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Artist description
“Doesn't it feel like home?" sings Charleston, S.C.-based songwriter-musician Aaron Levy at the close of his acclaimed single "Open House," an upbeat folksy number inspired by his experiences as a onetime real estate agent. The same question aptly sums up Levy's music, an assortment of earthy acoustic ballads and rock-flavored anthems that denote his coming of age amid the fireflies and magnolias of this coastal Southern town.
A songwriter since the age of 15, Levy is a self-taught guitarist who also plays the piano, accordion, bass, mandolin and pedal steel guitar. His style is influenced by centuries of European and American folk music, and in fact Levy lives the part of a traveling minstrel, performing some 100 gigs per year.
College of Charleston poet-in-residence Paul Allen, under whom Levy studied poetry and songwriting, has called Levy's live act "a spellbinding performance." Levy finished the 96 WAVE Acoustic Playoffs as a finalist and has also drawn praise from his peers in the regional music scene. "I am so excited about what [Levy] has to say musically," said Matt Bivins of Charleston's indie-rock powerhouse Jump, Little Children.
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Music Style
Americana |
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Musical Influences
Joni Mitchell, Mary Timony/Helium, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, Pearl Jam, Grateful Dead, Nick Drake, Counting Crows, Neil Young |
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Similar Artists
Counting Crows, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Live, Neil Young, U2, James Taylor, Mary Timony, Joni Mitchell, John Gorka, Bill Morrisey, Stevie Wonder, Glen Campbell, Fiona Apple |
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Instruments
Guitar, bass, keys, vocals |
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Location
Charleston, SC - USA |
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