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BROTHER TO THE WIND BUY
Stone Barn Records, 2009
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Life With The Sound Turned Down
Carrying A Dream
Brother To The Wind
Even A Cowboy Can Dream
A Day Well Spent
If He Came Back Again
This Old House
Lord Franklin
The Real Game
Donald And June
Prayers For You
Where In The World
Features guest appearances by Beth Nielsen Chapman, Janis Ian, Tim O'Brien, Maura O'Connell, Darrell Scott, Jack Sundrud, Kenny Vaughn, Rusty Young and others.

NO ROAD BACK:
Retrospect & Rarities BUY
LIMITED EDITION
Stone Barn Records 2007  
Sugarcane Street
Still The Voice
Mona Lisa's Frown
I'd Move Heaven And Earth
Givers And Takers
You Take Me Home
You Are What Love Means To Me
Untasted Honey
That's How You Know Love's Right*
In Love And Out Of Danger*
Find Your Own Way Home
We Will Not Pass This Way Again

 
LIMITED EDITION RELEASE 2007!

"What's so remarkable about Bickhardt's work isn't simply the absolutely stunning quality of songs, all of which are uniformly strong, interesting and thought provoking. What really makes his work click is the emotional depth in his voice and his presentation. He puts a lump in a listener's throat and a thought in a listener's head, frequently at the same time."- Mark Gould, Sound Waves Magazine 2/07

"Craig Bickhardt has spent a lifetime crafting intelligently lean, but meaningful songs... meticulously shaped, with a keen literary and narrative approach. Most crucially; he is a communicator, capable of touching the heart of his listeners." - John Brindle, Maverick Magazine (UK)

"These are the spaces Bickhardt inhabits with his lyrics, quiet, imaginative, deeply poetic..." - Naila Francis, The Intelligencer.

A retrospective covering over two decades of recordings. Features three rare, out of print cuts plus five previously unreleased cuts, including two duets with Wendy Waldman* recorded in 1983, and Craig's version of Untasted Honey made popular by Kathy Mattea. Quantities Limited!
 

IDLEWHEEL BUY
Bickhardt and Sundrud
Stone Barn Records 2006  
Georgia Burning / lo-fi
Mona Lisa's Frown
Invisible Hope / lo-fi
I'd Move Heaven And Earth / lo-fi
Dust Of This Town
Twisted, Tied and Tangled
Sweet Sadness / lo-fi
Cool Drink Of Water / lo-fi
Stand My Ground
Little Red Reminders
When I Tell You I Love You / lo-fi
Howl Like A Lonesome Wind / lo-fi

 
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"...two artists at the very top of their game...great songs and performances (****1/2)" - Mark Gould, Soundwaves Magazine

"There is a knowing, rough-hewn wisdom to much of these songs. They convey believable real life experiences rather than slickly produced, though emotionally bereft material one often associates with Nashville. (****)" -John Brindle, Maverick Magazine

 
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EASY FIRES BUY
Craig Bickhardt
Stone Barn Records, 2001

 

Easy Fire
The Only Way I Know
Sugarcane Street
Where I Used To Have A Heart
Pay Your Love On Time
Still The Voice
Troubled Shores
One Rose
I Can't Turn The Tide
Dance With Father Time
The Ransom
St. Martin's Summer

 

2002 VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD
Voted Top 5 CD at Kweevak.com

IAMA AWARD 2007 First Place for "Sugarcane Street"

"...the real surprise is that Craig hasn't scored a hit himself. His... finely finessed visions tread in that warm, humane, Americana territory..." -Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Daily News

"Easy Fires is a blaze of poetry, expert instrumentation and passionate vocals..." -Laura Turner Lynch, kweevak.com

"...gem of a record...a remarkable debut by a major talent" - Mark Gould, SoundWaves Magazine

"Buy one--or better, two, because the CD will wear out eventually but these songs won't." - Charlotte Ryerson, Red Truck Radio.com
 


PRECIOUS CHILD:
THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS BUY
Warner Brothers, Resound Records 1993

SONGBBOOK (SHEET MUSIC)

Unto Us A Child Is Born
Mary And Joseph, Rejoice!
One More Generation
Concerning Elizabeth
Child In A Barren Land
Concerning The Birth
Adoration
Part Of Heaven
In The Dark Of Night
When Heaven's Calling You
So You Say That You Saw A Star
Concerning The Flight
The Flight
Light Of Salvation
Precious Child

 

"One of the season's most original offerings...a powerful reminder of the "Precious Child" whose birth Christians celebrate with this holiday" (Dirty Linen; December, 1993)

"...a wonderfully original work that evokes the true meaning of the holidays" (Bone Magazine; December, 1993)

"This is a welcome surprise and a tasteful alternative version of the Christmas story. Grade A" (The Knoxville News Sentinel; 12/17/93)

"...It's an absolutely marvelous project, an incredibly tasteful musical/song cycle." (Zassafrass Music News: 1/7/94)

"...a brilliant idea, brilliantly executed" (The Ithaca Journal 12/16/93)


 

NO EASY HORSES
Schuyler Knobloch and Bickhardt (SKB)
MTM records, 1987

OOP, sorry
 

No Easy Horses
People Still Fall In Love
Givers And Takers
Those Were The Days
Down In The Trenches Of Love
This Old House
Way To Love is Through The Heart
You Take Me Home
Living Without You
American Steel

 

Features the hit singles "This Old House", "There Ain't No Easy Horses" and "Givers And Takes". Out Of Print
 
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