Brad Yoder

Pittsburgh-based singer/songwriter Brad Yoder derived substantial influence from folk veterans Bruce Cockburn and Dar Williams in growing his earnest pop/rock style, though his sound is usually far nearer to contemporaries like Matthew Nice, Elliott Smith, and Jason Falkner within their tunefulness. After two self-releases — 1997’s Greatest Sunday Heart as well as the 1999 acoustic live arranged Speak to Total Strangers — Yoder strike his stride carrying out reside in Pittsburgh-area coffeehouses. He was called Greatest Solo Musician within the 2001 InPittsburgh Newsweekly visitors’ poll, and financed his 1st “appropriate” Compact disc that year completely on donations from followers. Used premiered around the Reverie Information imprint in summer time 2002 for some crucial acclaim, with Yoder carrying on to tour little venues within the Northeast.