It would be tempting to define Adam Whiting as a diamond in the rough. There is, after all, a pleasing edginess to his playing. A rough and tumble quality surges through his direct and highly original approach to making music. His clear edge comes not from lack of polish, but from an intuitive grasp of exactly when to obsess and when to let go. Listen carefully and you will hear an artist making sophisticated choices every second of the way. The result is a seductive balance between raw and defined. A meticulously crafted, rough-hewn sheen radiates from every track. It’s push and pull, give and take. It’s like life, and it’s irresistible. - Jennifer Foster, WDAV
The classically trained Whiting has a nice knack for weblike fingerstyle fingerings, melancholic melodies and a muted stage presence that nonetheless speaks of his command. Not quite folk, not quite roots, but not a sterile music school machine gunner either. Whiting’s sound is in fact all of the above: Folk in its earnestness, roots in its respectful take and accomplished in its pedigree. - Creative Loafing
Civilian Is Also Available At The Following Retailers:
Manifest Records
6239 South Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28217
Lunchbox Records
1419A Central Ave
Charlotte, NC 28205
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
South Park Mall
4345 Barclay Downs Drive
Charlotte, NC 28209
Summit Coffee
128 S. Main St
Davidson, NC
Landau Guitar Company
12038 University City Blvd
Harrisburg, NC
HELLO ADAM… I FIND YOUR MYSPACE PAGE, YOUR TALANT AND YOUR ENTHUSIASIUM FOR PLAYING THE GUITAR VERY PLEASON’ TO MANY… IT IS WITH ADMIRATION OF YOUR GIFT THAT I’M HONORED TO HAVE YOU AS MY NEW MYSPACE GUITAR PLAYING FRIEND… I WELCOME YOU TO VISIT MYSPACE PAGE THAT I HAVE DEDICATED TO MY ADMIRATION OF MANY TALENTED GUITAR PLAYING MUSCIANS OF MANY STYLES… STOP BY CHECK IT OUT AND LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU LIKE… KEEP ON PICKIN’… THANKS KEN…
We're extremely excited about our return show in Charlotte next week! We're playing the Neighborhood Theatre on Good Friday April 10th with our good friends, Boulder Acoustic Society, and we hope you'll be there. Tickets are still on sale now at www.neighborhoodtheatre.com . Thanks for all of your support thus far and please be on the look out for announcements about our new album release this summer!
Whats up Everybody! Manic Has just added The new single Extasy up on myspace so feel free to check it out and also come show some Love on Saturday the 4th at The Evening Muse with S.O. Stereo! WE go on at Eight O'clock! Remember Manic Loves You!
Hey Adam, Thanks for being our new friend! We like you for that. Want to hear something cool? Check out this new song--ELECTION DAY. Keep your fire burning…
whats up cuz!! Hope all is going well! The Music sounds really good!!!!!! Love to see you some time, should come up here, in April I'll kinda be in the area while I'm on tour with my band, so we need to hook up! Stay in touch.
Just stopping by to let you know about the FREE SHOW we're putting on at the Neighborhood Theatre on July 11th. It's our only show in town this summer so we wanted to make it special, and what with the gas prices and all we figured what better way to throw a party than to just forget the price tag and get down! So come on out... we're going to have a great time, we'd love to show you how we've grown, it's a friday night, we've got two great bands playing with us, and hey... it's free!
Hope you're doing well, and we're looking forward to seeing you out on the 11th!
I don't understand why this music is not being played on every non-com station in the area, or the world for that matter... Does WNCW, WSGE, WGWC, or any other stations have copies of Civilian?
i'm gonna come down for one (or more) of your shows between now and the end of march. i'll bring some of your greensboro groupies with me. they've been asking when you're coming back to play in the g-beezy...
hope all is well with you, your lady, and your sweet puppies! xoxo
get out yer calendar. get out a pen. January 12th - 2 of my favorite local bands are playing together in Charlotte -- great live shows. The Urban Sophisticates and Who's Bad? Check out their myspace pages, and if you dig 'em, let's do it up! I'll be coming down with some Greensboro folks, and we'll have a big old time.
We'll hang out before then, of course, but I'm just trying to be proactive.
