"...the loose, gritty, self-recorded sound lends something to the storytelling... The first CD is acoustic, with a soft, folky feel; most of the tracks are mellow as could be, even when they also contain overtones of fear, delight or resignation. The second is all electric, more energetic and wild and elaborate.
Aronson's songs tell tales; they're all about something concrete, usually something true. And if that's not enough, many of them also have explanatory notes included in the CD booklet.
The best part of "Livengood" -- an entirely self-made, self-released project -- is that it is straight-up Alaska. Every song is inspired by the events and people of this state. Aronson's got such an acute sense of place, listening to the CD is like flipping through a photography book. And it contains a bunch of history lessons.
...but it is far from Alaskana."
~ Anchorage Daily News April 2006
"Among these twenty-nine tracks are none of the misty-eyed odes to nature one commonly associates with Alaskan singer-songwriters. These are the stories of desperate people (and often real people: Joe Vogler, Johnny Waterman and Chris McCandless are among the locally legendary figures that drift through these songs. It’s an Alaska rarely acknowledged by earnest young kids with guitars...as a songwriter, and particularly as a lyricist, he’s on to something... He’s a distinctively Alaskan artist."
~ Fairbanks Square March 2006
"Aronson's unique style of storytelling, [for instance,] shines throughout in the album..."
~ Alaska This Month February 2006
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.calebaronson.comTrack List:
1. Blue Laws
2. McCunn's Blues
3. Squatter
4. Cold As Hell
5. Copperton
6. Strings
7. Dry Creek
8. Holin' Up
9. Road To Ruin
10. South Leaning House
11. Birdman of Alcatraz
12. Stampede
13. Loosestrife
14. End Of The Highway Town
15. So Long, Too Soon
16. Moving Dirt
17. Drift & Fill
18. Blackie
19. Ashland
20. Leveeville
21. Top Heavy
22. Carboy
23. Close Second
24. Mariana
25. Deadhorse
26. Livengood
27. Northbound
28. Casey Porter
29. Boom Gone
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