Dan Reeder - Smithereens - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After more than 20 years of entertaining audiences from Vermont to California, Seattle-based singer-songwriter Dan Keusal offers his first CD, 'All Along.' The CD's compositions feature thoughtful lyrics that build bridges from everyday concerns to life's deeper levels. The music is subtly acoustic, ranging in style from the flowing, alternate-tuning, fingerstyle guitar of 'Healing Heart' to the rhythmic, jazzy title cut. The full range of Keusal's influences can be heard on this album, from his early love of James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg, to his emulation of jazz guitar greats like Charlie Byrd and Joe Pass (who once gave Keusal an impromptu guitar lesson during intermission a a concert!), to the textured steel-string instrumentals of Eric Tingstad and Alex De Grassi. A lifelong student of acoustic, modern-folk style guitar, Keusal also studied jazz for a year and a half at the Griggs School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. On this CD, Keusal is backed by a stellar group of Seattle-based musicians, including Ken Calandra, Stephen Kayser, Mark Iler, Larry Murante, and Walter White. Scroll down for 1) reviews in the media 2) notes and lyrics for each song 3) reviews from listeners! If you'd like to write a review of 'All Along,' scroll all the way down to the bottom of this page! * * * * * From Richard Middleton's Review of 'All Along,' in 'Victory Review--Acoustic Music Review Magazine' 'Keusal is known for his thoughtful, contemporary folk songs, smooth fingerpicking, and gentle vocals, and all are showcased nicely on this intimate recording, which he co-produced with Janis Carper. The sound is warm and inviting, especially when he's joined by pals such as Ken Calandra, Mark Iler, and Larry Murante on vocal harmonies. 'Healing Heart' features some particularly nice three-part vocal arranging, as does 'The Only Way Out.' The latter provides some of the album's songwri

Dan Reeder's self-titled album is a funny, profane, absurdly profound folk and blues songs about everything from the Cuban Revolution to Reeder's shortcomings in the love department. This first recording is a work of minimalist genius. Reeder's no-frills guitar work and vocal perfomrance are so strightforward that you wonder why nobody has made music like this before.

2020 from the musician and artist. Every Which Ways was, as always, written, played, recorded and produced by Dan Reeder himself. Dan Reeder has been called Inchone of the foremost outsider artists in modern folkInch by The New Yorker's Ben Greenman. His music has received critical acclaim for it's unique blending of blues, folk, gospel and field hollers.