I wanted to share a few acoustic songs that have some light hearted lyrics.  

First off is John Craigie, who recently won the annual battle of the bands competition at The Northwest String Summit music festival earlier this summer.  This song below is a comical story tune so pay attention and have a laugh.

The next tune is from Ryan Montbleau, who I really couldn't tell you much about.  I did come across this catchy song though which has some enjoyable lyrics. Have a listen!

As much as I love heavier music, my greater love is for passionate & bold music in general!  So here are a few personal favorites of mine.  I hope you enjoy!

My Epic from Charlotte, NC.  Post-Hardcore Rock with just enough Experimental touch.  Every album with this band changes, and honestly I can't say I dislike a single one.  Great songwriting, 4 albums deep, I have to give it up! 

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Andy McKee from Topeka, KS is an American fingerstyle guitarist.  Beautiful instrumental songwriting. A must listen!

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Ben Howard born in London, is a Singer-songwritier worth listening to!  Check it out for yourself. The video is awesome alone.

Thanks for looking!

 Aside from being hard at work in the studio and touring with Iron Maiden, prog rockers Coheed and Cambria have been nice enough to cut down the wait on their upcoming sixth studio album.  Today they are giving us a nice juicy taste of whats to come.  Front-man Claudio Sanchez gives us the deets:

   "instead of making you wait until the album is released, I thought I’d share my excitement for this song with you now. I decided with this piece to video document it’s creation. This is literally the first time I played the song through in its entirety. His name is Sentry The Defiant. - Claudio"

Like what you hear? Then fly on over to their official website and grab the track for FREE!