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The Boston Globe calls Walking on the World, the newest release from singer-violinist Jake Armerding, "dizzying - it weaves together fiddle, mandolin, and guitar; stories about Rome and nostalgia; consonant ballads about a fleece jacket; and dissonant, off-kilter rags." Marrying genres is Armerding's forte, a product of growing up with 1980's pop radio in one ear and classical violin in the other. His first CD, Caged Bird was an immediate hit with Boston's folk radio station, WUMB, which honored Armerding in 2001 with its award for "Best New Artist." He released Caged Bird the old-fashioned way -- out of his trunk. "The most gifted and promising songwriter to emerge from the Boston folk scene in years," declared the Globe, while the Washington Post praised Armerding's "remarkable" instrumental skills. Festivals also took notice, and Armerding went on to appear at the Newport Folk Festival (RI), Kerrville Folk Festival (TX) and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (NY), along with some of the country's best-known acoustic venues, the Ark (MI), Bluebird Cafe (TN), the Tin Angel (PA) and the Freight & Salvage (CA). Find out more at www.myspace.com/jakearmerding.