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.
JOHN MCCUTCHEON
This Land: Woodie Guthrie's America
Ken Atkins & The Honky Tonk Kind
This Train
BOCA CHICA
Lace Up Your Workboots
Goldmine Pickers
Lonesome Gone
Arrowhill
Between Two Mountains
JEN SYGIT
Leaving Marshall St.
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