"****" --
Michael Corcoran, Austin360.com
"**** An
immensely satisfying album" -- Mojo
"A rare talent . .
." -- LA Daily News
"Cleaves tells gorgeously compact stories in a voice packed with Texas
trail dust." -- Entertainment Weekly
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Slaid
Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes
songs. Makes records.
Travels around. Tries to be good.
May 2008:
Slaid Cleaves
ranges the state of Texas this month, starting with shows in
Austin and Houston this weekend. And after a quick trip to
Virginia he'll visit SA, the Metroplex, the South Coast, the Hill
Country and make his debut in the Golden Triangle! Check out the calendar for all the grisly details . . .
Slaid
has been plugging away on a new batch of songs over the past year and
will be recording this month with Gurf Morlix. Hard to Believe is the working title of the new CD; release date is to be determined . . .
Don't miss Slaid and
the gang when they come to your town . . .
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Slaid's latest recording "Unsung" is
available at cool record stores, on line, and right here at slaid.com. Unsung is a special project for
Slaid, a collection of songs by admired friends and
colleagues including Melvern Taylor, Michael O'Connor and Graham Weber and co-produced by
Slaid's old buddy, Rod Picott
Cleaves, never known to be prolific or to knock
out product, approaches his seventh album in 16 years with a
purposefulness that transcends a mere shout-out to wordsmith friends.
His choices are obscure, but meaningful, varied, sometimes stunning.
He's drawn to traditional allusions and melodies, minimalist character
studies, and to Austin, Texas, where many of the songwriters covered
make their homes. If the arrangements are straight-up Americana,
Cleaves' temperate, sly grin of a voice finds comic insight between all
the wistfully down-and-out lines. Like Nanci Griffith on Other Voices,
Other Rooms, Cleaves takes the measure of influences which are more
contemporary than historic, and as a result, captures the spirit of a
lively if largely underground folk scene. --Shanta Thake, Joe's Pub
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