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Featuring Bob Woodruff, jud duncan, Libby Lavella and Jonathan George
Monday, August 25, 2003
Interview by Dan Kimpel
Produced by Denise Bradley
14 Below
1348 14th St/ Santa Monica Blvd. In Santa Monica
6:30pm Open Mic (sign-up 6pm)
7:30pm Bob Woodruff, jud duncan, Libby Lavella and Jonathan George
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When Bob Woodruff rolled into Music City, USA in his old, beat-up GTO (complete with fuzzy dice and STP stickers on the side) carrying a pocketful of songs, music execs took notice. Stopping even jaded music-biz vets in their tracks with a lyrical grace and street level wallop that's country to the bone, Woodruff was quickly signed to Asylum Records. Dreams & Saturday Nights, (1994) Woodruff's intriguingly titled debut, employed the talents of guitar legend James Burton (Ricky Nelson, Gram Parsons, Elvis Presley), Emmylou Harris on background vocals and former Eagle Bernie on banjo.
... Woodruff re-emerged in 1997 with Desire Road, released on Imprint Records, a new Nashville label. This second collection added a rockier edge to many of Woodruff's compositions, and again drew praise for the artist's insightful songwriting. Desire Road features nine originals, as well as cover versions of John Fogerty's "Almost Saturday Night" and two Arthur Alexander songs, "Every Day I Have To Cry Some" and "If It's Really Got To Be This Way".
www.vh1.com/artists/az/woodruff_bob/bio.jhtml
"Fiercely melodic singer/songwriter", Jud Duncan, is not your typical LA artist. jud accompanies his eloquent vocals with only bass and percussive instruments such as propane tanks, pizza boxes, trash cans, and wrenches. His inspiring lyrics about love, hope, and letting go provide a raw and uninhibited look into jud`s past and how it fuels his future.
... "…when you stumble across genuine talent clawing their way through the music industry maze, you can`t help but admire them…jud duncan, song craftsman, and soul poet who pays deep respect to previous masters and redifines the concept of do-it-yourself with his impressive debut cd "little world". -david g. collette / micstand mag jan/feb 2003
... "Enter jud duncan... a willowy boy/man, with a little Jeff Buckley in the eyes, and the love child of Peter Gabriel and Sting in the voice......a touching performer who intimately invites you up on stage, just to hang....to crawl around inside his songs." - The LA Music Scene
www.cdbaby.com/cd/jud
With Libby Lavella you get 100% true, deeply passionate songs, lyrically laced with symbolism, and harmonically unique with catchy melodies. After moving to Los Angeles from Sydney, Australia, Libby has been busy making music and studying music at UCLA.
... Since the January launch of Libby Lavella¹s debut album "Sponge Brain", Lavella has garnered rave reviews and escalating sales. Sponge Brain, showcases Libby Lavella's talents as a thoughtful artist, edgy singer, gifted songwriter, and tasteful pianist. Sponge Brain draws on themes as diverse as the Tall Poppy syndrome, the effects of religious education, adoption, child abuse and her take on life, love and honesty. Respected L.A. recording engineer/producer, Michael Perfitt, (Madonna, Seal, Roger Waters, Paula Cole), produced three tracks on Sponge Brain. Recorded on Lavella's own label, Tall Poppy Productions, it includes Lavella and her band and features a number of notable musicians from all over the world. Frank Gambale performs on various guitars, Dave Palmer, of Fiona Apple, Seal and Joe Henry fame, plays vintage keyboards, legendary Brazilian nylon string-guitar player Badi Assad graces the album, and rapper Big Skye contributes the spoken word on the track "Stoning The Crow".
... "Lavella is a luminous musician of rare poise and substance who will find an audience worthy of her talent in time." Sarah Torribio-Bond Music Connection
www.libbylavella.com
Dallas, Texas native Jonathan George grew up as the youngest of 8 in a musical family. Singing in his father's church since the age of 4, Jonathan's musical influences come from his family, where almost every member plays an intstrument and sings. Many of his relatives have seen success in the Gospel market, giving his family the nickname, "The White Winans."
Jonathan's rich gospel background, along with his soulful R/B vocals and strong songwriting sensibilities, have put him on the map since moving to Los Angeles. He began recording in March 2001, shot a music video to his first single, "Ooh Mama Mia" and then landed a spot on Ed McMahon's new "Star Search" show called "Next Big Star". Singing his original song, "Losing All My Pride", the audience voted him the winner 3 consecutive times making him the Grand Champion Winner.
www.jjpopstarz.com
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