About this user
Recently transplanted back to Atlanta from the tiny mountain village of Tralonca, Corsica (pop. 37—including David), David Berkeleys story is the story of so many indie musicians: He first sang publicly at age 4 in the company of a traveling saleswoman. They went door to door, and young David sang to help her sales. He honed his musical skills at a nursery school run by hippies, where young female teachers wore guitars around their necks (and in Davids memory, nothing else). My first crush was Miss Judy, David recalls. She had an old Gibson and flowers in her hair. I was 5 and fell pretty hard.
There is a profound depth in David Berkeleys songs, a refreshing honesty, and his delivery is unaffected. The New York Times Jon Pareles praised Berkeleys "lustrous, melancholy voice." He heard "shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake" in Davids music, a comparison also made by Rollingstone.com. Pareles went on to write, as [Berkeleys] melodies ascend to benedictions and consolations, the music shimmers and peals. Atlantas Creative Loafing writes that, "Berkeley crafts his songs like watercolor paintings, intimate and introspective." Relix calls David "one of the most promising young singers to emerge in recent times."
Berkeley was featured in October on the NPR national radio series Ira Glass This American Life, on which he plays songs and tells a hilarious story of a most awkward private performance. He is Paste Magazines Emergent Artist in the Feb 09 issue. An original song of his was featured prominently in the CBS-TV hit series Without a Trace. a He received ASCAP's Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award and is one of WXPN's Artists to Watch. Berkeleys new album, Strange Light was produced by Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, Josh Ritter) and will be released in May 09.
Born in the Garden State, David Berkeley graduated from Harvard, where he studied literature and philosophy. After living in Brooklyn, a stint in Santa Fe (working for Outside Magazine), Alaska (writing for Lets Go Alaska), Idaho (where he worked for 5 summers as a whitewater rafting guide), Santa Cruz and Corsica, France, Berkeley now lives with his wife and 2-year-old son Jackson in Atlanta.
He has shared bills with Dido, Billy Bragg, Don McLean, toured with Nickel Creek, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Ray Lamontagne, Howie Day, Rhett Miller, Rachael Yamagata, Gary Jules, Vienna Teng, Joseph Arthur, Hem, Mason Jennings, Ben Lee.
For inquiries contact:
Management - Alan Wolmark at alan@cecmgmt.com / 212-206-6765
Booking - Joshua Dick at joshuadick@theagencygroup.com /
212-581-3100
UK dates Harry Farmer at harry@harryfarmeragency.com
Radio Lindsay Reid at Lindsay@thirtytigers.com / 919-768-1103
Press Jeff Kilgour at jeff@tijuanagiftshop.net / 917-678-4420
The future is bright for David Berkeley. We hope youll be a part of it.