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Matt Bar : Lying In Chalk
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Folk-Rap. If Bob Dylan and Eminem had a child it might sound like this. The rhymes, they are a'changin'....
Genre: Folk: Folk Pop
Release Date: 2006
Lying In Chalk Record Label: Renaissance Entertainment
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Ballad of the Ramblin' Mc 3:18 $0.99
Things That Aren't Shown 4:11 $0.99
Lying in Chalk 4:18 $0.99
Laugh At Masks 4:01 $0.99
Ride On 3:10 $0.99
Sing Your Tears Away 3:06 $0.99
Battle Me Classically 3:07 $0.99
Worried Blues 3:55 $0.99
Universal Citizen 3:29 $0.99
Life, Love and God 6:11 $0.99
I Ramble 3:32 $0.99
The Rhymes They Are A'changin 0:38 $0.99
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Album Notes

"Startlingly original and brilliantly realized...At once cerebral, spiritual and earthy, Lying In Chalk is a triumphant, front-to-back gem."
Jim Musser
Iowa City Press-Citizen

"Real genius lies in {Matt's} handling of the English language. "
- Brian Klein, Moremusic! Magazine

"Matt Bar, aka the Ramblin' MC... His genre is folk rap which, believe it or not, is a wonderful generational cross-over, at least as done (invented?) by Matt ..what he's saying in his songs is a lot healthier and holier, to say nothing of more intelligent than what most popular music says these days"
Dorothy Whiston, Preaching Peace

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REVIEWS

Seamlessly blended to create a musical treat
author: Megan Blaney
Like peanut butter and chocolate, Matt Bar blends two seemingly contrary musical genres -- folk and rap -- to create songs that touch the heart and start the feet a-tapping. I would only hope that songs like Universal Citizen act as a catalyst to an activist movement to bring back the idea that "Money is just money, things are things." We would all be a lot better off if we would just "invest a little more in human beings."
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You are a genius.
author: Poetique
You are a genius. This will be recognized soon enough. Work hard at getting out there. Work harder after each success. Work hard in the face of adversity. I can't express how amazing your music and your words are, and I teach poetry. Good luck to you.
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