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Mike Felten
He’s been accused of trafficking in “Outsider Americana.” Perhaps a better handle for Mike Felten’s highly distinctive musical approach would be “Chicagoana.” The Windy City is deeply and inexorably ingrained in the veteran singer-songwriter’s mesmerizing musical odes, right down to the names of streets that he’s wandered down and the shady characters haunting them in decades past. Mike knows where all the bones are buried and he’s not shy about letting us in on the secrets, blending folk, blues, and rock influences to spread the news. Even in the middle of a pandemic, Mike’s muse hasn’t deserted him, although Fast Mikey Blue Eyes, his sixth studio CD for his own Landfill label (2017’s roots album of the year, 'Diamonds and Televisions,' was his previous release), was nearly completed when the virus hit
Fast Mikey Blue Eyes
By Mike Felten
Label: Landfill Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Three Drinks In; Detroit Woman; Dead Old Girlfriend; See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; A Girl Walks Into A Bar; Chasing
A Rumor; Homan Avenue; Godzilla Jones; 2302; Y'all Are Guilty; Where The White Lady Lives; Like Listening to Charlie
Parker.
Mike Felten: Fast Mikey Blue Eyes
by Doug Collette
One reliable measure of a musician's mettle is the extent to which they attract players with notable pedigree to collaborate. Fast Mikey Blue Eyes is a case in point; the legitimacy of both keyboardist-composer Barry Goldberg and harpist Corky Siegel are beyond reproach, so their contributions to guitarist-vocalist-songwriter Mike Felten's sixth album (for his own label) ...
Diamonds and Televisions
By Mike Felten
Label: Landfill Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: It All Ends Here; Bohunk's Daughter; Seven Days A Week; Emma's House; Gas Station Coffee; Old Dogs and Fools; Pa
Kettle's Bastard Son; Get Lost; Statue of Liberty; Mike's Last Will and Testament.