Katie Herzig Katie Herzig - Wish You Well The one artist I get giddy around! One of the very few artists that I can say I've seen develop from performing bar gigs into headlining the last scene on Grey's Anatomy that made you ball your eyes out. Herzig's absolutely gorgeous song, "Wish You Well" was featured today on NPR's Song of The Day. Read more about her and the song here. For the Tempo's previous post on Herzig, click here
Dawes The marvelous blog crew over at Daytrotter just posted some fresh content on the enigma of a band that is Dawes. Head over there and get your fill of the band, free song downloads from their session at Daytrotter, and info about each song. The Tempo's previous post on Dawes can be found here.
In my time in this industry, I've spoken with the likes of Steven Tyler, Art Garfunkel, Feist, John Hiatt and hundreds of other acts with ease, charisma and bolstering self-confidence. Who is the only singer that makes me buckle under the pressure so much that I've only been able to muster a simple incoherent stumbling "hey, good show" (great original comment Bodie, really)? She is the Heather Locklear to my Garth Algar. Sigh...
Katie Herzig hails from Ft. Collins, Colorado, though she calls Nashville her home now. Back in the day, a girlfriend of mine introduced me to Newcomers Home, a folk-bluegrass group that formed in Boulder while many of the members were students at the University of Colorado and headlined many of my evenings while at school. Now, why would a girl introduce her boyfriend to group with a female lead singer that plays guitar, spoons, djembe, and can make a newly married man question his recent commitment? That's shooting yourself in the foot. Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for her, Boulder's Newcomers Home broke up in 2006 as Katie decided to push her fortune and move to Nashville for a shot at the solo career her fans saw coming.
After a few warm-up albums, Katie Herzig was signed to a budding record label which was followed by strategic and relentless outside-the-box promotions/alliances and finally had a few songs end up on Grey's Anatomy. Katie is now scheduled in the pristine line-up of the Hotel Cafe Tour where she'll be joining alums like KT Tunstall, Imogen Heap, M. Ward, Alexi Murdoch, Gomez, Brett Dennen, Joshua Radin, Cary Brothers and on and on. This year, The Hotel Cafe Tour is striclty estrogen-backed and features artists such as Herzig, Rachael Yamagata, Ingrid Michaelson, Meiko, Priscilla Ahn, Jaymay, Kaiser Cartel, Lenka, etc. In addtion, September's Paste magazine named her in their "Best of What's Next 2008" preview and called her style a "brightly textured acoustic pop that's clever yet sincere, sunny but grounded..." Apple Tree contains one of my very favorites that has been ending up on numerous mix CDs for friends.
Herzig's most recent album, Apple Tree, is available (Radiohead-style) here for the price you're willing to pay for it OR passing along the artists' name to 3 friends. Very clever.
In closing, I think High Fidelity nailed my crush during their scene as they entered the venue to watch the seductive Marie De Salle. "Maybe a little picture of me in the liner notes."
Howdy! Thanks for visiting this soapbox of mine, produced from the fresh air of the Boulder valley in Colorado. If you have some general comments or maybe want to stand on your own soapbox, feel free to email at bodie_johnson at yahoo.com or leave a comment.
Let's keep the goal in mind here too. I work in the music industry while living in an amazing town offering me an abundance of recreational opportunities. I aim to introduce people to music and artists in hopes that they attend shows, purchase albums and spread the gospel...thus improving my profession and the industry as a whole. If you are an artist, a manager, and/or a label and prefer I remove a song posted here, simply let me know and I'll remove your art.
