Not that it hasn't been said yet but the music Scott Andrew is doing as the Walkingbirds is just great stuff, luminious, sweet intelligent folk without being self-important or slight. And its all available free for download.

My favorite, "Gravel Road Requiem", reminds me of when I first heard Matt Nathanson nearly eight years ago who quickly became my favorite folkie ever.

Comments

[Jessa]

I've been listening to Scott's music for the past few days myself, and I have to agree that it's wonderful stuff.

[Geoffrey]

I've been listening to Scott Andrew's stuff ever since someone (I think it was the good Mr. Haughey) tipped me off on them (him?) a year or two ago. And, yeah, Gravel Road Requiem is one of those songs that just wriggles its way in between your neurons and refuses to get out. Not that that's a bad thing, mind. Better that than 99% of the crap out there.

Actually, though, if you're interested in The Walkingbirds and would like more intelligent folk/alt-country/not-pop music, you should seriously look into Paste magazine. These guys feature good music like this all the time, and they package an anthology CD with each issue that's been pretty darn impressive both times I've managed to find a copy.

[Geoffrey]

::sigh:: Right, I forgot HTML was turned off in these comments. Darn. Paste can be found over at http://www.pastemagazine.com/ for the interested.