Matthew Price describes his music as freewheeling folk rock. He combines vivid, authentic stories with rhythmic, contagious melodies to offer listeners songs that they will never forget. Imagine Jack Johnson meets John Prine. The album was produced by Rob Stroup of 8 Ball Studios in Portland, Oregon. Matthew and Rob brought in some of the finest musicians in the Northwest to participate on the album. Credits include Tony Furtado, Skip Von Kuske, Drew Shoals, and Arthur Parker, among others. The seven song EP that resulted is a breathtakingly beautiful and tasteful representation of the music. Instrumentation includes, upright bass, acoustic drums, piano, Hammond B3 organ, dobro, cello, pedal steel, acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide, and rich harmonies.

There is no filler on this album; just seven of Matthew’s best songs, period.

Freewheeling Folk Rock. Genuine acoustic songs with lyrics and harmonies that become part of your life.



  Nation of Heat EP
  by Joe Pug
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After three years at University of North Carolina studying to be a playwright, Joe Pug had a bit of an epiphany. Literally on the way to buy his books for his senior year, he sat down for a cup of coffee and made a decision that would alter his life forever. By the next day he had formally dropped out of school and was on his way to Chicago, where he would pick up the guitar he played as a teenager and try his hand at songwriting. Like his father, he spent his days working as a carpenter. At night the 23 year old was busy crafting the complex, literate and timeless songs that would come to be the Nation of Heat EP. By half way through the opening track, the stunning "Hymn #101" it is apparent that he is a talent that holds his own with the best young songwriters working today.

Thoughtful, literate singer/songwriter in the tradition of John Prine, Josh Ritter and Bob Dylan.



  What The Crow Brings
  by The Low Anthem
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Without a doubt, this album gives my brain more room to breathe than anything else I've heard in a long time. The lyrics saunter up as a comfortable cadence of ideas that are beautifully human and patient in the face of time. The Low Anthem's earlier, self titled release felt like a soundtrack to a movie not yet written. "What The Crow Brings" feels like a compelling call to hold close what is dear to you while having a chuckle at the fact that life is short because "we are only for a while....."

New songs that come from old songs. Vibe. Providence, RI. Typewriters. Folk art. Corn-dogs. Gospel influence. Feng shui. Not entirely jaded yet: music that really is music, not an advertisement. Imagine that. Word of mouth.



  I Can't Die In LA
  by Hail The Size
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UK's BEAT SURRENDER writes: Hail The Size are LA based Charles Ezell and Matt North, who enlisted a "small cast of local friends and musicians" and the vocal and piano talents of Maria McKee, the former lead singer of Lone Justice who duets on three tracks and added piano to seven of the albums ten listed tracks, all the songs are originals mixing clever lyrics, dark humour and some healthy cynicism - wrapping them up in Ezell's convincing vocal.

"Now that's a good record." Steve Earle, Air America Radio. Americana Rock featuring Maria McKee.



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