Archive for August, 2010
Honorable Mention | “Giving In”
“Giving In” Written by Robert Gillies BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/ROBERTGILLIES Bleed, bleed, bleed until your veins are full of air Quiet hands are folding in the peace of silent prayer Kneeling down you rest your weary head no matter where This is what it feels like giving in, giving in Dig, dig, dig until the shovel’s [...]
Honorable Mention | “My Scars”
“My Scars” Written by Melissa Blake DEKALB, ILLINOIS WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/MELISSABLAKE VERSE 1 I won’t lie and say I’m not afraid And maybe I won’t even pretend to be brave With you, it’s so hard to run from my past It’s only a matter of time before I say the wrong thing That little something that makes [...]
Honorable Mention | “Just Married”
“JUST MARRIED” Written by Larry Black ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/LARRYBLACK Perfect strangers at first meeting, prey to passion’s beck and call. Now our doubts just keep repeating, “We aren’t so perfect after all.” What happened to the vows that bound us? Were they mere shadows in a scheme upon a wall that now surrounds us [...]
1st Place | “Notches”
1st Place “Notches” Written by Lance Carpenter & Scott Tonkinson Ozark, Arkansas Chandler, Arizona www.americansongspace.com/lancecarpenter www.americansongspace.com/tonkinsongs He said steady now, keep your chin up; I can’t do this on my own But I’d just turned eight and I couldn’t wait to see how much I’d grown Grandpa got out his pocketknife and I watched the [...]
Honorable Mention | “That’s What I’m Here For”
“That’s What I’m Here For” Written by Wes Casto Marietta, Ohio WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/WESCASTO Verse I know it’s so easy To have a hard time When everything’s against you Even your own mind But you don’t need a doctor You don’t need a drug All you need is a telephone To call the one you love Chorus [...]
Under The Radar: Sounds Of An Early Fall
Danny Ross It’s not at all difficult to picture Danny Ross making his debut on Saturday Night Live circa 1978. Ross’ sophomore effort, One Way, showcases the kind of ambitious arrangements, eclectic songwriting and overall technical mastery that recalls the early work of Randy Newman and Jackson Browne. It’s as if Ross and his nine-piece [...]
Honorable Mention | “Live Life Wide”
“LIVE LIFE WIDE” WRITEN BY TINA NUNDELIUS BETHESDA, MARYLAND WWW.SONICBIDS.COM/TINALUNDELIUS Dream In Black and White Fill it in with colors only you can define. Stay right in this place, Until the sun can’t shine as bright as your smiling face. Never fade. Cause I wanna see all the great things in this life, And be [...]
2nd Place | “Grandmother’s Waltz”
2nd Place “Grandmother’s Waltz” Written by Morgen La Civita Monroe, New Jersey www.sonicbids.com/morgenlacivita Grandmother was a good soldier’s daughter She towed the line like a Southern girl should She kept her lovers Like pearls in an oyster You never saw her secrets Till she said you could Grandmother said, “Wait to marry, Beauty’s a good [...]
Bobby Bare Jr: A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head
Bobby Bare Jr. A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head Naked Albino Records Rating: Oscar Wilde once mused that “life imitates art,” but on Bobby Bare, Jr.’s sixth album, A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head, art imitates life. The thirteen song collection, which took the Nashville rocker four years to write and release, plays [...]
Robert Plant: Band Of Joy
Robert Plant Band Of Joy ROUNDER RECORDS Rating: 
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