Musikanto
MUSIKANTO walks the line between Indie-Blues and Urban Americana, while borrowing elements of Experimental Folk and broken-down Orchestral music. The Chicago songwriter grew up listening to his father’s obscure folk and roots rock records and the music of Fraser and Debolt and Jerry Hahn. With a propensity toward heartbreaking ballads and melodic melodrama, MUSIKANTO’s songs survive the bite of a Chicago Winter and the soul of a Midwestern bon-fire. MUSIKANTO carries the lyrical weight of folks like Van Morrison and Elliott Smith and the driving tone of Ray Lamontagne and Amos Lee. His narratives rattle the core of the human spirit leaving you feeling like an outsider who witnessed something very real.
After years of touring and writing, Musikanto set out to record his best record to date. He made countless late-night drives from Chicago to Milwaukee and back to record the new songs at a friend’s home studio. During the drives, he listened to the songs develop their personalities, re-writing lyrics and adding instrumentation he heard in his head as he drove.
http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/musikanto-mines-midwestern…..No Depression Interview 2/16/211
These are the radio stations showing “Sky of Dresses” some love:
WEVL (89.9 FM – Memphis, TN)
Requests: (901) 528-1990
Through The Cracks
Saturday 1-3 pm
Contemporary folk, alternative country, adult rock, and everything in between. Presented by Ed.
CKUW (95.9FM – University Of Winnipeg – Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Requests: (204) 774-6877
KRSC (91.3 FM – Rogers State University – Claremore, OK)
Requests:
918-343-7913
requestline@rsu.edu
KOTO (89.3 FM/91.7 FM Telluride, CO – 89.5 Norwood, CO – 105.5 Down Valley, CO)
Requests:
970-728-4333
KBCS (Bellevue Community College – 91.3 FM – Bellevue/Seattle, WA)
Requests:
425-564-2424
dj@kbcs.fm
KDHX (88.1 FM – St. Louis, MO)
Requests:
314-664-3688
KOPN (89.5 FM – Columbia, MO)
Requests:
(573) 874-5676
KPFT (90.1 FM – Houston, TX)
Lonestar Jukebox
Saturdays, 9am-11am
lonestarjukebox@kpft.org
KYRS (92.3 FM/89.9 FM Spokane, WA)
Requests: 509-747-3807
WERU (89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME – 99.9 FM Bangor, ME)
WFDU (Farleigh Dickinson University – 89.1 FM – Teaneck, NJ)
Request Line 201-692-2012
WMLB AM 1690 (Atlanta, GA)
Requests: 404-741-1690
listeners@1690wmlb.com
WOJB (89.9 FM Hayward, WI)
Requests: 715-634-2100
wojbfm@wojb.org
WQSI The Eagle (95.9 FM – Auburn, AL)
Requests: 334-321-0939
KDNK (88.1 FM Carbondale/Glenwood, CO – 88.3 FM Aspen, CO – 88.5 FM Basalt/Redstone, CO – 93.5 Leadville, CO)
Requests: 970-963-2976
Online stations/podcasts:
RADIO FREE AMERICANA
WILDMAN STEVE
INDIESF
AMERICANA ROCK MIX
CountryBear
Bill Frater’s Freight Train Boogie
Elliotfox@sunnydayentertainment.com Legal: Allen Bargfrede
allen@cabatty.com For Grape Juice Records: Ian Tsan ian@grapejuicerecords.com
