Roger Street Friedman - Rise '2020

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Carry Me
02. Last Train To Babylon
03. Rise
04. Lessons
05. Outcasts of Love
06. Give It Another Go
07. Over and Over
08. The Strange Shape of Love
09. The War is Already Over
10. Tough Crowd
11. Runaway Girl
12. Waiting on the Moon


Roger Street Friedman is a singer, songwriter and activist based in Sea Cliff,
New York, who restarted his music career in 2010 following the loss of his
parents and the birth of his daughter. His critically acclaimed 2017 album,
Shoot The Moon, reached #2 on the Roots Music Report Americana Country Album
Chart. Wrote The Aquarian of that album: “If Shoot The Moon doesnt quite
deserve masterpiece status, its at least close. His words are autobiographical,
cinematic, blunt and honest. His music is folk-rock, raucous horn-rock, dreamy
pop-rock, Progressive Americana and sweet soulful R&B. Think Jackson Brown
without all the earnestness.” Friedman also garnered acclaim for his
debut, The Waiting Sky (2014). Champions for the album included No Depression,
American Songwriter, Relix Magazine, MSN, The Alternate Root, Elmore Magazine
and the New York Daily News. Friedman has shared stages with such venerated
artists as Los Lobos and The Blind Boys of Alabama. Friedman has recently
performed at the Clearwater, Huntington and Falcon Ridge (Grassy Hill Emerging
Artist) festivals as well as the United Nations and was a formal showcasing
NERFA artist in 2019. Rise, his third full-length album, was produced by Larry
Campbell. WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID: “One moment he’s turning out
harmonically rich Paul Simon-esque art-folk; the next he’s digging into
the kind of good ‘n’ greasy Americana groove John Hiatt would kill
for.” - Jim Allen, Culture Sonar “Friedman’s songs
aren’t all feel-good anthems of unrelenting positivity. He sometimes
sings about time and change and the ways that life can zoom by and leave us
feeling like aliens on our own home turf. But even when he’s getting
wistful Friedman sings with an earthy sweetness that can bring to mind Jackson
Browne, the Avett Brothers, the Wallflowers, Phosphorescent, or Little Feat,
with that mix of folk, blues, bayou soul, country, and a dash of Tex-Mex.”
- John Adamian, Yes Weekly “While it’s hard to apply an exact
comparison to his easily accessible sound, suffice it to say that James Taylor,
Randy Newman and Jackson Browne all come to mind.” - Lee Zimmerman/Elmore
Magazine

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