MP3 Rick Spreitzer - From the Bottom

lyric driven Americana, emotional poetics slung over acoustic instrumentation: evocative, somber, reflective.

11 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, COUNTRY: Country Folk



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Rick Spreitzer beats a guitar like an old man cleaning a dirty rug. He sings like nobodyâs angel. But if you spend any time with his songs, youâre struck by the poetry that sleeps within his lines⦠battered and blue, slung from a bruised chest and a sideways grin.

âThere is a certain romance in seeking ballast through the bad luck and blue changes. For me, that is what the process of songwriting seems largely about. I try to carve out songs that have pieces of poetry, real emotional gravity and a sense of space. My aim is to write songs that really draw the listener in.â

Rick has three self-released CDs which are gaining airplay on Americana, College, and Alt-Country stations both stateside and abroad. His latest, From the Bottom, was just released in March, 2006 and follows Dirt Tracks (2004) and Meanderthal (2002).

⢠Album of the Month â AmericanaOK â July 2006
⢠Folk Alley Open Mic Top 10 â June 2006
⢠Spotlight Album â Songriver â March 2006
⢠7th Annual North Carolina Songwriterâs Co-Op Songwriterâs Contest Winner 2004
⢠Flat Rock Music Festivalâs Hank Williams Songwriting Contest - 3rd place 2004 and Top 10 finalist, 2005
⢠Top 10 Best Mid-Atlantic Releases of 2003 - Left Off the Dial

Radio: WNCW, WFUV, KMSU, WMPG

ââ¦excellent craftsman of songs." Roots Highway

"Music with generous grit and unsupervised emotional release... a good workhorse with energetic gait that makes the picture come alive." Eddie Russell/Outlaw for Peace, Jolly Roger Radio International

"Most young songwriters don't dig deep enough to get to the real song. Rick is a digging machine." Michael Reno Harrell
"Rick Spreitzer is a beautiful guy; gentle but strong, and clear sighted about the human condition. He writes about regular people in a way that reaches all of us, if we take the time to listen.â David Childers

"[Rick] puts forth an intimate sound that captures his wonderful ability with words." Ray Randall/Americana Roots

"They donât make records like this anymore." Americana UK