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Eric Anders is a singer-songwriter who released four CDs from 2003-2006, all to critical acclaim. Eric is currently a contributing artist and executive producer of a tribute album dedicated to Native American activist Leneord Peltier. The concept of the album is one producer, one band and songs and vocals from several artists/bands: Eric, Trespassers William, Jennifer Leonhardt, Lindsay Fuller, Sugarplum Fairies and Son of the Velvet Rat, among others. Like his fourth release, this tribute album will be produced by Matt Brown of Trespassers William. The songs being streamed are from the Leonard Peltier tribute album and that fourth release, Tethered to the Ground. Two other members of Trespassers William—lead singer Anna-Lynne Williams and bassist Ross Simonini—also make an appearance in Tethered to the Ground. CD Baby's founder, Derek Sivers, someone who hears thousands of CDs every year, said the following about Eric's debut release Not At One: "One of the best CD's I've ever heard." Eric's second release, the 3-song EP Songs for Wayward Days, contains one of Howard Stern's selections for best political songs of the 2004 election season, "A Man For No Season." The Courier Press's music critic Mark Wilson wrote that Eric Anders' third release, More Regrets, is "a masterpiece of dark, ambient textures, layered soundscapes and subtly hypnotic grooves." Eric's songs have been on TV and in films, including "Big World Abide" on FX's Dirt starring Courtney Cox, and "So Wrong" in Man in the Chair, a 2007 feature film starring Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer. Both of these songs are on Tethered to the Ground and are being streamed here.
"This, friends, is what that whole singer-songwriter movement is all about: one man with a vision, a unique voice, solid instrumentation, and words that can—and will—open your eyes." -- Laura Hamlett, Playback
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"Sometimes you just have to shake your head in sorrowful astonishment. Because some records are just so good that I can't begin to comprehend how you (yes, you) manage to get through this miserable existence without experiencing their majesty. And Tethered to the Grounds is one of those records." -- Zeitgeist "His cover version of the Violent Femmes' song "Blister in the Sun" is astounding." -- Mark Wilson, Courier Press "Eric Anders is an obscure, independent singer-songwriter whose unaffected ability to turn a phrase and otherworldly knack for arranging transcendent, melancholy melodies would have made him a superstar … you know, if records still sold based on talent." -- Gail Worley, The Worley Gig   |
