Kurt Reifler
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(837101250405)
Record Label: Red Glare Records
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I'm Kurt Reifler, and I was homeless for a year, until just recently moving to Louisville, KY. Being homeless wasn't so bad really. I mean, it was by choice at least. I have been on my "48 in 08" tour, which has been amazing, and amazingly exhausting. During the tour, I have played a show in every continental state, before landing in Louisville, Kentucky. In the process, I have been blessed to have been played on XM radio lately, and a bunch of college stations too. In the last year I have also been receiving some flattering reviews from All Music, Time Out, Flavorpill, etc. BILLBOARD even described my album as a "promising debut." Snazzy. I am grateful for my accolades, but nowhere near as grateful as I am to my friends and fans that have been supporting me, coming to shows, buying albums, putting me up, and giving me fruit as I walk out the door the next morning, for the next state.
I was always of the philosophy that musicians/artists should be somewhat untouchable. Meaning - I didn't like the idea of "blogging" and putting up stupid youtube videos. I felt like in some way it cheapened the art, and gave people more information than they needed. I felt like it allowed them to base their decision about the music on other factors than...well, the music. What I have realized though, after playing every goddamn state (minus Alaska and Hawaii), is that I AM the music I'm playing. And, giving people more information about me is just giving them more music, in a sense. I am aware this may sound like a load of shit, and don't get me wrong, it is. But, someone's personality and essence is definitely what their art is made of. So, why not give the source as well as the result?
So, I will now be taking a different approach to the way I promote my music, and myself in general. This is ME. The bios aren't going to have that 3rd person vibe anymore. I won't hesitate to post stupid videos of myself on youtube. The tour dates won't be secret until the last second. And most importantly, I won't be secret. This is my operation, my myspace page, my music, and my mind (scary place). I invite you to it. In this vein, there will be many interactive contests, blogs, street team opportunities, and other such grass roots shenanigans in the very near future. So, come on by, say hello.
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Excellent , achetez cet album
author: JeFf Ogto
Du très bon, ça sonne parfois rentre dedans parfois plus groovy.Le son est naturel, sans production excessive.
Du Rock mais avec des parties de guitares et de batteries plus complexes qu'il n'y paraît.
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author: Kyerewah
The CD is amazing and each song has a great beat. I think the CD was put together really well. One of my favorite song is More sad than strange.All I can say is WOW!!
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Backbone and bravura strikes good vibrations on all fronts...
author: Lyn Horton, Senior Staff for JazzReview.com
For a singer-songwriter to produce a first recording that has backbone and bravura strikes good vibrations on all fronts. It is a smart no-frills approach to the listening public.
Kurt Reifler’s self-titled recording delivers a full plate of varying musicality, a dense instrumentation, and clarity of vocalization. The motion from one track to another supplies you with direction. At one point, the largeness of the statement will wrap you up in pleasure and transport you to the next song which will present a completely different texture that might even possess a bit of longing and the blues. SMILE comes to mind and is my favorite track. It has everything you would ever want in a song including a stark conclusion.
All the songs grab you. They each have a hook. They each have a theme. They endure. You will remember them. The faster songs work a controlled grind. The slow songs project vulnerability, not only in the tune but also in the meaning of the words. The songs that mix the paces reverberate with breath, groove and a sense of destination. The raspy quality of Reifler’s voice is simultaneously haunting and attractive. His voice has a mid-range tone and no deep bass or high pitch.
The music offers up a scale that disallows imagining Reifler singing alone. The drums and the bass guitar are unremitting rhythmic influences in guiding the main line. They become the elements of embrace. Midst some terrific licks, the lead guitar acts as another voice echoing the singer himself. Reifler’s voice is indivisible from what he and Eddie Arjun Peters produce. In fact, it is amazing that only Reifler and Peters create all the sound.
The label “singer-songwriter” sometimes conjures up the idea of one voice & one guitar in a folksy setting. This recording has invested in multi-instrumental power and expands the vocal in ways that propel it into the rock arena.
There is no reason for Reifler to fear the darkness or the light, as his song DREAMS proclaims. The light is shining on him. It is time for an audience to follow the light.
© 2007 Lyn Horton
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Kurt Reifler is good for your health!
author: Brenda Love
I found Kurt Reifler's music in the deepest, darkest corners of Myspace. He had a few songs you could download, so I did it. Within a few months, the songs had become special to me, evoking actual feelings...and I would have been very pissed if something happened to my Kurt Reifler file.
My worries are over. I own Kurt Reifler in hardcopy form and now you can, too. And you should!
Kurt's not playing around. From the minute you put the CD on, you're getting solid tunes and thoughtful lyrics, all delivered to you via Kurt's vocals...at times soaring, at times intimately quiet. This is musical talent that speaks straight to the heart....and also washes away any plaque that may have accumulated there. Kurt Reifler is good for your health.
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