Alaskan-born singer/songwriter Marty Baggen has been applying his craft at his home studio. In 2004, Marty Baggen & The Core took the stages of the Willamette Valley of Oregon, Baggen's current home.

Audiences rave about the musical precision and lyrical depth of Baggen's material. Covering a diverse range of subjects from Lee Harvey Oswald to the eternal optimism of the human spirit, an evening of Baggen's music has be delighting enthusiastic audiences.

Writings continue to flow as the latest incarnation of his backing band takes shape, The Marty Baggen Project looks forward to a dynamic and busy 2005.

Baggen's first album, "God Plays Dice" has been in release for over a year with respectable sales. The follow-up disc, entitled "Born Fearless" is nearing completion.

An "addictive voice" with lyrics that "rival Dylan, Bowie, and Springsteen", with a "musical edge that bests any contemporary alternative rock on the air today" according to the Entertainer/Corvallis Gazette T

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"Baggen and his band provided a non-stop flow of showmanship, high-energy, stunning musicianship... and of course the songs. The songs captivated and held the audience. It is after all, the whole reason for taking the stage as Baggen has stated. The songs tell unconventional tales, with twists and unique perspective"
- Jake Tenpas / Corvallis Gazette Times Entertainer

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Influences

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Bio

Alaskan-born singer-songwriter Marty Baggen knows isolation. "When you're hundreds of miles from the real world, sometimes you have to paint your own", Baggen has said.

His musical career starts later in life than someone hoping to join a boy-band. The writing reflects a maturity, a sense of history, and irreverence to conventional wisdom, faith, and sometimes even love.

His self-produced first CD, "God Plays Dice" melds a folk writing style with a tight, retrohard-edged band.

Baggen performs in clubs near his current home in Western Oregon, occasionally backed by "The CORE", or with an acoustical quartet.

When asked if he missed living in Alaska, Baggen said, "no".