MERLIN SNIDER @ The Coffee Gallery Backstage June 19th
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Merlin Snider is a singer-songwriter in the Americana story-telling tradition. His acoustic music cuts across all sorts of Americana genres, with songs that display the witty, probing lyrics, genuine soul and wry humor that inspired country/folk singer Jo Anne Montana to say, he is “my newest favorite folksinger – a Woody Guthrie for the 21st century.”
Merlin’s long-awaited second album, “Right Here,” has just been released and will be making its Los Angeles debut at The Coffee Gallery Backstage. Folkworks.org heralded “Right Here” as “a ‘must have’ for connoisseurs of the singer-songwriter, folk genre.”
The CD is already finding a home on the playlists of Americana/Folk DJs across the country, from Santa Cruz to Teaneck, New Jersey, and is generating unmitigated enthusiasm.
“I predict success for this eclectic, swingy, and innovative album” – Larry Hillberg, host, Back Roads, KVRM.
“This album is a comfortable friend to have in my CD player.” – Steve Clarke, host, Acoustic Planet, Erin Radio.
“Out of sight…well worth waiting for!” – Wynn Allen, former host, Folk Music Tonight and Club 47 (Cambridge, MA).
No stranger to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, having appeared here at numerous sold out shows over the past decade, Merlin returns with his band of Pretty Good Acquaintances: mandolin virtuoso Tom Corbett (Tom has toured with John McEuen, & Robin and Linda Williams); Mark Indictor on fiddle (Border Radio; Hot Lips and Fingertips), Larry Zack on snare and percussion (formerly with Jackson Browne), Klaus Ebert on bass, and Deborah Snider on backup vocals.
Merlin and the band serve up a fresh stew of folk-blues, western swing, alternative country and folk-rock. In her review of the Ventura County debut of “Right Here,” Ann Howitt wrote in the Bard Chord, “If you get a chance to see Merlin and his band perform around town, don’t miss it. It’s sure to be a good show, and you never know what he’ll pull out of the hat.”
Tickets: $15.00 Call for Reservations/Information: (626) 398-7917
Merlin is great. So is Jo Anne Montana, now Jo Anne Kurman! I’ll be there.