With styles ranging from country pop and rock to bluegrassy ballads and with a handful of albums under his belt, San Diego’s Alex Woodard has grown quite adept and his own style of finely crafted Americana. Backed by a top-notch band, Woodard sings of highways (Halfway, Photograph), growing up (Older, Billie Holiday), a lover lost to cancer (The Table), other reflections on life and it’s possibilities. An added treat of the album are the guest appearances by Nickel Creek’s Sara Watkins on both vocals and violin, former Posies and Sunny Day Real Estate bassist Joe Skyward, plus former Posies and Fountains of Wayne drummer Brian Young is one of Woodard’s core band members. With a voice reminiscent of Tom Petty, Woodard has a knack for writing songs that are introspective, heartfelt, and good stories to boot.

Here’s a video of him, live at the latest Folk Alliance:

Get Alex’s latest CD at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/alexwoodard7.

 

 CD Baby Folk Podcast #25 - Our Silver Anniversary [22:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode, Peter plays a Canadian teen guitar whiz, a flamenco artist, and a country/folk band, a singer songwriter, plus a song from a Portland artist on which Peter plays tambourine.

Chris Robley & the Fear of Heights - Half Awake, Half Asleep  - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/robley4

The Green Boys - Green As – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/GreenBoys

Hayward Williams – Cotton Bell – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/HaywardWilliams1

John H. Clarke - The Most Evolved – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johnhclarke2

Calum Graham – Sunny Side Up – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/CalumGraham

 

 CD Baby Music Discovery Podcast 7/27/10 [25:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode, Peter and Kevin rock out with some New Jersey, Chicago, and Oregon artists, and more!

Marty Casey and Lovehammers – Trees – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lovehammers5

Scott Liss & the Sixty-Six – Shotgun – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ScottLisstheSixtySix

Gregory Hyde - Better Than Ten – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Hydegregory

Collin Rocker – Heaven In My Head – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/CollinRocker

44 Long – Make The Grade – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/44long2

Be sure to get Seth’s latest album right here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/glierseth

Musicians –  we thought you might like to know about this cool contest…

ANNOUNCING: Indie Band Competition For Recording Session w/ Legendary Grammy-Winning Producer Don Was

We’re looking for some killer indie bands that want to get their music heard by hundreds of thousands and win a recording session with Grammy winning producer Don Was (Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan, Barenaked Ladies). We’re hosting tons of regional battles of the bands, which will culminate in a final competition in Los Angeles for seven finalists.

All you have to do is submit a video of you or your group playing the song you want to submit! Webcam, music video, cell phone cam… doesn’t matter!

For More Information and To Submit Your Band, Click Here:
http://www.gimmethegig.com (go here to see the video below, in context)

 

 Music Discovery Podcast 7/22/10 [31:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode, Peter and Kevin play a great mix of rock, americana, and jazz from around the U.S.

Carnegie – Traverse – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Carnegie1
Schuyler Fisk – The Good Stuff – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/schuylerfisk
Evgeny Lebedev Trio – Fairy Tale – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Elebedevtrio
The Lonesomes – Heaven – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lonesomes3
In the Dream – Lifeline – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/IntheDream
New Sun – Mammoth – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/newsun2

And of course, you can buy many of his albums on CD Baby here.

You may have noticed “Sky Sailing”  (the Owl City side project) get a huge feature on the iTunes store last week.  But before he made “Fireflies”, Owl City made the album “Of June” which we’ve got on CD Baby right here.

And did you know that Adam Young (who basically is Owl City) also makes nice instrumental electronic music as Port Blue? We’ve got 2 releases from Port Blue on CD Baby: The Albatross EP and the full length album The Airship.

Check out this video for “Into the Sea” from Port Blue’s “The Albatross EP”:

Get the CD at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sweettalkradio. Sweet Talk Radio performs “My Hallelujah” Live at Folk Alliance 2010.