Songs from the Front Porch [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Limited edition acoustic album from Australia features 10 tracks on the Liberation label for the rapper. 2003.

Songs from the Front Porch,Michael Franti,Soul/R & B

Songs from the Front Porch [Import]

Songs from the Front Porch [Import]
Songs From the Front Porch: An Acoustic Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • good vibes
  • good music
  • worthwhile
  • Michael is my new guru - he should be everyones!
  • Everything music should be. Simply rythmic & pure.
 Songs From the Front Porch: An Acoustic Collection
Michael Franti
Manufacturer: Reincarnate Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:
  1. Yell Fire!
  2. Everyone Deserves Music
  3. Stay Human
  4. I Know I'm Not Alone
  5. Home

ASIN: B0002DD5SE
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

  1. Yes I Will
  2. Closer to the Sky
  3. Firefly
  4. Love'll Set Me Free
  5. Love Invincible
  6. Anybody Seen My Mind
  7. Sometimes
  8. Stay Human
  9. Oh My God
  10. Ganja Babe

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars good vibes.......2007-06-13

on the whole a chill album there are some top quality moments and peachy versions.well worth checking out

4 out of 5 stars good music.......2007-04-11

We are not to familiar with the artist, but it's nice easy-going music with a reggae flair.

5 out of 5 stars worthwhile.......2007-01-05

Michael Franti once again brings light to his "Songs from the front porch" album.....this cd definitely along with his others is worth buying even if there are duplicate songs from other cd's.....the acuoustic version has a more at home style to it!

5 out of 5 stars Michael is my new guru - he should be everyones!.......2006-09-21

Michael Franti has it down - with his lyrics, sound and his laid back lifestyle! He is my new guru - listen and live through and by his lyrics!

Peace!

5 out of 5 stars Everything music should be. Simply rythmic & pure........2005-01-09

I don't know what you expect from a dreaded guy showing his bare foot on the cover, but that picture is meant to fool you. This is the most honest& best album I have played over the air in 2004. The more times you listen to this cd all the way through, the more you'll be convinced this man is put here just to help you see. Very rarely you'll find such an artist at his peak, and virtually unknown. Very proud to say my listeners request Michael Franti regularly. Every flower has a right to be bloomin :) Brilliant!
Songs from the Big Front Porch...A Celebration of American Folk Music
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • TRACK LISTINGS
 Songs from the Big Front Porch...A Celebration of American Folk Music
Bridget Ball & Christopher Shaw
Manufacturer: Twining Tree
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005YBKS
Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

  1. Old Joe Clark
  2. Gold Watch and Chain
  3. Dark as a Dungeon
  4. This Old House
  5. Wild Mountain Thyme
  6. Diggy Liggy Lo
  7. Blow Ye Winds of Morning
  8. Life's Railway to Heaven
  9. I Ride an Old Paint
  10. Jenny Jenkins
  11. Red River Valley
  12. How Can I Keep from Singing?

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars TRACK LISTINGS.......2005-02-09

1. Old Joe Clark
2. Gold Watch and Chain
3. Dark as a Dungeon
4. This Old House
5. Wild Mountain Thyme
6. Diggy Liggy Lo
7. Blow Ye Winds of Morning
8. Life's Railway to Heaven
9. I Ride an Old Paint
10. Jenny Jenkins
11. Red River Valley
12. How Can I Keep From Singing
One Small Voice
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		One Small Voice

    Manufacturer: Iris Ann Hirsch
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Contemporary BluesContemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000CAH3RQ
    Release Date: 2004-06-15
    Suitcase full of Songs
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Suitcase full of Songs
      Razzmatazz for Kids
      Manufacturer: Razzmatazz for Kids
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Traditional BluesTraditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
      Acoustic BluesAcoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
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      International FolkInternational Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B000063EMN
      Release Date: 2001-09-21

      Tracks:

      1. Banjo
      2. Introduction to Unsquare Dance
      3. Unsquare Dance
      4. The Chicken Pox Blues
      5. Sleeping Over
      6. Si Mon Moine
      7. Dum-Dee-Di-Dee-Diddily-Do
      8. Take Me to the Zoo
      9. Alle Brider
      10. Mud
      11. Macaroni
      12. Bilingual Introduction to Jai vu le loup
      13. Jai vu le loup
      14. Ive Got my Longjohns On
      15. Chugga Choo Choo
      16. Butterfly
      17. Zum Gali
      18. English Introduction to LArbre est dans ses feuilles
      19. LArbre est dans ses feuilles
      20. Coney Island Washboard
      21. The Swing
      22. Sleeping Over (Instrumental)

      Album Description

      WINNER of the EAST COAST MUSIC AWARD 2003 for "Children's Recording of the Year" and NOMINATED in the Children's Music category of the CANADIAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS 2002, "Suitcase full of Songs" vibrates with many different styles of music. You will hear guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, accordian, piano, wooden spoons, banjo, shakers, hand drums, and rub-board, often accompanied by bass and drums. We're pleased to include musical traditions such as Klezmer, Cajun/Zydeco, Appalachian, Latin Percussion, and Blues in this group of original and traditional songs. Along with the English songs, we've included songs in French, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Children also participated in this project, including our son and daughter. We thank everyone for their contributions. From front-porch country banjo to pizzicato violin minuet, from blues to a square dance, from waltz to Klezmer, from calypso to Cajun, this suitcase full of songs is our gift to you.

      Enjoy! Sandy and T.C.
      Pat Johnson's Songs from the Town Boredom Built
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Pat Johnson's Songs from the Town Boredom Built

        Manufacturer: EPJ
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000CA3DSE
        Release Date: 2005-10-11
        Songs from the Front Porch
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Songs from the Front Porch
          Michael Franti
          Manufacturer: Import
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B00008WD0I
          Release Date: 2003-06-03

          Tracks:

          1. Yes I Will
          2. Closer to the Sky
          3. Firefly
          4. Love'll Set Me Free
          5. Love Invincible
          6. Anybody Seen My Mind
          7. Sometimes
          8. Stay Human
          9. Oh My God
          10. Ganja Babe

          Album Description

          Limited edition acoustic album from Australia features 10 tracks on the Liberation label for the rapper. 2003.
          Songs from the Front Porch
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • Michael Franti - Songs from the Front Porch
          • Lyrical Man Rocks!!!
          		 Songs from the Front Porch
          Michael Franti
          Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          Experimental RapExperimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          Pop RapPop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          Folk RockFolk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
          R&BR&B | Imports | Stores | Music
          ASIN: B00009P1PU
          Release Date: 2003-06-03

          Tracks:

          1. Yes I Will
          2. Closer to the Sky
          3. Firefly
          4. Love'll Set Me Free
          5. Love Invincible
          6. Anybody Seen My Mind
          7. Sometimes
          8. Stay Human
          9. Oh My God
          10. Ganja Babe

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Michael Franti - Songs from the Front Porch.......2003-11-20

          This is truly a beautiful collection of acoustic songs that have been taken from a number of different Michael Franti and Spearhead albums. The songs have been striped back to a simple acoustic strum and drumbeat, accompanied at different times by hand claps, piano, and flute.

          Opening with "Yes I Will", a catchy and smooth flowing song that builds to a near gospel ending, the album starts with one of the best songs. "Closer to the Sky" is purely a slow acoustic ballad, whilst track 3 "Firefly" has a toe tapping piano and percussive beat which you cant help but move to. "Love'll set Me Free" is another slower tempo song with an acoustic guitar and flute accompanying it. "Love Invincible" - which is taken of Franti's new spearhead album "Everyone Deserves Music" - is brilliant as it ups the pace again and has an irresistible congo rhythm underlying the quick guitar strumming and Wurlitzer. On the next track "Anybody Seen My Mind" Franti once again slows the pace. This leads us into the last 4 songs on the album that are perfect. "Sometimes" starts to bring in a more hip hop style of singing rather than the more soulful style that Franti has used on the earlier songs. This style is continued on the final three songs with track 8 "Stay Human" being my personal favourite on the album. The finger picking on the acoustic tries to make you float away whilst Franti's "boom bab" lyrics and other oral percussion sounds keep you stuck there listening. Franti also makes the song more and more urgent as he increases his voice and pace. "Oh My God" brings on some real "spoken" lyrics and Franti steps up his political theme too, before once again getting more urgent. Track 10, is the funky closer "Ganja Babe" where Franti exercises his deep smooth soulful singing and steers the topic down a lighter path, accompanied by some damn catchy whistling.

          Overall this album is well worth a purchase as it is a sweet melding of both a hip-hop flavour and a lighter acoustic "no frills" approach. With some interesting lyrical topics, sweet melodies, hand claps and a pop/hip-hop/soulful voice over the top it is truly songs for the front porch.

          5 stars

          5 out of 5 stars Lyrical Man Rocks!!!.......2003-07-30

          This album, refered to as an "acoustic collection", contains songs that can also be found on other Franti & Spearhead cds. However, I'd have to say this one is my favorite.
          Free of fancy overdubs and superfluous instrumentation--it's Franti's extraordinary talent that carries this cd. From the rockin' entrance of "Yes I Will", to the sly "Ganja Babe", every tune is fresh, unique and captivating. Michael Franti's eclectic style crosses genres and generations, and is a welcome relief from the generic "mu$ic" so widely marketed these days.
          This music is real.

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