Neal Francis - ChangesI just wanted to be honest about everything, from my musical influences to my story," muses Neal Francis. After years of dishonest living consumed by drugs, alcohol, and addiction such sincerity is jarring from the 30 year old Chicago based musician. Liberated from a self destructive past and born anew in sobriety, Francis has captured an inspired collection of songs steeped in New Orleans rhythms, Chicago blues, and early 70s rock n' roll. There is a

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The basic characteristics of Uddén's compositions

The four 'Miniatures' by Swiss composer Paul Juon clearly reveal his Russian childhood

Wisconsin-based multiinstrumentalist

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and embraced the precise down-strokes and valve-amp hum of a very New York lineage

These picturesque landscapes are all accompanied by atmospheric

from 2008 until 2021

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James Spaulding

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Elizabeth Raum's idiomatic virtuosity