| Performer / Band Name |
Sam Lowry
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals |
| Original / Cover Material |
100% Original Material |
| History of Performer / Band |
Sam Lowry spins tales of broken relationships
and the fool's hope that moves us all from one disaster
scene to the next, like some mid-west Raymond Carver with
a guitar. Over the course of two critically acclaimed
albums and shows, ranging from gas money gigs in coffee
houses and tiny bars to festivals like MACRock 2001 and
Bloomingtonfest 2002, Lowry has slowly been spreading
his fractured folk across the country. Lowry and his occasional,
ever changing backing band the Circumstance have garnered
rave reviews from audiences ranging from the alt.country
crowd to fans of singer-songwriters to the underground
indie-music scene. |
| Press Reviews / Credits |
"If every singer-songwriter had
this much power behind such an economy of words, we'd
probably all have a higher consciousness by now. Maybe
that's what Sam Lowry's nudging us toward, one breathy,
retributive melody at a time."—Splendid E-Zine
"Lowry has concocted an honest, dark and surprisingly
melodic exercise in aural subtlety that works to maximum
effect. His textural, slanted and poetic take on Roots
music gives new meaning to the phrase 'American Gothic.'"—City
Beat, Cincinnati
"A creative, dark and deep venture into the shared
musical crevasse of artists like Nick Cave, Tom Waits
and Leonard Cohen. Sparse, empty and despondent, this
album slowly oozes its voice from its pores, dropping
pools of dark, liquidy hopelessness into a deep well
of bottomless imagination. With incomplete thoughts
and scattered pieces of wisdom, Sam Lowry weaves a shadowy
but stirring album for those who are in no hurry to
understand."- CD Baby |
| Albums / Where Available |
The September Letters, 2003
Between the Lotus and the Han, 2002
down songs from the exile suite, 2000
Available from Higher
Step Records and CDBaby.com |
= Music samples available for download