Up Close And Acoustic

Series produced by Charlie Silvestri

Caption: Up Close And Acoustic with Charlie Silvestri, Credit: upcloseandacoustic.com
Image by: upcloseandacoustic.com 
Up Close And Acoustic with Charlie Silvestri 

Performance/Interview formatted radio, featuring singer/songwriters and bands in a relaxed and intimate acoustic setting.

In this weekly radio series, you can meet new bands and performers for the first time or hear established acts in a way you may not have heard them before.

In-depth and candid conversation along with music performance with some of the best bands around.

Your host for Up Close And Acoustic is Charlie Silvestri and most of the pieces in this series are 'Evergreen' and can be played any time.

Performance/Interview formatted radio, featuring singer/songwriters and bands in a relaxed and intimate acoustic setting.

In this weekly radio series, you can meet new bands and performers for the first time or hear established acts in a way you may not have heard them before.

In-depth and candid conversation along with music performance with some of the best bands around.

Your host for Up Close And Acoustic is Charlie Silvestri and most of the pieces in this series are 'Evergreen' and can be played any time.


63 Pieces

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Up Close And Acoustic Year of 2023 in Review
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Up Close And Acoustic logo, Credit: Charlie Silvestri & Up Close And Acoustic
Here are as many new-to-me bands and some new releases from some of my friends I've already made through Up Close And Acoustic, as I can fit into a...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with BettySoo
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: BettySoo, Credit: BettySoo Facebook page
In Austin, Texas, 'the live music capital of the world', the musical bar is set high. For over a decade, BettySoo has carved out her own niche amon...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 57:20
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with MEER
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: MEER, Credit: MEER Facebook
MEER is a Progressive Rock band from Norway. Their latest album is 'Playing House', and it grabbed me from track one. They have a massive sound (th...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Aug 01, 2021
  • Length: 57:43
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf 2022 Part 1
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Cosmograf Heroic Materials, Credit: Cosmograf Facebook
Robin Armstrong's music project, Cosmograf, has released a new album entitled 'Heroic Materials'. It's a song cycle based on the life of a World Wa...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 57:02
Up Close And Acoustic with Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf 2022 Part 2
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf, Credit: Cosmograf Facebook
Part 2 of Up Close And Acoustic's interview of Robin Armstrong and Cosmograf 2022. It's a fine return visit by Robin and contains lots of music fro...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:12
Up Close And Acoustic with Jessica Smucker
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jessica Smucker, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Jessica Smucker is a singer/songwriter, poet, and essayist based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She cares about big issues and big picture poli...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 15, 2022
  • Length: 56:53
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close and Acoustic with The Blackheart Orchestra Part 1
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Chrissy Mostyn & Rick Pilkington, The Blackheart Orchestra, Credit: The Blackheart Orchestra Facebook
The Blackheart Orchestra, featuring the duo Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington, is a non-conformist band based out of Manchester, UK. The two are m...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2020
  • Length: 57:55
Up Close And Acoustic with The Blackheart Orchestra Part 2
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: The Blackheart Orchestra, Credit: The Blackheart Orchestra Facebook
The Blackheart Orchestra features the duo Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington who are based out of Manchester, England. They are a self-described 'n...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 57:13
Up Close And Acoustic with Jessica Lee Morgan
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jessica Lee Morgan and Chris Thomas, Credit: Jessica Lee Morgan Facebook
Jessica Lee Morgan is a singer.songwriter and producer from England. Her latest release is 'Forthright'. That title describes not only the songs on...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Feb 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Cosmograf's Robin Armstrong
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Robin Armstrong, Credit: Robin Armstrong Facebook
Robin Armstrong's music project, Cosmograf, has released a new album entitled 'Heroic Materials'. It's a song cycle based on the life of a World Wa...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:56:11
Up Close And Acoustic with Louise Patricia Crane
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Louise Patricia Crane, Credit: Louise Patricia Crane Facebook
Louise Patricia Crane is not a newcomer to the music scene. But after a stint in the Goth rock band Solemn Novena, and more time spent in a band th...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 56:01
Up Close And Acoustic with Darlingside
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Darlingside in concert, Credit: Lauren Sophia Photography from Darlingside's Facebook
Darlingside is a Boston based quartet of rock musicians with an affinity for vocal harmony and complex accompanying instrumentation. The guys met i...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 26, 2019
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Love? Said The Commander
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Love? Said The Commander recording with Up Close And Acoustic, Credit: Love? Said The Commander
Love? Said The Commander is the Delaware Valley's answer to the call of moody, transportative music. Kate Hall and Chris Bishop are the symbiotic w...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Up Close And Acoustic with Jessica Graae
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jessica Graae by Carolyn Miller, Credit: Jessica's Facebook
What do you get when you blend a folk-rock style with classical training? You get Jessica Graae! Her latest album is 'Wild River', and to me, many ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:10
Up Close And Acoustic with Robin Armstrong and Cosmograf
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Robin Armstrong/Cosmograf, Credit: Cosmograf Facebook and photoshop
Robin Armstrong is a songwriter and composer whose outlet is the Progressive Rock music project Cosmograf. Cosmograf's sound is very much based on ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Amanda Page Cornett
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Amanda Page Cornett, Credit: amandapagecornett.com
Amanda Page Cornett is a singer/songwriter and actress based in Nashville, TN. She was born and raised in South Carolina, went to the University of...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jul 05, 2021
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Rise Twain
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jeremy and Brett from Rise Twain, Credit: Rise Twain Facebook page
Singers and Songwriters Jeremy Beck and Brett Kull join forces to form the core of the Progressive Rock band, Rise Twain. Mixing everything they lo...

Bought by KTNA and WSLR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 2
Up Close And Acoustic with Stella Prince
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Stella Prince, Credit: Stella Prince Facebook
Stella Prince, at 16, is a budding singer/songwriter from Woodstock, NY. If you can refer to someone who has studied classical voice and music sinc...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2021
  • Length: 57:12
Up Close And Acoustic with Judy Dyble Part 2
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Judy Dyble, Credit: Judy Dyble Facebook
Singer/songwriter and rock pioneer Judy Dyble is what I'd refer to as one of the best kept secrets of Rock history. From 1967 to 1970, Judy was in ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
Up Close And Acoustic with Judy Dyble
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Judy Dyble , Credit: Judy Dyble.com
Singer/songwriter and rock pioneer Judy Dyble is what I'd refer to as one of the best kept secrets of Rock history. From 1967 to 1970, Judy was in ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:47

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