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 Don't Forget
Local Music this Holiday...
By Orla Swift
Record-Journal staff
Folk
fans may check two names off their holiday gift lists at once by supporting local
artists during their quests for presents. Many Connecticut musicians have
independently-released CDs for sale, really nice albums, and when you buy from them,
you're not funding an industry of corporate moochers; you're helping to pay a fellow
Nutmegger's grocery bill.
Local stores like Merle's Record Rack in Wallingford Cutlers in New
Haven, Brass City in Waterbury and Integrity 'n Music in Wethersfield stock albums by
local artists of every genre, from jazz to punk, pop and funk.
The latest influx on my desk has been folk and acoustic releases, all
quite enjoyable. The first, Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters' Sweet
Gatherings, is an exquisite collection of well-chosen songs
per-formed beautifully by this acoustic band.
Gallatin has a strong, easy voice, that floats gently atop Kevin
Lynch's delicate mandolin and guitar lines, Matt Nozzolio's crying
dobro and Tara Rickart's stand-up bass.
Highlights include the bright "Late Night Radio,"
the swingy "I Will Always Wait for You," and the pensive, harmony-laced
"Geraldine and Ruthie Mae."
Among the album's nine guest artists are Howie Burson on clawhammer
banjo, vocalist Christina Muir, and pianist Joe Grieco. |
 Record-Journal,
Meriden, Conn., Friday, Dec 15, 1995
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