| Sound Sunday is a weekly feature promoting free album downloads. Every week you can explore music from around the world. In this edition we return to the stage with live recordings from 11 different artists spanning a wide spectrum of genres, from classical to electronic. Please share your thoughts and post your feedback in the comments. Album submissions, suggestions, and genre requests via email [tina at makeuseof dot com] are most welcome! 4 Free Songs: Epic Lyrical – Epic Lyrical Live Genre: modern, contemporary, acoustic, classical, accordion, tango Epic Lyrical Live by Epic Lyrical Epic Lyrical is a three man band from Warsaw, Poland. Their fantastic live album has been sitting in my 'to feature' folder for several months. Finally, I am putting it out there. Four songs can be downloaded for free and two more songs are available for a bargain. 4 songs of the Epic Lyrical Live album are a free download from Bandcamp . Mr Richard – Live EP Genre: acoustic, singer-songwriter, folk Live EP by Mr Richard From the album page: " Mr Richard is a four piece acoustic band from Groningen (The Netherlands). The band is situated around the vocals and songs of brother and sister Geertje and Teake Damstra. They are supported by Anne de Vries on double bass, backing vocals and percussion, and Peter Kuipers on guitar, mandolin and backing vocals. Mr Richard is known for their 'straight out of the heart' folk music. The lyrics are personal and the music is pure. The band focusses on writings and singing songs together and have a strong believe in their music; something they are not afraid to share with their audience. Whether this is in a small living room, a pub or at a festival. " Mr Richard's Live EP is a free download from Bandcamp . Besides Daniel – Live at Eddie's Attic Genre: folk From the album page: " Besides Daniel is the Alias of Daniel Franklin Brewer. Born May 21 1983, Atlanta based independent singer songwriter is currently working on his 6th release. " Live at Eddie's Attic is a free download from NoiseTrade . Bagger Bones – Live at the Living Room Genre: country, acoustic From the album page: " Bagger Bones is a Singer/Songwriter from Germany. In 2006 he achieved the International Online Music Awards for Best Male Vocal and placed an original song ("Become") on the international independent production "A Tribute To Elliott Smith". He runs a small independent label called Singalongsongs and is close friends to european "nu folk" artists like Mandowar, EvilMrSod and Stephan Imobersteg & Patina. This debut EP from his soloproject was recorded live at home in one take. It contains everything you can expect from a indie live show from minor faults to slighty detuned guitars. What you hear is what you get. It may not be perfect but it's honest. " Live at the Living Room is a free download from NoiseTrade . Roem Baur – Live at Yoshi's Genre: acoustic, singer-songwriter, folk, soul, rock Roem Baur – Live at Yoshi's by Roem Baur From his Bandcamp profile: " Roem Baur is a San Francisco based singer-songwriter who's sound is a dynamic mix of soul, opera and 60's folk music. Drawing comparisons as diverse at Jeff Buckley, Stevie Wonder & Roy Orbison; he has recently release his first E.P. "The Thief" which was recorded over 9 nights in a historic church sanctuary in San Francisco with a 50 year-old pawn shop guitar, a grand piano & a string quartet. " Live at Yoshi's is a name your price download from Bandcamp . Koji – Spring Song Vol. 1 Genre: acoustic, indie, live, folk, soul, post-punk Spring Song Vol. 1 by Koji Koji is the stage name of artist and activist Andrew Shiraki. In a recent interview with Gaining Ground Media Koji said: " I think the good in people is never lost, and it's never gone from music. Music is an art form that celebrates potential. If you're looking for it, you're going to find it. " Spring Song Vol. 1 is a name your price download from Bandcamp . Badtime Stories – Live in Neunburg Genre: pop, punk, rock Live in Neunburg by Badtime Stories Badtime Stories is a four piece pop-punk-rock band founded in the state of Bavaria, Germany in 2009. Live in Neunburg is a free download from Bandcamp . BadBadNotGood – BBNGLIVE 1 Genre: jazz, hip-hop, post-bop BBNGLIVE 1 by BADBADNOTGOOD BadBadNotGood are Matthew A. Tavares (keys, synthesizer), Chester Hansen (electric bass & sampler), and Alex Sowinski (drums & sampler) from Toronto, Canada. BBNGLIVE 1 is a free download from MediaFire (see link at bottom of Bandcamp album page). Koda Band – Live Acoustic Genre: acoustic, jazz, soul, hip hop, rap Live acoustic by Koda Band From their Facebook page: " Ukrainian hip-hop band, members of the hip-hop crew, which name is Kickit. This music for having fun, good vibrations & jazzy mood. " Live Acoustic is a free download from Bandcamp . Screw – Live at BarakObamaBar Genre: instrumental, experimental, downtempo, beats, hip hop Live @ BarakObamaBar (LP) by Screw From the album page via Producers I Know : " Free Crates & DJ Bloodbeats have done it again. This impressive instrumental effort "Live @ BarakObamaBar" comes courtesy of Screw from St. Petersburg in Russia. The Russian Federation has some serious heat if you didn't know (if you've been following PIK for longer than 3 months than you'd know that already). Don't sleep… " Live at BarakObamaBar is a name your price download from Bandcamp . TROPO – Totem- TROPO live Genre: edm, electronic, electro, house Totem- TROPO live 2/21/12 by TROPO From TROPO's ReverbNation bio: " An Architect, a violinist, a craftsman, a poet, and an Egyptian Shaman make up TROPO, a LIVE ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM) group from the central coast of California. Composer/Producer Tyson Leonard records, loops, and layers soaring violin and electronic vocal effects over driving beats by Jeff Schneider and Ahmed Fahmy. Grant Leonard and Ryan Johnson accompany with spectral pads, atmospheric pedal steel and crunchy bass oscillations. TROPO has performed with Beats Antique, EOTO, BLVD, Random Rab, Lynx and Janover, Kaminanda, Treavor Moontribe, Dionysius, KJ Sawka and many more. EDM is having a huge impact on music lovers worldwide and TROPO is taking it to the next level by infusing the human element in their all original, energetic, and completely live performance. " Totem- TROPO live is a free download from Bandcamp . New to Sound Sunday? Past editions of Sound Sunday are available here . Feel free to get in touch with me [tina at makeuseof dot com] to share free material, suggestions, and feedback or simply add your comments below. |
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