We (Aaron and Nicole Keim) have been making music as The Quiet American since 2010, writing popular instructional books and traveling the world teaching American folk music. We are also known for building musical instruments, making art, and living a hands on life.
"Let the Work I Do, Speak For Me" is a book and CD that combines all parts of our careers- celebrating labor, struggle and family. Not just the type of work that pays the bills, but also on our relationships, community, craft, art, and environment. The book includes lyrics and chords for every song as well as tablature to match the instruments played on the CD. Some tabs are written for Ukulele, others for Baritone Ukulele or Banjo. We’ve included You Tube links for all of the songs, including source recordings.
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Here is a sample track to enjoy: https://youtu.be/R_J6356pNo4
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Live in the studio, acoustic and old timey; "Songs From A Rocking Chair" is Aaron and Nicole at their purest and most powerful. Twelve songs that are drawn from their home life in the Columbia River Gorge, this CD strengthens their folk credibility yet allows them to present their original music and re-interpret traditionals and covers. Solid duet vocals are backed up by their unique banjo/ukulele/accordion sound. Ben Bonham and Ronnie Ontiveros add Dobro and bass on three tracks.
"Songs From A Rocking Chair" is old time folk music for modern times.
Track Listings:
1) Starry Crown- Traditional
2) Worth a Millon- Keim
3) Carroll County Blues- Keim
4) Roxy's Waltz- Keim
5) Ingrid Bergman- Bragg, Guthrie
6) Fire in the Sky- Kinsey
7) Mobile Line- Traditional
8) Some These Days I'll Be Gone- Patton
9) Hard Times Come Again No More- Foster
10) Carved Into My Heart- Keim
11) Garden Medley (Aphids in the Kale Patch/Groundhog/Coons in the Compost) - Keim
12) Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet- Traditional
Recorded by Adam Selzer at Type Foundry Studios. Art by Drew Christie. Covers printed by Stumptown Printers.
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Wild Bill Jones is a folk music song cycle that tells a tragic love story. This CD features duet vocals accompanied by a wide variety of folk instruments and was recorded by Adam Selzer (M. Ward, The Decemberists) in Portland, OR. The traditional murder ballad Wild Bill Jones is the centerpiece of the work. It's main characters inspire original songs and re-worked traditionals that tell all sides of this old story of love and loss.
Track Listing:
1) Apple In the Fall
2) Give the Fiddler A Dram
3) Come Walkin' With Me
4) Posey's Song
5) John Brown's Dream
6) Wild Bill Jones
7) Keys To the Kingdom
8) Crooked Tree Waltz
9) Gallows Pole
10) What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
11) Quail Parade
12) Free Little Bird
13) Sunflower River Blues
14) Posey's Song Reprise
15) True Love Will Find You In the End
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Musician, luthier, author, historian and songwriter; Aaron Keim is a roots music renaissance man. As The Quiet American, Aaron performs traditional and original folk music on guitar, ukulele and banjo. (which he builds himself!) Inspired by depression era string band music, old timey gospel, lo-fi garage rock and the modern indie-folk scene, The Quiet American is a compelling mix of old and new.
“The Quiet American Vol. II,” is a showcase of Aaron as a solo act. The original songs sound like classics and the traditionals sound fresh and new. Folky dreamscapes, distorted banjo, plunky ukulele and haunting vocals are presented with an old timey, lo-fi approach. Sticker included with each purchase!!
Tracks are:
I Will Be the One
KC Jones
Whiskey Johnny
Carolina
Spanish Fandango
Old Greasy Coat
Break the Hold
Talk is Cheap
Wandering Boy
When Death Comes (Creepin' in the Room)
Black Jack Daisy
Graphic Design by Scott McCormick.
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DISCLAIMER: This was recorded on a wax cylinder machine and transferred to CD. It sounds OLD AND SCRATCHY!
Aaron Keim, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Boulder Acoustic Society, is known for his old timey music taste and indie approach to the music business. At the 2010 Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, he met Martin Fisher who is a sound archivist and recording technician. Martin was recording musicians at the conference on a turn of the century wax cylinder recorder. Aaron got out his guitar and ukulele, sat down in front of the recording horn and turned out 5 tracks.
Songs include:
Rove Riley Rove- traditional
Slip Baby Slip- original by Aaron Keim
Ruben's Train- traditional
She Ain't No Good- original by Aaron Keim
The Light the Dust- original by Aaron Keim
Invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, the wax cylinder phonograph was the first commercial recording and playback device and was popular into the 1910's when disc shaped records forced them out of business. If you think a 78rpm record sounds old and scratchy, wait till you hear the lo-fi glory of wax cylinder recordings. To make these non-electrical recordings, the musician sings into a large horn, which guides a needle as it digs into the wax cylinder. Aaron transfered his wax recordings to CD and is releasing them as The Quiet American.
For this EP Aaron recorded three original indie-folk songs and two traditional songs. This includes help from Boulder Acoustic Society on Ruben's Train. You can see them recording in front of the wax recording machine at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlH6YZZfjM.
2006 Release by Aaron and Nicole Keim, "Born In The Country, Raised In Town." A folk music CD that is a great mix of old and new sounds and styles. Ukulele, banjo, guitar and vocals.
Track List:
-Liza Jane
-Ruby's Rag
-East Virginia
-Hesitation Blues
-Hard Times
-Take It Slow and Easy
-In the Pines
-Down In the Valley/Red River Valley
-Red Rocking Chair
-Lake Song Waltz
-Draft Dodger Rag
-For All We Know