Danielson
Trying Hartz

Daniel Smith is a man who understands the importance of family. Under various monikers dating back to 1994 (Danielson Familie, Brother Danielson, and ...

I think I have reviewer writer’s block at the moment, or something. And, defying easy description (or, you know, well I’m ideologically ob...

The music of Daniel Smith, recorded with myriad relatives and friends (among them Sufjan Stevens), makes for strikingly uneasy listening. The chief hu...

The story of Daniel Smith -- at least in thumbnail form as written by his famous fan, the novelist Rick Moody -- is well known to the point of obscure...

This two-disc retrospective of Daniel Smithâ??s formative work, â??Trying Hartz (First Fruits '94-'04),â?? is a twenty eight-song pa...

Danielson's Daniel Smith enjoyed a breakthrough with 2007's Ships, a stunning record that topped his previous work despite not straying from his centr...

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Trying Hartz: First Fruits ‘94 to ‘04 is a collection of the early work of Daniel Smith, the falsetto-wielding outsider folk artist. The t...

It’s common for a lazy rock journalist to use an artist’s faith, particularly a Christian artist’s faith, as a literary easy target....