Uncle Tupelo meets Crowded House in this alternative country/smart pop debut.

10 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, FOLK: Folk Pop



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"Back-porch charm meets pub-rocking vim on Rhode Islander-turned-Carpinterian Dave Provost's juicy new album. It's smartly recorded and produced by Bruce Winter and benefits from the local likes of steel man Bill Flores and others. Provost has a way with guitars and also words, as he peels off poetic imagery and clever lines, advising to "look both ways before you cross your heart". The pleasingly leather-voiced Provost has a confident sound, easily riding the cusp of country and rock and song-smithing with brains attached."
-- Josef Woodard
(Santa Barbara Independent, June 6, 2002)

"beautiful, resonant songs...one of the best albums you'll hear this year"
-- Roger Durling
(Montecito Journal, July 17, 2002)

New York-born, Rhode Island-raised, and California-based, Dave Provost has been playing in front of audiences in bars, clubs, and coffeehouses in those three states and places in between for over 13 years. During that time he has polished an engaging, informal rapport with people who come to listen to his highly personal, intelligent songs.

Provost cut his musical teeth on the likes of The Schemers and NRBQ, and he cites Tom Waits, Steve Earle, and John Hiatt among his greatest influences. Provost's own songs are strikingly well-crafted tales that approach life, love, and loss with equal parts sadness and joy and characters who could just as easily be found in a story by Raymond Carver. The alternative country flavor of Uncle Tupelo and the smart-pop sensibility of Crowded House are both readily apparent on Dave's new cd, "Home."