2004-07-19
27-year-old Georgia native and Harvard grad David Berkeley recently got a boost from ASCAP, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, when they awarded him the Johnny Mercer award for up-and-coming songwriters. The award caps the steady progress that has come with the release of his second independent disc, After the Wrecking Ships.Berkeley’s an earnest storyteller, leaning toward the vocal style of James Taylor, Harry Chapin and Cat Stevens. Check him out.
KELLY HOGAN
I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
Cowboy Junkies
At the End of Paths Taken
ALEXIS HARTE
Big Red Sun
Sara Jean Kelley
The Waiting Place
Danny Schmidt
Instead the Forest Rose to Sing
Todd Snider
East Nashville Skyline
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