Rocky Votolato

Label: Barsuk
Genre: Folk

With a name like Rocky Votolato, I was expecting disco covers, not classic folk-rock — acoustic guitar, harmonica, brooding lyrics, scruffy cheeks and the long gaze. Ah, I shouldn't make assumptions based on the guy's name, especially with that Italian ring to it. Did you see those ads in the paper, around the time of the Alito confirmation, blasting people for calling him "Scalito," claiming that was ethnic bigotry? 3hive doesn't need that kind of attention. Anyway, Rocky's an old-style singer-songwriter from the PNW, and "Portland Is Leaving" is the prettiest sad song I've heard in a long time. "Love's a trainwreck, you're a mistake..."

Thanks to everyone for pointing out the bad links... These songs are only downloadable directly from Barsuk's website. Sorry.

White Daisy Passing [MP3, 2.9MB, 128kbps]
Portland Is Leaving [MP3, 2.5MB, 128kbps]

www.barsuk.com
www.rockyvotolato.com

Posted by joe on 02.23.06 | Buy from Amazon, Insound
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