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GREETINGS FROM AREA CODE 207, VOLUME 4

(Cornmeal)
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This is the fourth in a series of local-music compilations from Charlie Gaylord’s Portland-based Cornmeal label, and it finds the series reaching out to the casual music fan rather than just delivering the goods for local-scene zealots. As talent has crystallized in Portland, competition for the album’s 72 minutes has increased, and Gaylord can’t find room for eccentric tunes like Matthew Robbins’s "Lazy Breakdown" (Volume 2) and the late Manny Verzosa’s "Texas Lasts Forever" (Volume 1). Each successive Greeting has been more sophisticated, more familiar, but none has been able to showcase artists who’ve had this much success. Nick Curran (signed to Blind Pig), Seekonk (Kimchee), Raycharles Lamontagne (Chrysalis), Slaid Cleaves (Rounder), Sara Cox, Rod Picot, Kate Schrock — these are artists with deals, songs on the radio in Minnesota, ties with industry insiders, Nashville connections, and industry savvy. Pair that with the "bonus disc" that accompanies Volume 4, a series of live acoustic performances, and you’ve got the makings of a project that should help put the Portland scene on the map.

BY SAM PFEIFLE


Issue Date: January 2 - 8, 2004
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