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.
Laura Cantrell
No Way There From Here
Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik
A Congress of Treasons
LEE BAINES III & THE GLORY FIRES
There Is A Bomb In Gilead
IVOR THOMAS
Nowhere Else To Go
AMERICAN GRAVEYARD
Hallelujahland
JOE HENRY
Civilians
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