2006-07-05
Though he had always enjoyed singing during his childhood in Cleveland, OH, Joshua Radin had never intended to be a musician. He studied drawing and painting in college, and only after stints working in a gallery, as an art teacher, and as a screenwriter did he decide to give songwriting a try. He played a piece he wrote, "Winter," for friend Zach Braff, who liked it so much he got the song onto Scrubs, the television show he was on. After fans began to request more of his music, Rabin decided to seriously pursue it as a career, and soon he signed to Columbia Records, which released his debut album, We Were Here, in 2006. –Marisa Brown, AMGADAM SNYDER
This Town Will Get Its Due
DEVON ALVES
Across That River
JOHN MCCUTCHEON
This Land: Woodie Guthrie's America
THE CAT MARY
POSTBELLUM NEIGHBORHOOD
Bow Thayer
Spend It All
Urban Acoustic Coalition
The Habit
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