No Depression CD review

Thrilled for this great review by one of my favorite roots music mag No Depression:

Read here (almost halfway down): http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/lee-s-listening-stack-twenty-count-em-twenty-reviews-for-the

WGN-TV National TV performance

Check out my performance of ‘Older Now’ on WGN-TV Chicago!

http://wgntv.com/2013/05/14/music-lounge-brian-dolzani-performs-live

2013 Telluride Troubador Contest

‘Honored’ to be an Honorable Mention in this year’s Telluride Troubadour Songwriting Contest (2nd year in a row)!

Thank you Telluride Bluegrass peeps!

4/13 show rescheduled

Hi all-

The Bowery Electric show for this Saturday, 4/13 has been rescheduled. It will be on Wed. May 1st at 7pm. Hello from Austin, TX! On my way to Dallas today – Opening Bell Coffee at 8pm.

-brian

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART

BLOGCRITICS/JOSEPH’S REVIEWS – CD REVIEW

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/only-love-can-break-a-heart/

There are certain albums that we use to mark time. Consider this chronology… In 1969, Neil Young released his first, self titled, solo album which demonstrated that he was a distinct artist apart from the Buffalo Springfield. In 1991, Matthew Sweet released Girlfriend, a mix of ballads and joyful hard rock pop that resulted in its becoming the best-selling album on college campuses that year. And in late 2012, Brian Dolzani released his lower-case entitled 12-song collection, if i don’t speak a word… (read more in PRESS).

Recent Press + Tour

Tour is shaping up very well for April + May! Check the dates below some recent press coverage:

BLOGCRITICS – CD REVIEW
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-brian-dolzani-if-i/
2/26/13 – BY JACK GOODSTEIN

Listening to singer-songwriter Brian Dolzani’s new album If I Don’t Speak a Word, I am reminded of the famous Matthew Arnold description of Lord Bryon’s poetry in his own “Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse.” Byron’s writing, he says, bears “the pageant of his bleeding heart.” Keats, Shelley… Byron could bare his soul with the best of them. Of course when you’re looking for intimate personal struggle, you don’t have to go back to Byron. Modern songwriters haven’t been shy when it comes to laying their emotions on the line. And when it comes to intimate soul searching, Dolzani is following in big footsteps. (read more in PRESS)

THE RECORD JOURNAL (CT) – CD review
By Jim Pasinski, 2/25/13 – Excerpts
http://jpsmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/cd-review-sweet-remains-and-brian.html

The album begins with the lyrical “Older Now” as he explains his words of wisdom. The twelve-song release is more about the words than the music as Dolzani’s vocals on “Whether or Not” remind us of an earlier version of Neil Young & Crazy Horse, before feedback became Neil Young’s power chord. The songs that strike the most interest are the mostly acoustic storytelling of “Before Goodnight” and “Broken.” The album finishes up with the inner search for love in “Autumn In Central Park” and how to deal with love in “I’m Sorry Now.” (read more in PRESS).

TOUR DATES

March 28     Acoustic Cafe                                 Bridgeport, CT
April 1           CT Style taping (WTNH)            New Haven, CT
April 5           17 State Street Cafe                      Newberryport, MA
April 6           HartFolk Festival                          Hartford, CT
April 9           Flipnotics                                       Austin, TX
April 11         Opening Bell                                   Dallas, TX
April 13         Bowery Electric                              New York, NY
April 25         Redding Roadhouse                     Redding, CT
April 28         Mocha Maya’s                                Shelburne Falls, MA
May 11           John Street Jam                             Saugerties, NY
May 14          WGN-TV                                          Chicago, IL
May 14           Uncommon Ground on Clark     Chicago, IL

May 21            Cafe Nine                                        New Haven, CT

Newtown, CT tribute song

I posted this on Facebook the week after this tragedy. Spontaneously composed the Sunday after, and sung while sick with a cold.

‘The New Angels’

I wish healing to all those directly affected.

CD SALE 12/13

It’s my Birthday today (yea a big one!) and I’m offering CD’s 2 for 1 through 12/17 (which is my oldest son’s birthday. Yup, us Sagittarius’s). Get one for yourself, give one to a friend. Use the PayPal order form on the right side bar.