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Mike Alviano
'Vagabond Songs' is the third studio album from Canadian born singer-songwriter, Mike Alviano. On this outing, Alviano has fused his troubadour road worn ways, with more than fifteen years of performing and writing music, creating a blend of soulful songs filled with wanderlust, doubt, hope, redemption and grace.
Aside from his road-seasoned voice and gutsy performances, what makes Alviano unique is his willingness to lay bare his life in his songs. The confessional lyrics found on 'Vagabond Songs' recount a two-year journey taking Alviano from the back roads of small-town Canada, to the hash houses of Amsterdam.
'Vagabond Songs' was recorded in secret places and spaces during the Canadian winter of 2006, and features a distinguished cast of players from among his friends in and around his 'sometimes hometown' of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, including Shannon Lyon, Chris Giesbrecht and Jason Schneider.
"...an intelligently heartfelt, delicately beautiful, collection of thoughtful and uplifting tapestries of sound"
Noise Addiction (Australia)
"before the first song is over all eyes are focused on the quiet, intense performer who lets his music do the talking"
The RECORD