|
 Jim
Allen www.jimallentown.com
Allen's
music has been described as the bastard offspring of Leonard Cohen and Johnny
Cash.
Straight
out of the Bronx, and the only known right-handed man playing guitar
left-handed, upside-down with five strings, in a self-invented tuning, Jim
combines American roots music (country, R&B, soul, Tex-Mex, etc.) with
dark, poetic imagery leavened by just the right touch of self-deprecating
humor.
Jim
Allen’s 3rd album, Wild Card, both
amplifies the country/Americana feel and intensifies the sometimes sardonic
lyrical attack.
Not
quite country. Not quite jazz. Somehow, this Texas native manages to tap into
everything from Flamenco to Motown, Classical to Disco, Blues to folk, and
creates an adventurous sound all his own.
Borrowing
from his years as a flamenco guitarist, Beasley presents his rootsy
compositions on a nylon-string guitar in unique finger-style rhythms. The
styles blend seamlessly to form a mood that’s traditional, yet exciting
& fresh.
Beasley’s
solo debut 'Greenhorn' is slated for release later
this year.
Having grown-up in six different
states, lived in Italy, and explored most of the US, Europe and South America,
Andy Germak (pronounced Ger' mack as in Gertrude) presents a
well-traveled perspective in his songs. Reminiscent of Freedy Johnston, Elvis
Costello, Ryan Adams, and Bruce Springsteen, Germak's mix of intelligent,
sometimes social-political, lyrics and roots-pop musical hooks yields "a
distinct form of 21st century protest music," according to All Music
Guide.
Germak’s latest EP, Anybody Ever
Really Know Anyone, features reworked versions of songs from his 2nd CD,
Communications.
|
