| “Fullbright synthesizes the best songcraft from his home state — [Jimmy] Webb, Leon Russell and, by default, Merle Haggard.… He’s got a tune called “Forgotten Flowers,” a thoughtful country lament, that Tom Waits and Randy Newman could fight over.”— Thomas Conner, Chicago Sun-Times John Fullbright is an American singer-songwriter from Okemah, Oklahoma. While still in high school, Fullbright performed at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah. In 2009 he released the album Live at the Blue Door and three years later released his first studio album, From the Ground Up, which received a Grammy nomination in the category Best Americana Album. He has been the subject of two segments on NPR[1][2] and was a 2012 winner of ASCAP Foundation’s Harold Adamson Lyric Award. Bruce Ben Robison (born June 11, 1966) is an American, Austin-based Texas country music singer-songwriter. Bruce and his brother, fellow singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, grew up in Bandera, Texas, near San Antonio, and he currently resides in Austin, Texas. His self-titled debut album was released in 1995.[1] Robison has written several songs which have become hits when covered by well-known singers, including: “Travelin’ Soldier,” (recorded in 2003 by the Dixie Chicks, reached No. 1 on the Country charts); “Angry All the Time,” (recorded by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 2001, also reached No. 1 on the country charts); and “Wrapped” (recorded in 2006 by George Strait, reached No. 2 in 2007). Bruce runs The Next Waltz, a record label by artists for artists. https://www.johnfullbrightmusic.com/tour/ |