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Acoustic Live in NYC and Beyond Magazine is a listing guide for performances by area and venue in NYC and the Tri-State area, for acoustic and roots-based music with features on performing artists. Each year Richard Cuccaro comes back from NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference) armed with CD’s from the conference which is attended by over 700 people. Trespass is thrilled that Richard has reviewed 2 of our clients, Ryan Fitzsimmons and Amy Black! Thanks also to Richard for all of the wonderful photos of NERFA memories, and especially the one of Tracey Delfino and Michelle Fortier! Check out the magazine, the listings and the features.
Ryan Fitzsimmons “Cold Sky”
“Ryan Fitzsimmons has a singing style with an engaging, mature pop feel, edgy and full. The production here ranges from roots-rock/pop to acoustic employing banjo and fiddle. One of the more satisfying tracks is “North Central Line.” The lyrics mourn the loss of an old railway line and the inexorability of change: I’m waitin’ on the North Central Line / in a station where here’s no place for time / on a platform that’s slowly rotting away. Mandolins and fiddles provide a fitting backdrop to this paean to a bygone era.”
Amy Black “One Time”
“Although her promo notes say she calls Boston her home base, there’s a lot of the South in Amy’s gritty vocals. Her tales of busted romance, heard over a dobro’s slide put us well below the Mason-Dixon Line. When she rocks out, it’s with a big dose of rockabilly and that’s right in my wheelhouse. We expect that the airwaves/cyberstreams will be carrying a lot of Amy.”