| Miller, Ben Band / Choke Cherry Tree |
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| Album: | Choke Cherry Tree | Collection: | Country | |
| Artist: | Miller, Ben Band | Added: | Aug 2018 | |
| Label: | New West Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-08-12 | Pull Date: | 2018-10-14 | Charts: | Country/Bluegrass |
| Week Ending: | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 30 | Sep 16 | Sep 9 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 19 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 12, 2018: | Traditions Redwing Blackbird | 4. | Oct 02, 2018: | Tuesday Morning Drive Big Boy | |
| 2. | Oct 11, 2018: | Butter and Jams Akira Kurosawa | 5. | Sep 28, 2018: | Traditions Mississippi Cure | |
| 3. | Oct 05, 2018: | Traditions Akira Kurosawa | 6. | Sep 25, 2018: | Tuesday Morning Drive Big Boy |
| Album Review |
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| Kim Walter Reviewed 2018-08-12 | ||
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Ben Miller Band, Choke Cherry Tree Label: New-West Records Reviewed by: Kim Walter, August 2018 Once again, I find myself amazed amazed at the creative and collaborative spirit of this band and their ability to fuse folk, blues, BG, and country into what is now called “mudstomp”, formerly “ozark stomp”, which actually captures the sound better for me, Each song is unique and entertaining, and the resulting album is one you can listen to completely without getting bored. The bassist plays a homemade one string washtub bass. And one of the instrumentalists is an electric cactus player. Yes, Rachel plays a PLANT! Best for me were 1,2,5,6,8,11. (#1 and #8 have an FCC, but it’s only one word each and could easily be silenced) Slow * - **FCC** Slow, Gentle, really nice country rock Med ** - A little funk vibe mixed with a bluesy rock Med - More industrial political sound Slow/Med - Very industrial heavy, drums + guitar, repetitive lyrics, song easy to sing along to Slow/Med * - Self described as “Ozark stomp” Slow * - Gentle, deep ballad with string accents Med - Interesting, unique song, female vocalist by guitarist Rachel Electric Med * - **FCC** Awesome funky rock with one bad word Med - Fun, playful violin accented country rock Slow - Mellow, gentle, even mournful song Slow/Med * - Sad, orchestral opening, evolves into interesting mix of styles | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Nothing Gets Me Down | 6. | Lighthouse | |||
| 2. | Akira Kurosawa | 7. | Redwing Blackbird | |||
| 3. | One More Time | 8. | Life Of Crime | |||
| 4. | Big Boy | 9. | Sketchbook | |||
| 5. | Trapeze | 10. | My Own Good Time | |||
| 11. | Mississippi Cure | |||||