Where do I start? - Joe Purdy

Joe Purdy is the prime example of why I'm doing the "Where do I start?" posts. 8 albums that span 6 years makes it hard to know where to start. Seriously, with Joe Purdy all of his albums are so good that you can start anywhere. I don't say that about many artists, so I mean it. He currently has 8 full length albums (including a new one this year): "Canyon Joe", "Stompin Grounds", "Take My Blanket and Go", "Paris in the Morning", "You Can Tell Georgia", "Only Four Seasons", "Julie Blue", and "Sessions from Motor Ave.". Quite daunting if you'd like to get started with him. I spent a lot of time exploring his albums when I first heard of him. I realized they were all good and I couldn't go wrong. He's that consistent from album to album. But if I was to name one good album to start on (and purchase) I would go with "Only Four Seasons". It features the songs "The City" (my favorite song of his), "Why Do I", "Come Back Down Joe", "Laughing Man" and other great songs. I think it's a fantastic album and will give you a great place to start with this heavily recorded and great artist.

By the way one of the best parts of his website is that you can listen to every single one of his songs in full length. Click on the album and a player will pop up. Makes me like him even more.

Where do I start? - Matt Costa

(see previous post to see what this post is all about)
Don't worry if you've just heard of Matt Costa and now like him. He only has 2 full albums which makes it easy to catch up on his albums. The best album to start on, purchase and hear a good sampling of his music is "Songs We Sing". I highly recommend picking up this album, especially the songs: "Cold December", "Sunshine", "Sweet Rose", & "Yellow Taxi". So, start on "Songs We Sing", sample it here.

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If you're adventurous and/or heard that album and like to move on, continue below...


Matt Costa only has 2 full albums and a handful of EP's. I would ignore most of the listings in that link and focus on his best album "Songs We Sing". Once you get an appreciation for his music you can move onto the good but not as good as "Songs We Sing", album called "Unfamiliar Faces". His most catchy tune and the song that's gained him the most notoriety is "Mr. Pitiful".


It's a great song but the album doesn't follow suit as much but is still very good. More songs to check out are "Cigarette Eyes" or "Miss Magnolia" If you are a fan of his "Songs We Sing" you'll like most of "Unfamiliar Faces".

From there you can move onto the EP's, "Elasmosauras EP" or "Matt Costa EP" but I wouldn't buy them as they share songs with his main two albums.

Matt Costa is a great artist and one of my favorites, I definitely recommend starting on and buying "Songs We Sing" and then taking it to his latest "Unfamiliar Faces". Enjoy.

Where do I start? - The beginning

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about Matt Costa. He had never heard of him and wanted to try him out but didn't know where to start. It got me thinking about this site. I post a lot of new bands that may have already 2-5 albums under their belt. With more than 2 albums already out there it's hard to know where to start with the artist (eg. The Avett Brothers, Mason Jennings) , especially if they had signed with a label during the years or if their band had changed from album to album. So I'm going to start something new I like to call "Where do I start?" where I feature an artist that has more than one or two albums under their belt and I'll recommend a good album to start with and where to go from there. I'm gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don't, send it right back.

First artist, Matt Costa, will follow this post. I'll continue with artists that I've already posted on this site. Hope you guys like it and it helps in your music acquisition process.

(to come: Avett Brothers, Mason Jennings, Eric Hutchinson, etc...)