Artists:Allan Byer

Allan Byer--Central Oregon's Everyman Singer-Songwriter

It’s heartening to encounter an Artist who takes his role in the world, his voice and his vision, seriously, who dares to imagine that art can matter in the unglamorous world of everyday survival, and that the every day world bears artistic expression. One such artist is Central Oregon singer-songwriter and guitarist Allan Byer.

For more than twenty years Byer has crafted his songs of love, wonder, pain and hope with power and eloquence. He can comment on the spiritual search or poke fun at fast food or political injustice with equal ability. Always grounded in compassion for the human condition, at his best, Byer reflects back to us our own struggles to envision the world as it could be. At the core of his work is a profound reverence for life and the gifts of this world. He explores the possibility of seeing the world as it is and not losing heart.

His latest album, “Money Talks Too Much,” does just that with 17 finely crafted songs speaking about the world as it is while offering a vision of what it could be. Dean Prescott, Mirror Time Records, produced the album and plays lead guitar and percussion behind Byer. Ed “the whistler” Sharlet adds his unique skills whistling and singing harmonies. Kim Lakehomer adds tasteful flute and penny whistle on five cuts, and Byer’s daughter Halla makes her professional debut singing on two songs. while long-time partner Matt Engle adds lead guitar on “Falling Down.” Selections from this album can be found on internet radio stations: www.mediapositiveradio.com and www.positivemusicassociation.com POZ radio. This is a rootsy, all-acoustic album..