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Noah Sterba

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Noah Sterba is one of Omaha’s underground music heroes, literally performing most of his songs and poetry into dented Radio Shack microphones in the subterranean basements of tornado alley for the last decade. Beside releasing several solo cassettes on Unread Records, he was a founding member of short-lived critical darlings Yuppies, lo-fi local legends The Prairies (which also featured David Nance), and The Subtropics (whose posthumous double cassette is seeing vinyl reissue in 2017), and has been an important member of Simon Joyner’s Ghosts since 2011. He is also involved in a multimedia art/publishing collaboration called Slowed Soul with fellow local Omaha artist and musician Jeff Sedrel. In a time when so much music is fueled by self-congratulatory irony, The 13-Bar Blues is refreshing for its unapologetic sincerity. The album distills folk, blues, punk rock and country influences and merges them with poetry, allowing Sterba to graciously tear up his hat in the face of those who have come before him as he claws through America’s gnarly 21st century landscape with his tongue, pen, busted guitar, and wide open eyes. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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top songs

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too far gone

35
2

12 Bar Blues

30
3

violin eyes

28
4

lady madonna ain't my friend

27
5

Three Sheets to the Breeze

26
6

Dead Hero Blues

23
7

Dark American Rodeo

19
8

amerika

17
9

the 12 bar blues

15
10

black waters

9

albums

The 13-Bar Blues

The 13-Bar Blues

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unread #170

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VA - Fake Radio: 2016, Vol. 19

The 12 Bar Blues

The 12 Bar Blues

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Racist Love Songs

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UNREAD #121

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unread #201

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Crock Rot

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Meece!

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The 13-Bar Blues (2017, Grapefruit)

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Masoncity's D&S Fake Radio: 2016, Vol. 19

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Noah Sterba's Amerika

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