Erik Balkey
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Custom song
Custom songs, or personalized songs consist of a non-songwriter providing information to a songwriter so that the information can then be turned into a piece of music. Unlike the Song poem of the 1960s and 1970s, these songs are more often than not purchased as gifts and do not claim any...
s and paints houses and is based in Haddon Heights, NJ
Haddon Heights, New Jersey
Haddon Heights is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population is 7,473....
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Discography
- Erik Balkey (1999)
- Negotiations & Compromise (2002)
- God's Poet Now (2003) (a tribute to Dave CarterDave CarterDave Carter was an American folk singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music." He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new "voice of modern folk music" in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002...
) - While the Paint Dries (2004)
- Sanctuary Road (2005)
- A Mission StreetMission StreetMission Street is a north-south arterial thoroughfare in San Francisco, California that runs from the city's southern border to its northeast corner. The street and the Mission District through which it runs were named for the Spanish Mission Dolores, several blocks away from the modern route. Only...
Project collection called Liberty Tree (2006) - My Sacred Heart (2007)
- Deadpan Alley (2007)
- Family Album, Custom Songs Volume 1 (2008)
- A Mission Street Project collection called Make Levees (2008)
Folk Radio DJ's Who Play Erik Balkey's Songs
- Gene ShayGene ShayGene Shay is an American radio personality. He is a representative of Philadelphia's folk music scene. He has produced weekly folk radio shows since 1962...
at WXPN in Philadelphia! - John PlattJohn PlattJohn Platt is a Principal Researcher in the Machine Learning department at Microsoft Research. Platt has worked for Microsoft since 1997. Prior to Microsoft, Platt had served as Director of Research at Synaptics....
at WFUV in New York City - Rich Warren at WFMT in Chicago
- Marilyn Beyer at WUMB in Boston