Biography
Hailing from Pittsburgh, singer/songwriter Brad Yoder drew substantial inspiration from folk veterans Bruce Cockburn and Dar Williams while shaping his earnest pop/rock approach, even as his tuneful sensibility aligns more closely with contemporaries such as Matthew Sweet, Elliott Smith, and Jason Falkner. Following a pair of self-releases—the 1997 effort Best Sunday Heart and the 1999 acoustic live recording Talk to Total Strangers—Yoder gained momentum through regular appearances at Pittsburgh-area coffeehouses. Readers of the InPittsburgh Newsweekly poll named him Best Solo Musician in 2001, prompting him to underwrite his first "proper" CD entirely through fan donations that same year. Reverie Records issued the resulting album Used in summer 2002, where it earned critical praise, and Yoder sustained his schedule of small-venue dates across the Northeast.
Albums
