Stephen Foster, Walt Whitman, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Wallace Stevens, Harry Smith, Anton Chekhov, Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, The Zombies, The Hollies, The Left Banke, The Band, Gram Parsons, Bobby Orr, Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, Nick Drake, Big Star, John Denver, The Clash, The Jam, Raymond Carver, Camper Van Beethoven, REM, The DBs, American Music Club, The Church, Miracle Legion, Mark Mulcahy, The Replacements, The Connells, Willie Nelson, The Waterboys, Red House Painters, Alligator Farmhouse, Sparklehorse, The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers, The Blue Star Apartments, Vic Chesnutt, Peter Falk, The Knoxville Drift, The Flaming Lips
Sounds Like
"In the great tradition of US guitar bands Chris Buskey And The Lonesome Plains offer memorable melodies and intoxicating hooks all driven by layer upon layer of harmonic driven guitar pop that is instantly appealing . . . well worth tracking down." - Del Day, Americana-UK /
"Buskey writes songs that grab at the throat, heart, and soul. A classic!"- **** -Rootstime Belgium/
"Although Buskey's vocals often resemble the detached flatness of They Might Be Giants' John Linnell, these are gentle songs of wistful longing and uncomfortable self- reflection ("I'll Be Your Judas"), city lights as a metaphor for fading dreams ("Willow Street Green," "Porchlight") and nature as symbolic of freedom or at least a change from modern despairs"
-Christopher Arnott New Haven Advocate/
"The record is stellar, with a dusty alt-country sound that feels more like twangy folk than roots rock."
-Pat Ferrucci New Haven Register/
"The High Lonesome Plains brand of country rock works precisely because its so distinctive but still manages to sound innately memorable on first listen. Definitely one of the best EPs of the year so far."
-Americana UK/
"The personification of what Alt-Country surely should be. Capturing the essence of American Folk . . . and cranking it out in a manner reserved for rock idols." -Gary Vollano, Independisc.com/
"Neil Young and Crazy Horse meets Big Star with catchy, clever lyrics."
-Rob DeRosa, WESU
The Freewheelin' Chris Bousquet is a singer and songwriter from Connecticut. He is the former leader of the internationally acclaimed High Lonesome Plains and the near-equally respected Alligator Farmhouse. He has also been part of several other projects you've probably never heard of.
He most recently released a free EP entitled "Ulmus Americana (American Elm)."
His new project, Clearlake, will surface some time in 2009
the Freewheelin Chris Bousquet's Friend Space (Top 15)
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Trajectum: '... is vooral voor Berlijn- én muziekfans een must voor in de trein richting Berlin Hauptbahnhof (waar je na het lezen van de eerste pagina's meteen op wilt stappen).'
Het boek is t/m 31 juli met korting online te bestellen voor EUR 14,-. Daarna geldt de normale winkelprijs van EUR 15,95. En ook in de winkels gaat het hard. Velvet Music moest al bij bestellen, nadat ze uitverkocht waren. Bestel jouw exemplaar nu!
Hey Man, i am originally from New Haven and I am rocking out in Las Vegas now. Thanks for the add from the band that Believes in, Lives for, and Plays nothing but American Rock, The Brian Conway Band. Long Live American Rock!
Hello, it's that time of the month again when we add more lovely music to our site. This month's happy foursome are The Barker Band in wistful mode, the summer of love-ish Old Californio, the anything but summer love-ish Christopher Rees and, wait for it..."Travelling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT" from Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, which evenr if it was rubbish (and it's not) just had to be included for the names alone.
We're hiring: Roots Music Bands. If you are a reggae, blues, klezmer, Irish or bluegrass band, we want to book you. Go here for information: http://northamptoncommunity. ning. com
Itâs that time of the month and our site has four new tracks up for your listening enjoyment.
This monthâs box of delights include the swaggering groove of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, the insanely catchy folk-pop of Antje Duvekot, the languid Great Lake Swimmers and, a little belatedly but better late than never, The Young Republic.
A particularly strong month, even if we do say so ourselves. Check them out, you won't regret it.
Hey everyone, I hope this finds you all well…
We're excited to announce that the new Meanwhiles record Slow Motion Summer in all it's bleary-eyed, indie-rock glory is now printed, packaged, produced, posted online, and in all ways.. available.
The CD features Alan Weatherhead playing pedal steel guitar and orchestral samples on “Whenever You Need Me,” and Nadine Khouri singing subway-tunnel echoed vocals on “Dreams From the Underground.”
Limited edition, hand painted CDs by Todd Allen, standard CDs in cases, high quality MP3 downloads and free listens available on our myspace page or at Meanwhiles. com through PayPal.
Those of you in NY can pick up a copy this Sunday at Rebar in DUMBO, Brooklyn where Todd and I will be playing an intimate set at 8pm.
Got some good things planned for the near future… videos, tours, collaborations, live MP3s, and new songs begging to be recorded. Check out Meanwhiles. com for details…
Thank you as always. We hope you can take a listen.
“Keep on the sunny side,”
Josh/Meanwhiles
Hello, we're back again with great new tracks on our page. This month we have some rural bleakness from The Roe Family Singers, the dark intensity of Eamon Dowd, a new song from roots legend Neal Casal and frenetic but compelling from Novillero on the delightfulyl titled but not-at-all-smelly Paco Rabanne. Hope you like them all.
Thanks Chris! Glad things are going well for you! Things have been pretty good for me. I have a Halloween show to play tomorrow night, so I have been trying to get ready for that.
