Ethan Ballinger - Wish Upon A Falling Star

By Mandolin Cafe
May 30, 2008 - 3:00 pm

A fascinating debut CD by this Nashville-based musician, a senior commercial music major at Belmont University and the son of Kris and Dale Ballinger, members of the famed bluegrass group The Cluster Pluckers.

A member of Missy Raines & The New Hip band, his 16 original tunes defy category but display influences of jazz, ambient, middle-eastern and progressive new acoustic, showing he's clearly comfortable with his own music. Someone to watch closely in the future.

Selections:
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Tanks Will Never Hurt Me
Waving
Goodbye
Floating Away
Foreign Policy
Sea Minor
Victory Is Yours
The Fountain
October
Sit On My Face
Bury My Heart In The Rust
Skeletons Are Coming For Us
Shadow
Manic
Tributaries
Departure

Self-produced
Artist web site
Purchase: From amazon.com