After parting with Mercury, Ed Hamell returned to his indie roots for Choochtown, a lo-fi tumble through the urban jungle and its cast of drug dealers, blackmailers, and small-time thugs. It's not, strictly speaking, a concept album, but it...
Hamell On Trial: Ed Hamell (acoustic guitar).Intentionally or not, Ed Hamell subverted traditional notions of what a singer/songwriter could be with his major-label debut. Like his future tourmate (and fellow upstate New York native) Ani...
Personnel: Ed Hamell (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, drums); Maria Hernandez, Pete Vercillo, Detroit Hamell (vocals); Mike Napolitano (electric guitar); Ani DiFranco (kazoo, keyboards, bass synthesizer, drums, sound effects, mu...
Hamell On Trail: Ed Hamell (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, marimba, bass); Linda Guyette (vocals); Ani Difranco (vocals, Keyboards, drum machine); Gary Lucas (guitar); Ernie Brooks, Glen Kiani, Andrew "Goat" Gilchrist (bass); Jonatha...
Personnel: Ed Hamell (vocals, guitar); Eric Bazilian (electric guitar, saxophone, piano); Susan Voelz (violin); Brian Wolff (horns); Phil "Wif Skill" Nowlan (piano); Goatboy (organ); Randy Cantor (Mellotron); Jeff Cole (keyboards); Andy Kra...