Maven

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Track Listings

1. Mary

2. Hard On For Love

3. Silverbirds

4. Candidate

5. Jesus, Mary, and Jennifer

6. Regular Man

7. In Still Love Reigns

8. Not American

9. Slaying the Comedians

10. 6600 West

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Maven is the long awaited post-industrial band from Nitzer Ebb founder Bon Harris. Catchy hooks and powerful choruses dominate this self-titled debut. The album features songs such as the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds cover "Hard On For Love" featuring Marilyn Manson on vocals, and "Silverbirds," a melodic, political journey into the subconscious 21st Century mind. With Bon Harris on vocals, Biff Sanders on drums, and Andy Troy on guitar Maven is a sonic symphony designated to spark both your aural and visual senses. Maven is a force that will pave the way for upcoming artists and music lovers while penetrating and cracking the post-industrial movement.

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A Yiddishe Maven
The Musical Mavens
Manufacturer: The Musical Mavens
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGFCU
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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Vessel
Alice Despard
Manufacturer: Wampus Multimedia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000BGQT76
Release Date: 2005-09-09

Tracks:

The Well
Where the River Bends
November Day
By the Way
Firmament
Walk
Vessel
Twilight Lucy
Hold You Up

Product Description

The songs of Washington, D.C.-based singer-guitarist Alice Despard are like New York City rock 'n' roll played on an old Harmony acoustic guitar -- like Patti Smith interpreting the work of Neil Young. Despard fuses her intuitive, poetic observations with a warm mysticism, producing sparse, intellectually muscular songs that resemble nothing so much as four-minute pop hymns. Blending the stark realism of the Velvet Underground with the oblique optimism of early R.E.M., they play as fresh and original while touching some of the most significant bases in modern rock. Add to this mix the influences of Van Morrison, the Beatles, Mission of Burma, East River Pipe, Vic Chesnutt, and the Sea and Cake, and you find you're listening to a songwriter as distinctive as any in alternative pop. Despard's new 'Vessel,' released by U.S. indie label Wampus Multimedia, brings her expressive voice to the fore. Comprised of original material both old and new, it reinvents her traditional indie aesthetic as a sort of unamplified melodicism, the abrupt beauty of a singer left standing after all the Marshall stacks have blown. While Despard's recent solo efforts, 'Push Me Pull You' (1999), 'Alice Despard Group' (2000), and 'Thinning of the Veil' (2003), were rooted firmly in the whir-'n'-blur of indie pop, 'Vessel' relies on the arresting candor of her unadorned voice. While Despard makes what The Washington Post called "lush, ethereal country rock," the music's heady spiritualism is difficult to classify. Whether accompanied solely by her acoustic guitar, or by inventive collaborators Evan Pollack (drums), Philip D'Ambrosio (bass), and Bobby Birdsong (lap steel), Despard leaves sonic fingerprints not found in the recordings of other artists. From the Velvet-esque "The Well" to the soulfully plaintive "By the Way" to the sweetly sparkling "Hold You Up," 'Vessel' speaks to a rich inner life. Produced by Mark Doyon at Wampus Sound Studio, 'Vessel' is part of the Wampus Multimedia Sessions series, featuring literate singer-songwriters captured in the studio over the course of a single day. The focus falls on the intimacy of performance, evoking the mood of a live show in the context of the studio.

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Great album and a great performer
Distinct, smart songwriting
I love her music
A Great cd from start to finish
Robynn is truly a rising star!

Modern American Female Gut
Robynn Ragland
Manufacturer: Ragdoll Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music

Alternative Pop | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004SWK3
Release Date: 2003-07-04

Tracks:

Any Thoughts On This
People You Know
Shallow
Peace In The Water
Love, Love, Love, Love
Trying To Fly
Juggerknot (Ragland)
Nothing
Work Hard
Let It Go
Something Real For You

Album Description

Melodic Rock

Customer Reviews:

Great album and a great performer.......2004-07-03

I saw Robynn perform at the Fleetwood Mac show in Hartford, CT in June, 2004, just her and her guitar and she was fabulous. In fact, I wish more of the tracks on MAFG were acoustic so that you could better appreciate the skill of her playing and the beauty of her voice. I bought MAFG from her that day, and I'm glad I got it signed because she's going places. I wait anxiously for when I'll be able to hear her play live again.

Distinct, smart songwriting.......2003-01-28

"Modern American Female Gut" is an apt title for this album. Her songs, and delivery, are straight from the gut, and she pulls no punches in her offerings. When I first listened to the album, I was reminded of Alanis Morissette's work on "Jagged Little Pill." I was immediately impressed by the harmony of lyrics and music. While the lyrics are catchy and pull you in immediately, they're yet well thought out, and emotionally provocative, giving this album teeth on many levels.

To me, this album is what the female singer/songwriter experience is about. It transcends musical genres. For the few songs on this album that miss, there are others that bring me close to tears in their poignancy. The album is in my regular CD rotation, and I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a fresh glance at sincere songwriting, which seems to be becoming a lost art, or at least one pushed out of the mainstream.

I love her music.......2001-08-03

Robynn Ragland writes her own music and she is diverse in her abilities. She seems like the type of musician that could have done anything and been good at it. I love the song, "people you know". I couldn't stop humming the tune. I just hope she gets some play on the radio. She's so much better that Cheryl Crow or Mariah Carey that tend to sound the same on album after album. I would love to see her in concert. I imagine she is a wonderful performer with a great voice that doesn't need a recording studio to make her sound good.

A Great cd from start to finish.......2000-06-30

What an amazing album. Robynn Ragland is an unbeleivable songwriter with a very distinct sound.

Robynn is truly a rising star!.......2000-05-02

Many of us who have been anxiously awaiting the release of this first album were certainly not disappointed. It is a phenomenal first album. I am anxiously awaiting all of her future releases!

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Tidewaters

Manufacturer: Tori Sparks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAD9DI
Release Date: 2003-05-13

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Guitar Hero
you done did it by michael locke and the repeat offenders
HOT AND COOL!!
Locke Rocks and more

You Done Did It
Michael Locke & the Repeat Off
Manufacturer: Maven Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000009PX3
Release Date: 2001-10-25

Tracks:

Can't Stop Movin'
You Done Did It
All Your Love I Miss Loving
Hideaway
Yea
My Baby's Arms
Lovin' You On Credit
Austin Backwash
Cost of Lovin'
Time Will Tell
Six Feet
Come On

Album Description

If you love the blues, you'll love Michael Locke & The Repeat Offenders. Produced by Johnny Nitro, YOU DONE DID IT contains 12 blistering tracks reminiscient of such classic blues masters such as Albert King, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Tracks include "Can't Stop Movin'", "Yea", "You Done Did It", and "Time Will Tell".

Customer Reviews:

Guitar Hero.......2001-06-28

Wow! The guitar playing on this record is explosive. Can't Stop Movin'? I can't stop listening.

you done did it by michael locke and the repeat offenders.......2001-06-27

Thank you Michael Locke and the Repeat Offenders (wherever you are) for providing me with countless hours of listening pleasure. I practically wore this CD out. Michael's guitar playing simply grabs you and communicates with your soul. His passion comes through with every chord and every note played. This CD is also humorous and fun. It's cool to encounter a gifted and talented musician who manages to remain grounded and not take himself too seriously. I love every track on this CD but my two favorites are "Austin Backwash" and "Time will Tell". The funky grooves makes me want to get up and dance (Car dance if I'm in my car). I also really like "Yea" because it's cool and it cracks me up and their version of "Hideaway" is Freddie King with added hot spice named Michael Locke. If you're a blues enthusiast like me, you'll LOVE this CD. I hope there are many more to follow because I can't get enough of these guys.

HOT AND COOL!!.......2001-05-17

WHAT A WONDERFUL LISTENING EXPERIENCE! FROM HAPPY AND FEEL GOOD (CUTS 1,4,5,8 & 12) TO LOW DOWN AND DIRTY (CUTS 2,5,7,10&11) TO HOT AND ... (3&9 AND OH, HELL, ALL OF 'EM ACTUALLY!), WITH A LITTLE JAZZ THROWN IN (6) THIS ALBUM ROCKS, ROLLS AND KEEPS YOU MOVIN' FROM BEGINING TO END. I'VE PLAYED IT IN MY HOME FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS AND IT NEVER MISSES - IS ALWAYS A HIT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHO THIS GREAT GUITARIST IS. MICHAEL LOCKE IS AN AMAZING TALENT - BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING IS THAT HE'S EVEN BETTER LIVE! WHEN WILL WE SEE/HEAR HIM ON TV? THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT ON A TRULY GREAT EXPERIENCE. WHEN'S THE NEXT CD ??!!

Locke Rocks and more.......2001-03-18

This is powerful stuff, real deal blues... hard core Michael Locke plays both a handful of covers (note especially the Otis Rush classic "All Your Love" and Freddie King's "Hideaway") and no fewer than eight originals with authority and dexterity, not to mention genuine six-string style. His electric guitar is ripping yet plaintive, Locke can both rock and rile you and soothe. His lyrics are often hilarious, and this album gets an even bigger boost lyric-wise with producer Johnny Nitro writing one and co-writing a pair of songs. The acoustic "Six Feet" is a nice surprise after the rocking electric songs that precede it. Then again, Michael goes pretty guitar savage on that one too, even unplugged. This is a great blues CD. Amazing that this guy is not yet on a real label.

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I hope they don't go mainstream
Join the fan club!
A fabulous disc. Don't leave this page without buying it!
One of those albums you leave in your CD player permanently
Hot

Primordial Soup
Big Spoon
Manufacturer: Maven Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000JQCW
Release Date: 1999-05-26

Tracks:

Gray
Universal Law
Your Own Ground
Montana Moon
Zoe
Hard To Learn
Father
Irishman's Daughter
Light of Day
I Must Go
Million Paces
Are You Still Listening
Unplugged

Album Description

A heaping cauldron of organic folk rock. Seattle-based Big Spoon features six players, with a rich combination of vocal harmonies, acoustic and electric guitars and soaring harmonica and mandolin. Primordial Soup, the band's debut CD, roots its way through rurual landscapes and urban love to reveal moments of unfettered emotion.

Customer Reviews:

I hope they don't go mainstream.......2000-01-08

In a nutshell these guys are the total package, for anyone who saw them barbershop at the CD release party you know they are all that and a can of corn. Please don't tour with anyone too big fellas, put out 5 more albums and play the Tractor Tavern in Ballard every month. This album will grow on you and make you want to buy it for all your friends.....

Join the fan club!.......1999-11-11

As former Big Spoon fan club president, I was fortunate to find this band early on, when all they had was a four-track and a dream. Nice job, Will!

A fabulous disc. Don't leave this page without buying it!.......1999-10-22

These guys have talent, these guys have style. They've definitely found a sound that skillfully merges some great musical genres. Dang, I wish we had bands like this in New York.

One of those albums you leave in your CD player permanently.......1999-08-26

A fantastic album--beautiful harmonies coupled with down-home melodies. An album for rainy weekends and even, curiously, late night parties. (I played the album a few times at soirees I hosted and got several thumbs up.) Check it out.

Hot.......1999-08-24

We better like it, we bought 15 copies and are giving it to all our friends

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Maven
Mr. Mitchell
Manufacturer: Independent Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA8QWM
Release Date: 2005-03-15

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Vol. 1-Welcome to the Goodlife

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000GIWG9O
Release Date: 2006-06-20

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Maven
Maven
Manufacturer: Long Live Crime
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0001L3LK4
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Mary
Hard On For Love
Silverbirds
Candidate
Jesus, Mary, and Jennifer
Regular Man
In Still Love Reigns
Not American
Slaying the Comedians
6600 West

Album Description

Maven is the long awaited post-industrial band from Nitzer Ebb founder Bon Harris. Catchy hooks and powerful choruses dominate this self-titled debut. The album features songs such as the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds cover "Hard On For Love" featuring Marilyn Manson on vocals, and "Silverbirds," a melodic, political journey into the subconscious 21st Century mind. With Bon Harris on vocals, Biff Sanders on drums, and Andy Troy on guitar Maven is a sonic symphony designated to spark both your aural and visual senses. Maven is a force that will pave the way for upcoming artists and music lovers while penetrating and cracking the post-industrial movement.

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When I Hold You in My Arms

Manufacturer: Maven Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

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