Art Frankel is a singer-songwriter and guitar, dobro, pedal steel player who lives in Seattle. Art writes stories about people trying to get by and their journeys on Greyhound buses, old pickup trucks, Cadillacs, spaceships, and other modes of inspiration. Art plays all the instruments in these recordings. Art's songs can also be found on Spotify and AppleMusic. 

Please scroll down to hear 15 of Art's songs (24 more of his songs are in the “more music” tab in the menu).   Scrolling further on this page reveals videos of Art's performances and a poem that explains it all. 

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A song sampler (see "MoRe music" tab on Menu for more songS)

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    Our Blue Cathedral 3:47
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    My Hometown 4:03
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    Angels Don't Ride Greyhounds Anymore 3:17
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    What Others Call Love 3:36
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    Whiskey Cadillac 3:11
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    Here and Now 4:08
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    Greatest Story Never Told 4:21
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    Santa Rosa 3:43
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    Heartstring Serenade 3:28
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    American Novel 4:56
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    Born on This Rock 4:08
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    Restoration 4:43
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    Hand Me Downs 4:36
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    Dark Matter Souls 3:02
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    Night Watchman 3:44
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    Hollow Man 3:16
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Here is Art performing his song Greatest Story Never Told at C&P Coffee in West Seattle on April 14, 2023.  This song tells the semi-humorous, but poignant story of two people at a bus stop. All videos on this website were made by Pia Frankel.

A video of Art performing his song Restoration at C&P Coffee in West Seattle, Nov. 2023.

This video shows a performance of an original song about two lost souls in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. The song describes the aftermath of the halt to the logging of old growth forests, to protect the spotted owl. I am not taking a position on the righteousness of that decision. The song deals with the economic decline, family break-ups, drug abuse cases, and suicides that have occurred since then and was inspired by articles by Nicholas Kristof about his hometown in Oregon. The song is set around Deception Pass, a narrow passage of water at the north end of Whidbey Island in Washington state, spanned by a high bridge. It is one of my favorite locations: beautiful and haunting. Video courtesy of Pia K. Frankel.

Here's a video of Art singing and playing pedal steel for his song What Others Call Love (aka Others Call It Love). It's like trying to make music using a manual shift transmission on a car.