About This:
Indie Album of the Year 1997 Kerrville Music Awards Released in 1997, Hear You Laughing is considered Tom Prasada-Rao’s defining recorded moment, winning “Best Indie Album”, and winning 5 WAMA awards (Washington Area Music Award) including songwriter of the year, and song of the year for “Sleeping Beauty” included here. Other live TPR standards on this disc include “Richard Nixon,” “Falling Star,” and the transcendent “Ella’s Angel.” Produced by Tom Prasada-Rao, recorded by Matt Holsen, and featuring Jeff Berkley – djembe, Broto Roy – tabla, and the late Rick Schmidt – drums. Some common criticisms of standard singer-songwriter folk music are that it is too depressing, too musically simplistic, too lyrically didactic, too preachy, etc. Those critics haven't met Tom Prasada-Rao yet. Prasada-Rao is as far from boring folk music as you can get and still be holding an acoustic guitar. —The Free Times (Columbia, SC)