Sam Lowry spins tales of broken relationships and the fool's hope that moves us all from one disaster scene to the next, like some mid-west Raymond Carver with a guitar. Over the course of three critically acclaimed albums and shows, ranging from gas money gigs in coffee houses and tiny bars to festivals like MACRock 2001 and Bloomingtonfest 2002, Lowry has slowly been spreading his unique brand of dark americana across the country. Lowry and his occasional, ever changing backing band the Circumstance have garnered rave reviews from audiences ranging from the alt.country crowd to fans of singer-songwriters to the underground indie-music scene. Press Quotes: "Lowry has concocted an honest, dark and surprisingly melodic exercise in aural subtlety that works to maximum effect. His textural, slanted and poetic take on Roots music gives new meaning to the phrase 'American Gothic.'" - City Beat, Cincinnati "If every singer-songwriter had this much power behind such an economy of words, we'd probably all have a higher consciousness by now. Maybe that's what Sam Lowry's nudging us toward, one breathy, retributive melody at a time." - Splendid E-Zine "Dark, brooding, tasty stuff." - Creative Loafing "A creative, dark and deep venture into the shared musical crevasse of artists like Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. Sparse, empty and despondent, this album slowly oozes its voice from its pores, dropping pools of dark, liquidy hopelessness into a deep well of bottomless imagination. With incomplete thoughts and scattered pieces of wisdom, Sam Lowry weaves a shadowy but stirring album for those who are in no hurry to understand." - CD Baby "Understated as a leading local songwriter, Sam Lowry could probably bind a pile of sticks together and leave a towering castle in his wake. Lowry works his songs like small garden snakes, getting the lot primed and ready to strike the hand of another who thinks he can easily charm them. All notions of rustic, or alt.country or what-have-you seems kind of moot by now, and even more when Lowry lowers voice to that parched sing-song vocal." - The Pin-Up | |||
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| 2006-01-13 (997 days) | Elizablue | ||
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| 2004-10-07 (1460 days) | Katie day Good | ||
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