Smoldering Ashes Discography of CDs

Smoldering Ashes music CDs Songs in the Key of Mountain Birds Blue, the sophomore outing from Smoldering Ashes isn't merely a follow up to last year's well-received Nervous Constellations, it's a departure down the scenic route with lots of turns and stops for Polaroids and coffee. You probably should fasten your seatbelt and keep your ears open. Sparked by wanderlust both musically and lyrically, siphoning fuel from behemoths such as "Sandinista!", "Tusk" and the Beatles "White" album, and with the anything goes ethos of Roy Wood's "Boulders", the band set out, with smiling faces, for ...

Smoldering Ashes discography A bombshell from the Oklahoma/California powerhouse beat combo, featuring the twin guitar barrage of Jeff Brenneman and Tory Troutman, the primal thump of Dirk Doucette and the smoky neon vocals of chanteuse Veronica Ashe, "AN Oasis Where Nothing Explodes" is further buttressed by contributions from the Pacific Rim: Keyboardist Myungjoo Lee is on board for five tracks, Hannah Seo saws fiddle, young Donghyun Kim makes "Moon Stone" memorable, and guest bassist Bob Mora nails the whole thing down with two unpaid guest appearances! Special guest appearance from singer-songwriter Mary Elizabeth Young, the pride of New Hampshire. ...

Smoldering Ashes songs Moonlighting 17 Pygmies members John Brenneman (guitar) and Dirk Doucette (drums), both also of White Glove Test, are also behind Smoldering Ashes, which heads in yet a different direction than that better-known, veteran L.A. group. Utilizing silky-voiced Oklahoman Veronica Ashe as muse, this outfit prefers lithe atmospheric light pop that isn't a dustbowl far from where the Sundays and Innocence Mission or Natalie Merchant have taken us. Nice Sunday morning music for sure, with a classical strings element on "Sea-Blue" that delivers Nervous Constellations into after-rain radiance. ~ Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover The Smoldering Ashes ...