVE FIVE - My Buddy
TRT: 3:02  INTRO :15  END: cold   BALLAD

DAVE BEEGLE - Sandy's Painting
TRT: 3:17  INSTRUMENTAL  END: cold   MEDIUM

KACEY JONES - Oh, Holy Smoke!
TRT: 4:16  INTRO :06  END: cold   MEDIUM

JEFF AUSTIN and CHRIS CASTINO - Back of My Mind
TRT: 4:07  INTRO :17  END: cold   UPTEMPO

RISE - Trust Me
TRT: 4:11  INTRO :07  END: cold   BALLAD

MARK DALY - Killer Bees
TRT: 1:36  INSTRUMENTAL   END: cold   UPTEMPO

SHERWIN LINTON - Thank You For Serving
TRT: 2:16  INTRO :11  END: cold   BALLAD

CRIS CUDDY - No Love No Nothin'
TRT: 4:11  INTRO :18  END: fade   MEDIUM

TOM ADLER - Into The Night
TRT: 2:50  INTRO :09  END: cold   MEDIUM

RANDY PARSONS and FRIENDS - Sweet Motion
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MATT GRABOSKI - End of the Beginning
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Format:   Folk  
Artist:   Ani DiFranco
Song:   Origami
CD:   Educated Guess
Ani's new CD, Educated Guess, is her first solo album in more than a decade. She recorded herself at home on an old analog 8-track reel-to-reel, and the results may be her most intimate and ingenious work yet. Call today for the whole brilliant CD!
Phone:   (828) 252-6300 Email:   sean@musicallies.com
Contact:  Sean O'Connell at Music Allies, 9 W. Walnut Street, Suite 2-D, Asheville, NC  28801

Format:   Bluegrass
Artist:   Leftover Salmon
Song:   Woody Guthrie
CD:   Leftover Salmon
The sound of Colorado's legendary Leftover Salmon is unmistakable: fluid, loose, rootsy and daring.  This song is a preview of their new CD that fuses their adventurous spirit with a poetic social commentary that would make Woody himself proud.
Phone:   (615) 277-1826 Email:   rpepin@compendiamusic.com
Contact:   Ric Pepin, Compendia Records, 210 25th Avenue N., Nashville, TN  37203

Format:  Celtic
Artist:   Eamon Friel
Song:   Arrow and Heart
CD:   The Waltz of the Years
Irish songwriter Eamon Friel has a gift for memorable melodies and striking words. Here, an evening on a beach on the west coast of Ireland is reflected in a beautiful song. Just one of the many musical diamonds you'll find on this
gem of a CD.
Phone:   (44) 028 71260221  Email:   epgfriel@hotmail.com
Contact:   Thran Records, 11 Marlborough Street, Derry City, N. Ireland  BT48 9AU

Format:   Traditional  
Artist:   Thomasina
Song:   How Can I Keep From Singing
CD:   Chasing Cloud Shadows
Picking up the musical torch from folk icon Jean Ritchie, Thomasina is an acclaimed mountain dulcimer player and songwriter who weaves together traditional and modern folk music. The third verse of this beautiful folk jewel is her
own original addition.
Phone:   (860) 567-1605 Email:   DulcimerSong@aol.com
Contact:  T. M.  Levy, P.O. Box 1469, Litchfield, CT  06759

Format:   Americana
Artist:   The Waybacks
Song:   Been Around
CD:   Way Live
With dazzling instrumentals and a mastery of acoustic musical styles, The Waybacks from San Francisco have finally captured the magic of their live performance. The cut heard here demonstrates why the band's performing reputation has spread like wildfire.
Phone:   (415) 381-3739 Email:   tritone3@earthlink.net
Contact:  Fiddling Cricket, 331 Carrera Drive, Mill Valley, CA  94941

Format:   Americana
Artist:   Pete Wernick's Live Five
Song:   My Buddy    
CD:   Up All Night
On his latest CD, Hot Rize banjo player Pete Wernick has created a
"Flexigrass" sound by blending bluegrass with traditional jazz elements. Banjo combined
with the clarinet vibes to support Joan Wernick's evocative vocals on this
beloved 1920's classic.
Phone:   (303) 625-8346 Email:   pete@drbanjo.com
Contact:  Niwot Records, 7930 Oxford Road, Niwot, CO  80503

Format:   Acoustic Rock
Artist:   Dave Beegle
Song:   Sandy's Painting
CD:   Beyond The Desert
Legendary guitarist Phil Keaggy called Colorado's Dave Beegle, "one of the most creative and accomplished guitarists I've met." Dave's masterful technique can be heard on this exquisite solo guitar composition filled with brilliant grace and beauty.
Phone:   (970) 613-8879 Email:   info@mapiskratch.com
Contact:   Avant-Acoustic Records, 1151 Eagle Drive, Suite 324, Loveland, CO  80537-8020

Format:   Singer/Songwriter
Artist:   Kacey Jones
Song:   Oh, Holy Smoke!
CD:   The Sweet Potato Queen's Big-Ass Box of Music
Kacey was Garrison Keillor's musical guest on a recent "A Prairie Home Companion" on NPR. Her smoky voice and sultry humor are abundant on this track from her new hilarious CD dedicated to everyone who made a resolution to kick the habit in 2004.
Phone:   (615) 321-0033 Email:   IGOrecords@aol.com
Contact:   IGO Records, 1100 18th Avenue S., Nashville, TN  37212

Format:   Americana
Artist:   Jeff Austin and Chris Castino
Song:   Back of My Mind
CD:   Songs from the Tin Shed
Jeff Austin's (Yonder Mountain String Band) and Chris Castino's project can best be described as a melting pot of raw acoustic, youthful exuberance. This original composition blends trad-bluegrass sounds with a distinctive
contemporary edge.
Phone:   (303) 444-0500 Email:   radio@frogpadrecords.com
Contact:   Frog Pad Records, 2805 Wilderness Place, Suite 100, Boulder, CO  80301

Format:   Celtic    
Artist:   RISE
Song:   Trust Me
CD:   Posing As Human
We introduced you Scottish celtic/rock band RISE and the response from radio was overwhelming. Their second CD will be released this spring and we hope this advance track from the new album Posing Is Human will hold you over until then.
Phone:   +44-1700-505357    Email:   kris@riseband.co.uk
Contact:  Kris Manvell, Orissor House, Craigmore Road, Rothesay, Isle of
Bute, Scotland, UK  PA20 9LB

Format:  Progressive Bluegrass  
Artist:   Mark Daly
Song:   Killer Bees
CD:   Connections
Tired of not being able to air great progressive bluegrass songs because they're too long? Cincinnati native Mark Daly's track is one of the most sharply-performed roots instrumentals that we've heard in years. It'll leave your
listeners begging for more.
Phone:   (513) 561-1545 Email:   MandoA2Z@aol.com
Contact:   MandoMusic Publishing, P.O. Box 43350, Cincinnati, OH  45243

Format:   Traditional  
Artist:   Sherwin Linton
Song:   Thank You For Serving
CD:   It Happened In America
In 2003, the Gov. of S. Dakota proclaimed July 28th, Sherwin Linton Day. He has recorded over 500 songs and has been performing since the 1950's. Thank You For Serving is a moving tribute to the vets at a time when most of our world seems to be at war.
Phone:   (763) 786-8535 Email:   LintonEnt@aol.com
Contact:   Black Gold, P.O. Box 48100, Minneapolis, MN  55448

Format:   Singer/Songwriter
Artist:   Cris Cuddy
Song:   No Love No Nothin'  
CD:   Keep The Change/Nowhere Town
It was hard to choose just one track from Canadian Cris Cuddy's double CD set. The project offers a wealth of great songs that will fit most Americana and folk radio formats. This sample is a vintage guitar driven ballad of love lost and found.
Phone:   (905) 649-1521 Email:   criscuddymusic@aol.com
Contact:   Vanishing Castle, P.O. Box 5152, Claremont, Ontario, Canada  L1Y 1A4

Format:   Americana
Artist:   Tom Adler
Song:   Into The Night  
CD:   Jenny Where You Going
Roots-oriented radio should love this well crafted tune from Tom Adler's
latest CD. The stellar dobro work of Salley Van Meter plays off Tom's fingerstyle
guitar and vocals. A highly recommended album full of great songs.
Phone:   (505) 982-6377 Email:   tomeadler@earthlink.net
Contact:   Coal Holler Music, P.O. Box 9043, Santa Fe, NM  87504

Format:   Folk/Blues   
Artist:   Randy Parsons and Friends
Song:   Sweet Motion    
CD:   Go Ahead and Love Someone
New York songwriter/guitarist Randy Parsons crafts his melodic bluesy, jazz
originals with different vocalists and players. On this great song, vocalist
Nancy Atlas sings the part of a cross country traveler looking for a better life
in California.
Phone:   (631) 329-5206 Email:   lilyhillmusic@aol.com
Contact:   Lily Hill Music, P.O. Box 480, East Hampton, NY  11937

Format:   Acoustic Rock
Artist:   Matt Graboski
Song:   End of the Beginning    
CD:   Drag of the Mask
Matt explores the post-acoustic future on his debut CD. The first single, End
of the Beginning, combines inventive songwriting, virtuoso electro-acoustic
guitar artistry and convincing vocals. A debut worthy of attention!
Phone:   (410) 744-4551 Email:   skafrican@yahoo.com
Contact:   OHO Music, 1505 Tredegar Avenue, Catonsville, MD  21228-5663