2010/11 Press Materials
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David Wilcox Bio
David Wilcox is not himself lately. I should know - that guy is me. I’ve been David Wilcox all my life, so it’s strange to hear what Reverie, the new David Wilcox CD, sounds like. The David Wilcox I knew didn’t want to risk being misunderstood, so his songs were more like memoirs than novels. But these songs have some real characters in them. What happened? All I can say is that I love following where the music leads. My intention is not to be tricky. I just like how a short song can start a long conversation. I enjoy seeing new landscapes and perspectives, and these songs are like pictures I take on my travels Some are from wild points of view and that’s why I like them. And yes, there are also some songs on this new CD that speak straight from the heart just like the old David Wilcox always used to do, but this time he’s surrounded by an interesting cast of characters.
I’ve made a bunch of records before getting to this one. 16 have been released prior to ‘Reverie’, starting in 1987 with a disc called ‘Nightshift Watchman’. That was followed up by a trio of discs on A&M Records, 2 each on Koch Records and Vanguard, (A&M and Vanguard both later released compilations as well), and my last 6 discs have all been released through What Are Records?
Some musicians travel in order to play music, but I guess I’m the opposite. I play music in order to travel. I was a traveler first. For the first decade of my travels, I loved seeing different communities as I was riding my bicycle all over the world. I’ve got pictures and memories of great adventures from back when I was traveling light. All I wanted back then was something to give back. I wanted a way to meet my tribe, find friends along the way. Music has been a way to offer a better trade for all the inspiration I get from the people and places I visit.
For more than twenty years now, I have been following the navigation I get from music. I love to follow where music leads, not geographically, but emotionally. One of my first songs, GONE TO SANTA FE, I wrote long before I traveled there. It sounds like a love song for a woman who dares me to come with her on an adventure, but that’s just a way to sing what music has been for me. And now, twenty four years later, there is a new song on the latest recording about going to Ireland. No, I haven’t been yet, but through writing the song, I set my heart on what I really want to find there. Not a tourist vacation, but rather an experience that wakes up my spirit. Music has always given me a hint of a point of view that is beyond my horizon.
Between those two songs, there are decades of others that also chart the course of my adventure. There are some that led to specific cities, like THREE BROTHERS that got me to Jerusalem, but most are navigating destinations of the heart. My songs are either beckoning me toward a way to feel more alive, or else marking a hole I don’t want to fall in again. I would definitely be lost without music. I wouldn’t have even known what to wish for. But now, after all these years, the bliss I glimpsed only in song is within reach most of the time. I am grateful for all the eye opening and heart opening experiences, but this is not the typical music business success story. Many years ago, when someone asked me where I wanted my music to be in ten years, I put my hand on my heart and said: “Right here.”
I have always sung the songs that kept me sane. I love music that moves me, but only if it moves me forward. I don’t want to sing songs that stay stuck in the same old illusions that fooled me before. I trust that when a song really moves me, it moves me because it is coming from a place I am going. Each song is like a postcard that inspires me to travel, but instead of just a snapshot of a place, it’s a preview of a whole different way of seeing. Through songs, I get to know who I might become, because I experience a joy and peace and gratitude that I know are possible; all I have to do is go the distance.
REVERIE PRESS RELEASE
Singer Songwriter David Wilcox releases 17th CD, Reverie.
"I write like my life depends on it."
David Wilcox is a true American treasure. He has sold over 750,000 discs and has been writing songs for
30 years.
Wilcox's songs are a strong elixir. Music distilled. David believes that the right song at the right time
changes people's lives.
Reverie, David’s 17th album, was recorded in front of an audience, but it doesn’t sound like a "live
album’ since the crowd was nearly silent. It was done this way to capture the energy of the connection,
where songs breathe and expand by the combined conductivity of the crowd. Wilcox performed over two
nights at The Monastery in Cincinnati, OH.
This fall, Wilcox is touring selections from his upcoming Reverie CD, including cuts like “Angeline” and
“Dynamite in the Distance.”"These song are maps to where the money is hidden, maps to get you free,” says Wilcox. “They are
songs that are the way out of the maze. These songs say, ‘Do you really want to hear this song?
Because it might hurt, or start a really intense conversation, or healing in a profound personal way.’
These are... keys.”
Wilcox is known for his open tuning acoustic guitar, sawed-off capos, storytelling wit, and insightful
metaphors.
“I expect a lot from a song. Picture those rows of huge radio antennas out in the southwest desert. All
those ears listening deeply and far away. Music is like that for me, an antenna...a way to amp up the
signal from this beautiful love ripping at my heart.”
“A charismatic performance by a star still waiting to be discovered by a much larger audience.”
The New York Times
“Fueled by brilliantly articulate guitar, an honestly pretty baritone, and deft lyrics, he combines the
best of both pop and modern folk aesthetics.”
Boston Globe
“David Wilcox's ongoing musical journey [is]... compelling and richly deserving of a listen.”
Rolling Stone
Unsolicited fan comments from Amazon,com:
--Whenever David's songs would come on the radio, I would stop whatever I was doing and give it my full
attention.
--David Wilcox is perhaps America's best singer-songwriter guitarist.
--I first heard David's voice and music when I was 7 years old...I have never tired of his voice.
--I was first introduced to David's music almost 20 years ago... I've been a fan ever since.
-- If I were picking my top 10 of all-time, this would definitely be on the list. David Wilcox's lyrics make me
think he's been living in my head and his voice sounds like it echoes my soul.
--The songs here are so achingly real that on at least one song, you'll wonder how Dave knows your life
so well.
--No one knows his name, unless they are a fan. If so, they know all of the words by heart. This guy is so
good you can't help but listen.
Reverie
For Hi-Res image (Photo by Rhys Albrecht) click here
David Wilcox Bio
David Wilcox is not himself lately. I should know - that guy is me. I’ve been David Wilcox all my life, so it’s strange to hear what Reverie, the new David Wilcox CD, sounds like. The David Wilcox I knew didn’t want to risk being misunderstood, so his songs were more like memoirs than novels. But these songs have some real characters in them. What happened? All I can say is that I love following where the music leads. My intention is not to be tricky. I just like how a short song can start a long conversation. I enjoy seeing new landscapes and perspectives, and these songs are like pictures I take on my travels Some are from wild points of view and that’s why I like them. And yes, there are also some songs on this new CD that speak straight from the heart just like the old David Wilcox always used to do, but this time he’s surrounded by an interesting cast of characters.
I’ve made a bunch of records before getting to this one. 16 have been released prior to ‘Reverie’, starting in 1987 with a disc called ‘Nightshift Watchman’. That was followed up by a trio of discs on A&M Records, 2 each on Koch Records and Vanguard, (A&M and Vanguard both later released compilations as well), and my last 6 discs have all been released through What Are Records?
Some musicians travel in order to play music, but I guess I’m the opposite. I play music in order to travel. I was a traveler first. For the first decade of my travels, I loved seeing different communities as I was riding my bicycle all over the world. I’ve got pictures and memories of great adventures from back when I was traveling light. All I wanted back then was something to give back. I wanted a way to meet my tribe, find friends along the way. Music has been a way to offer a better trade for all the inspiration I get from the people and places I visit.
For more than twenty years now, I have been following the navigation I get from music. I love to follow where music leads, not geographically, but emotionally. One of my first songs, GONE TO SANTA FE, I wrote long before I traveled there. It sounds like a love song for a woman who dares me to come with her on an adventure, but that’s just a way to sing what music has been for me. And now, twenty four years later, there is a new song on the latest recording about going to Ireland. No, I haven’t been yet, but through writing the song, I set my heart on what I really want to find there. Not a tourist vacation, but rather an experience that wakes up my spirit. Music has always given me a hint of a point of view that is beyond my horizon.
Between those two songs, there are decades of others that also chart the course of my adventure. There are some that led to specific cities, like THREE BROTHERS that got me to Jerusalem, but most are navigating destinations of the heart. My songs are either beckoning me toward a way to feel more alive, or else marking a hole I don’t want to fall in again. I would definitely be lost without music. I wouldn’t have even known what to wish for. But now, after all these years, the bliss I glimpsed only in song is within reach most of the time. I am grateful for all the eye opening and heart opening experiences, but this is not the typical music business success story. Many years ago, when someone asked me where I wanted my music to be in ten years, I put my hand on my heart and said: “Right here.”
I have always sung the songs that kept me sane. I love music that moves me, but only if it moves me forward. I don’t want to sing songs that stay stuck in the same old illusions that fooled me before. I trust that when a song really moves me, it moves me because it is coming from a place I am going. Each song is like a postcard that inspires me to travel, but instead of just a snapshot of a place, it’s a preview of a whole different way of seeing. Through songs, I get to know who I might become, because I experience a joy and peace and gratitude that I know are possible; all I have to do is go the distance.
REVERIE PRESS RELEASE
Singer Songwriter David Wilcox releases 17th CD, Reverie.
"I write like my life depends on it."
David Wilcox is a true American treasure. He has sold over 750,000 discs and has been writing songs for
30 years.
Wilcox's songs are a strong elixir. Music distilled. David believes that the right song at the right time
changes people's lives.
Reverie, David’s 17th album, was recorded in front of an audience, but it doesn’t sound like a "live
album’ since the crowd was nearly silent. It was done this way to capture the energy of the connection,
where songs breathe and expand by the combined conductivity of the crowd. Wilcox performed over two
nights at The Monastery in Cincinnati, OH.
This fall, Wilcox is touring selections from his upcoming Reverie CD, including cuts like “Angeline” and
“Dynamite in the Distance.”"These song are maps to where the money is hidden, maps to get you free,” says Wilcox. “They are
songs that are the way out of the maze. These songs say, ‘Do you really want to hear this song?
Because it might hurt, or start a really intense conversation, or healing in a profound personal way.’
These are... keys.”
Wilcox is known for his open tuning acoustic guitar, sawed-off capos, storytelling wit, and insightful
metaphors.
“I expect a lot from a song. Picture those rows of huge radio antennas out in the southwest desert. All
those ears listening deeply and far away. Music is like that for me, an antenna...a way to amp up the
signal from this beautiful love ripping at my heart.”
“A charismatic performance by a star still waiting to be discovered by a much larger audience.”
The New York Times
“Fueled by brilliantly articulate guitar, an honestly pretty baritone, and deft lyrics, he combines the
best of both pop and modern folk aesthetics.”
Boston Globe
“David Wilcox's ongoing musical journey [is]... compelling and richly deserving of a listen.”
Rolling Stone
Unsolicited fan comments from Amazon,com:
--Whenever David's songs would come on the radio, I would stop whatever I was doing and give it my full
attention.
--David Wilcox is perhaps America's best singer-songwriter guitarist.
--I first heard David's voice and music when I was 7 years old...I have never tired of his voice.
--I was first introduced to David's music almost 20 years ago... I've been a fan ever since.
-- If I were picking my top 10 of all-time, this would definitely be on the list. David Wilcox's lyrics make me
think he's been living in my head and his voice sounds like it echoes my soul.
--The songs here are so achingly real that on at least one song, you'll wonder how Dave knows your life
so well.
--No one knows his name, unless they are a fan. If so, they know all of the words by heart. This guy is so
good you can't help but listen.
Reverie
- An act or state of absent-minded daydreaming; to fall into a reverie
- (Music, other) A piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
- (Archaic) A fanciful or visionary notion; daydream
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