sound of the sea has been serving up some of the best of cleveland-based original folk/rock/nightmusic since 1991, with over thirty releases.

alan grandy (the label’s patriarch) has written, performed and recorded music that has been called “a must listen” (alternative press), a “jackpot pick” (cmj new music report), “a nice sensation” (melody maker) “harmonic, hook-laden, and easy on the ear in the best sense” (billboard), “sweetly thoughtful” (seattle weekly), “gorgeously drifting” (all music guide) and “out of this world” (cleveland plain dealer).