East River Show rescheduled for this Wednesday 

The East River Show is rescheduled for this Wednesday, July 24th! I hope some of you can still come out!

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Thank You

Paul

Jesus Candle's 

Greetings from New York City-

First off, thank you to my friends who came down to hear me at the sidewalk cafe last Saturday night. It was fun to try out the new songs.

I have a couple of new shows coming up in July. One at The Rockwood and one by the East River with a couple of my fellow NYC songwriters. Please check Calendar for details.

While in Texas my friends Regan and David filmed me singing a new song called Jesus Candle at the Kerrville folk Festival at their camp site called Camp Lethargy. I wrote…

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Kerrville New Folk! 

Greetings from New York City-

I am proud to announce that I have won the Kerrville New Folk winner competition! this is an honor. Once a year the Kerrville folk festival in Texas holds this competition. I am forever indebted to the late songwriter and mentor Jack Hardy who took me there in ’09 and encouraged me. This one’s for you!



I played two new songs, ‘The Devil Never Did” co written with the great songwriter Diana Jones and “Hank Williams Guitar. 

 With a heart full of gratitude, onward and upward

Stay…

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Festivals 

Greeting from New York City-

A lot to tell you about. I’m thrilled and honored to be a part of both the Wildflower and Kerrville competitions again this year. I will be playing on the Courtyard stage on Friday, May 17th for a full set at Wildflower. The next day I’m in the Wildflower songwriting competition. The following week it’s back out to San Antonio to be part of the Kerrville songwriter competition. Both are wonderful festivals!

I’m also thrilled to announce that I was chosen to be in the NERFA One…

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April come she will!! 

Greetings from NYC.

My song "Dirty Trucks" got picked in Alternate Roots' Top 50  songs of the American condition. I am thrilled to be mentioned with so many of my hero's and teachers. Click here to read the article.

In other news I was selected to be in Wildflowers' Performing Songwriter Contest next month in Texas. I performed there last year on the courtyard stage so I am amped to be returning again to do both!

So far so good. Stay Healthy

Paul

Ready for tonight's show in LIC! 

Greetings From NYC.

I had such a great time playing at Kathryn's House concert!! Thank you to everyone who came out!

I am looking forward to tonight's show at the LIC Bar in Queens!! I read somewhere that the Who donated the sound system! It's free to get in but there is a one drink minimum.

See you soon I hope!

Paul

Tonight's show at coffelabs is canceled! 

Tonight's show at coffelabs in Tarrytown is canceled! They got in touch with me and due to weather conditions they said were closing early. I will post when show is to be rescheduled. Sorry if this has caused any inconvenience.

Thank you

Paul

Kerrville and more 

Greetings from NYC-

It’s been a wild few weeks of travel for me. First I flew to Dallas Texas to play the Wildflower Festival in Richardson and flew back. A week later I landed in San Antonio to play the Kerrville folk festival to be part of their wonderful new folk competition. I had a fantastic time and I’m grateful for the chance to have been part of such a prestigious contest. I have been going there for the past three years and always have a great time making new friends and hearing wonderful…

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Radio Radio 

Greetings from NYC-

Oil Town's holding Steady at # 11 on "Cashbox Magazine / Roots Music Report's Folk Top 50" and holding at # 6 on Roots Music Report's NY: Roots Radio Airplay Chart. Talk about the little folk CD that could.

Here's an interview I did with Kathy Millar of WHUD radio which aired last night. Thanks Kathy. WHUD is based in the Hudson Valley area of NYC.

Stay Healthy

Paul

WHUD interview

New CD coming soon 

Greetings from New York City-

I’m putting the finishing touches on my new CD this week. It will be called “Oil Town”. It contains 11 new songs including two that are already posted on this site , “Poor Man’s Out” and “Dirty Trucks”. The CD sounds wonderful and if I haven't said it already, I’m really excited about this one!  

My photographer David Plakke and I went running around the streets of NY last week and the shoot went late into the wee hours last Thursday.

Its an all hands on deck kind of feeling…

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