MP3 Bob Anderle - flesh

A singer-songwriter blends folk and pop-rock elements on a passionate, solo acoustic journey through the highs and lows of the human condition, with a knowing wink at faith.

13 MP3 Songs
POP: Folky Pop, FOLK: Folk Pop



Details:
Bob hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has enjoyed a long, circuitous journey into music. Bobâs parents bought him his first guitar at age 15, and it wasn't long before he was writing his own songs. At 17, he recorded his first tunes on a 4-track reel-to-reel in a friend's living room. But life was to lead him down other paths. There was college, a social work career, and following a move to Chicago in 1996, grad school and a time in church ministry. Through it all, the one constant was the acoustic guitar on the stand in the corner.

Around 2002, his guitar left the stand and took a more prominent place in his lap. He began devoting his free time to writing and developing as a musician, and eventually became an alum of the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. In 2002, he took his first steps into performing at open mics around Chicago, and finally in 2004, began recording. He released his debut CD, "flesh," independently in March of 2005. Since July of 2005, he has performed at Uncommon Ground Coffeehouse and Cafe in Chicago, and in various church settings around the Midwest.

Bob was nurtured on a musical diet of acoustic singer-songwriters, classic rock, Windham Hill artists, and Christian pop. Stylistic elements of all of these genres are present in Bob's own brand of pop folk, and he has been compared to performers as varied as James Taylor, Jim Croce, Luka Bloom, and Jack Johnson. His CD, "flesh," addresses his favorite themes: relationships, the complexities of human nature, faith, and the places where they all collide.