Official Website: http://www.jose-gonzalez.com/
I don't know that I could ever give Pandora enough credit for introducing me to so many good artists, but here again is another artist I discovered through my Pandora station and have been hooked on a while...Swedish born singer-songwriter Jose Gonazalez. Yes, you read that right, born in Sweden to Argentine parents, Jose grew up listening to Latin folk and pop music, and Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio RodrĂguez.
Gonzalez spent his early years playing with hardcore punk and rock bands. Some of this influence can still be heard in his music, though he is better known for a trademark soft voice and his solo classical guitar from which he seems to drain a wall of sound.
Gonzalez released Veneer in 2003 while studying for a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, which he has yet to complete (a music career can kind of get in the way of something like that). Most of Gonzalez's music consists of originals, but he also covers a number of other artists as diverse in genre as fellow Swedish act The Knife, Bruce Sprinsteen, and Massive Attack.
Below is a live performance of his track "Deadweight on Velveteen".
González is also a member of Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.
Here's is a live performance of Junip's "Rope and Summit" from the EP with the same title...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Alexi Murdoch
Official Website: http://www.aleximurdoch.com/
Alexi Murdoch is a singer-songwriter born in London to a Greek father and Scottish-French mother. Murdoch was raised in Athens and lived there until he was 10 and then the family packed up and moved to Scotland.
Murdoch moved to the U.S. in 1998 and studied at Duke University before moving to LA.
He gained attention after LA DJ Nic Harcourt played his music on KCRW which lead to further attention from local music supervisors in the TV and film industry.
Alexi self-published his Four Songs EP in November of 2002 which was sold through indie record stores and CD Baby where it sold over 50,000 copies becoming the site's all-time bestselling record. The following year he took his act to the stages of South by Southwest and the Sundance Film Festival.
2006 saw the release of his first full-length release, Time Without Consequence which he released on his own label, Zero Summer, turning down offers from major labels so that he could maintain creative control over his projects. Music from the album has turned up in many TV episodes including The O.C., House, Prison Break, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money, Ladder 49, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, Without a Trace, and numerous others. Murdoch's music was also featured in the film "Away We Go".
In 2008 Murdoch was the opener for Alanis Morrisette's tour and went on to his own headline tour in 2009.
Murdoch released his second full-length album, "Towards the Sun" this year. He is currently offering the title track through his website.
Free Download: http://aleximurdoch.bandcamp.com/track/towards-the-sun
Below is the song "Breathe" from his Time Without Consequence album...
Alexi Murdoch is a singer-songwriter born in London to a Greek father and Scottish-French mother. Murdoch was raised in Athens and lived there until he was 10 and then the family packed up and moved to Scotland.
Murdoch moved to the U.S. in 1998 and studied at Duke University before moving to LA.
He gained attention after LA DJ Nic Harcourt played his music on KCRW which lead to further attention from local music supervisors in the TV and film industry.
Alexi self-published his Four Songs EP in November of 2002 which was sold through indie record stores and CD Baby where it sold over 50,000 copies becoming the site's all-time bestselling record. The following year he took his act to the stages of South by Southwest and the Sundance Film Festival.
2006 saw the release of his first full-length release, Time Without Consequence which he released on his own label, Zero Summer, turning down offers from major labels so that he could maintain creative control over his projects. Music from the album has turned up in many TV episodes including The O.C., House, Prison Break, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money, Ladder 49, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, Without a Trace, and numerous others. Murdoch's music was also featured in the film "Away We Go".
In 2008 Murdoch was the opener for Alanis Morrisette's tour and went on to his own headline tour in 2009.
Murdoch released his second full-length album, "Towards the Sun" this year. He is currently offering the title track through his website.
Free Download: http://aleximurdoch.bandcamp.com/track/towards-the-sun
Below is the song "Breathe" from his Time Without Consequence album...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Free Download: Andrew Ripp - Forever After Love Sampler
Great mix of tunes from Andrew Ripp...check them out.
Iron and Wine
Official Website: http://www.ironandwine.com/
Samuel Beam is an American singer-songwriter better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine. He has released four full-length studio albums, a handful of EPs and singles, as well as a few releases available as download-only, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance).
Beam spent his early years in South Carolina before moving to Florida to attend school and now lives outside Austin.
Beam took his performing name Iron & Wine from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store in 1998 while in film school. Beam was setting up lighting in the store for a film project and noticed the supplement on a store shelf, dropped the "Beef" and the rest is history.
Here is a video for my favorite Iron and Wine track, "Naked As We Came"...
Samuel Beam is an American singer-songwriter better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine. He has released four full-length studio albums, a handful of EPs and singles, as well as a few releases available as download-only, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance).
Beam spent his early years in South Carolina before moving to Florida to attend school and now lives outside Austin.
Beam took his performing name Iron & Wine from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store in 1998 while in film school. Beam was setting up lighting in the store for a film project and noticed the supplement on a store shelf, dropped the "Beef" and the rest is history.
Here is a video for my favorite Iron and Wine track, "Naked As We Came"...
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