Now entire MP3 album can be purchased at CDBaby for $5.99.

"Crossing" was written up by the coveted Stereophile Magazine as an "Exceptional Recording". Recorded as a series of live studio sessions at Slipperworld in La Honda, Calif., it shows off the super-talents of many fine backing musicians and award-winning songwriting. It even plays in 5.1 surround on compatible systems (SA-CD player with surround sound speaker setup).

Tracks included on this CD are: Crossing (Lonely Bells)/Mend My Mind/Close My Eyes/Morning Light Western Town/Rodeo On A Ridge/Red Tail Guide/Heaven's Destiny/ One More Savior/Above The Creek/The Riddle Song/Changing Down/If I Had My Way

Only MP3's for purchase of this award winning out-of-print SA-CD

Take a deep breath......Let it go......."The Window" is a recording for anyone looking to rediscover the folk tradition in a contemporary format. It has the songs and the musicians performing that are capable of recreating what many consider to be a lost or at least an endangered art. Already selling thousands of copies and winning various awards, "The Window" is something of a landmark achievement in allowing an old style of songwriting and live studio recording to be captured in today's most advanced digital format (Direct Stream Digital). The results are an astonishingly realistic presentation of an articulate writer (voted 2005 'Best Songwriter' IOMA) communicating through a highly articulate band of acoustic musicians.

"The debut SACD by David Elias, titled The Window, has become a surprise hit in the Acoustic Sounds catalog. Surprise, that is, because it was an independent release by an independent artist on an independent label. There was no major label promotion machine in effect here. But word spread quickly, grass-roots style, that this was a disc of serious sonic and musical merit." - Highly Recommended by Chad at AcousticSounds.com

Lyrical and sparse high quality coffeehouse style recording played on radio stations worldwide. Often compared to John Prine, early Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, this music has been described as "Brilliant. Essential".

Created at home in 1994 and released in Jan. 1995, before "indie" was even a word and 2 years before MP3.com or CDBaby even came online. Radio DJ's all over the globe were surprised to get an e-mail from an artist who self-produced his own CD and were largely interested and supportive of the whole new idea. Now in it's third printing.

Pure acoustic trio folk Iron & Wine style recording live from Slipperworld Studios in La Honda, California. Capturing intelligent poetic lyrics and harmonies, this session was featured by Apple iTunes as "Tracks To Watch".

Have you been wondering what happened to folk music? Well, if you listen to this disc, you can discover that it is alive and well among the redwoods in California and being recorded in a contemporary format that has high regard for the quality of the words being sung, the notes being played, and the art of recording itself in a studio-live no-bull realistic fashion.


"I am a guitar instructor in Kelowna, BC Canada and I am trying to teach my students that not all guitar is wailing, distorted shred lines. That you can take an acoustic, put away your pick, and make some music that is more "musical" than most of what you hear on radio, MTV etc...So I was searching Google for acoustic guitar music and eventually hit your webcast. I clicked to have a quick listen and sat through it in its entirety and enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks." Alan Wagner, Kelowna, BC

"For those of you who haven't heard David Elias, i can assure you who he is in my opinion one of the best songwriters working today....thoughtful beautiful lyrics meshed with the most beautiful acoustic guitars. soft, gentle and warm this song has everything and more that you'd look for in this genre...it's just about perfect. His vocal performance is stunning and again the soft almost whispering style is perfect for the genre. simply beautiful." - Solipsism

"Man I know that my review of this wonderful song [Changing Down] and performance by David, is not even going to come close to how superb this song is.

Ok but I'll try...

When you hear those guitars at the beginning.. the way they sound sonically, the way they are being played, the notes they are playing, (can we say brilliant articulation and prhasing.. have you read Pablo Casals book?) the mood that is instantaneously created, you have to know that something amazing is happening.

Then when Davic starts to sing with that beautiful and passionate voice that creates images and pictures and feels like a friend like you've never known, starts to sing a simple elegy that can radically change your world and make you feel good at the same time.

It is a rare thing when a artist of David Elias' caliber comes your way. He is an artist a voice that needs to be heard. The change is coming...

The fact that David isn't on the cover of every musical trade journal( yet that is) is indicative to me of an industry that has lost its soul with no direction home or anywhere else. The change is coming...

There will be a new morning for music someday, and one of the bright stars on that horizon is David Elias and his music. I was right, I haven't even come close to writing a good review.
Just listen to the music. Listen. Listen.. listen...The change is coming..." - Guy Michetti

The MP3 album is now also avialable at CDBaby for $4.99