Mike Skliar is a New York City singer and songwriter, whose topical and timeless songs and quirky individual style have earned him a regular audience and radio play in the New York area. The songs on the album "Mike Skliar" were written over the course of several years and show Mike's love of traditional Americana roots music as well as an evident sense of humor. The songs cover a musical range including rock, blues, country, and folk, and a huge lyrical range as well. From the poetic and personal to the uproariously funny to the political to the touching tribute to the famous and non-famous, it's a unique ride. The surrealistic journey of "Charlie Brown's Nightmare" is a good illustration- at once a tribute to the Peanuts cartoon characters, an hilarious shaggy dog story, and a subtle tale of innocence lost, all over a slinky blues groove. Anyone named "Mike" should hear 'The Mike Song', anyone with parents should hear 'Mothers Advice' and 'What I meant to say'. The songs 'Katherine' and 'Frank' were written for, respectively, Katherine Hepburn and Frank Sinatra. 'Lena Rose' was written for the daughter of a friend, and 'Sweet Jerusalem' is a unique holiday song. The album concludes on an upbeat rockin' note with the roadhouse rock wordplay of '12 to 20'. Mike plays guitar, mandolin and dobro (resonator guitar) on the album, ably assisted by co-producer Tom Ricciuti, who plays bass and guitar and dobro as well. Ken Ficara, a well known Brooklyn roots musician, adds his amazing and unique harmonica playing, Paul Brown, a bluegrass player from Ohio, plays mandolin and violin and Angelina Powers adds backup vocals and viola. Robert Weiss plays drums and percussion. Mike's "official" website is www.mikeskliar.com