Blue Music
* Micah Blue Smaldone: More Than I Can Bear (3.0 mb) | Tatterdemalion Stomp (2.5 mb) | A Winter’s Truce (2.5 mb)
From Hither And Thither : North East Indie : NEI 39
Last year I had the wonderful experience of Portland, ME coming to me instead of me coming to it. Cerberus Shoal were touring and played a show at the University Of Chicago. Along with them was this fellow, Micah Blue Smaldone who just absolutely blew me away. It was a very intimate performance, with just him, surrounded by a couple of acoustic/steel guitars and his voice. There was no amplification, which made it that much more intimate. At first, his voice was a bit of a shock to me, as he sings in a warbling sort of tenor voice. But I quickly became accustomed to it and after awhile, I couldn’t imagine the music without it. For those of you who are into this style of music, it definitely won’t disappoint. And for those of you unfamilar with olde timey, this could be a great place to start that journey.
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Flynn said,
June 2, 2006 @ 10:53 pm
Greetings from Portland, Maine!
If you haven’t already, you should check out the Cerberus Shoal/ Micah Blue Smaldone side project Threads. They haven’t released anything yet, but there are 4 songs on their MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/threadsofmaine
Smaldone also plays and sings on Death Vessel’s CD ‘Stay Close’.
cb said,
June 5, 2006 @ 5:10 pm
Oh cool. Thanks for the additional info. That sounds fantastic.
Also, I would like to add that Smaldone is totally amazing as a live entity. He really has the ability to draw you into his world.
-cb