NOTE: You can buy this CD DIRECTLY from Michael Wagner for $10 at http://www.chappymusic.com/LoveSongs.php If you're really into supporting independent artists, buy directly from the artists. CDBaby's great and all, but they take a substantial cut ($4) of every CD sale. Plus artists have to pay postage to mail CD's to CD baby. After all the costs are factored in, artists make much less money selling CDs through CDBaby than they do selling them directly. According to CDBaby, someone is waiting right now to buy my CD, well why not simply buy it directly from me? Enough of my bitching though...here's what others say about my music: "...one of the most captivating performers in the 'little guitar' scene" -JezebelMusic.com "I thought the ukulele was okay, but I really liked the drummer" -WWOZ 90.5FM New Orleans Listener after hearing Michael Wagner's SOLO on-air performance. With his first album, Love Songs & Miscellany, Wagner presents 10 songs about love, heartbreak, war, bumblebees and zombies. The songs are decidedly dark, which is notable for an instrument primarily known for light-hearted novelty songs. Yet as Wagner demonstrates, the emotional range of a ukulele (like any instrument) is limited only by the player. For fans of players like Kaki King, Wagner has taken things a step further, developing a new playing technique that has redefined the sonic capabilities of the ukulele. Close your eyes and you'll hear a ukulele accompanied by a hand drum. Open your eyes and all you'll see is a ukulele, but you'll still hear that hand drum. Michael Wagner has developed and mastered a technique by which he can simultaneously play percussion and string parts on the ukulele, creating a bizarre one-man-band effect that most only believe when they see it live. Don't believe it? Go to http://www.myspace.com/newamericanfolk to see a live performance of "Streets". Michael Wagner has recently relocated to New York City where he has quickly established himself as one of the most unique performers on the folk-music scene. In his first performance in the city, Wagner immediately had an entire room full of people stomping their feet to the strange beats of his song "Spooky Uke".