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The New CD by GRAMMY Award Winner

Badlands is Ambient Americana - music with a kind of reflective atmosphere that honors the traditions of American roots music, Western culture and Native American spirit. In this follow up CD to Tingstad’s 2006 GRAMMY nominated Southwest, there are layers of American fingerstyle guitar over a solid bed of crunchy twangy telecaster and infectious grooves. Badlands features an abundance of dobro, steel guitars, fiddle and shamanic drumming all tied together with the help of Cindy Cashdollar, Nancy Rumbel and Byron Metcalf. Relaxed but not whimpy, this recording has a slightly menacing message that the desert is a beautiful and spritual place, but you can also get in big trouble out there. Thinking about his boots, snakes and that empty tequila bottle, Tingstad has certainly captured the essence of the "place" in his songs ... New age cowboy with a punch.

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" ... Eric has taken a country sound, touched it with his chamber music aesthetic and added 
just enough trail dust to make it earthy and real. " John Diliberto - Echoes
 

A few years ago I teamed up with Luna Guitars to help endorse their Henna Guitar. Since then I have 
used the Henna on many of my productions. It was used extensively on the recording of Badlands. It 
has a wonderful sound that lends itself well to the style of recordings I do. It was set up by Mike Lull at 
Guitar Works and so it plays like budda! However to make room for the "Southwest" inspired guitar 
that Luna is making, I would like to pass on the Luna Henna I used to record Badlands to one of you.

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As well as writing, producing and recording his own music, Eric is actively involved in the careers of other artists.

Most recently he has produced Tingstad and Rumbel, Narayan & Janet, The Halyards, The Road Trip Relief Squad 
and Louis Landon. 
 
More on his recording studio and music production services can be found at Cheshire Studios. 

Eric can also be found out on the road touring with Tingstad and Rumbel and The Halyards