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David Ford
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singer-songwriter, acoustic, intimate, mellow, david ford… see all
As the LA Times said in January 2007 ‘David Ford digs down deep in the heart-and-soul tradition: an English and male Lucinda Williams? He puts everything into every note, every word.’
David Ford recorded his debut album ‘I Sincerely Apologise For All the Trouble I’ve Caused’ on his own in his cellar flat in Eastbourne during 2005 thinking he was just “doing a bunch of demos”. However, the strength of these recordings led to magnoliaMAM taking him on for management and shortly thereafter licensing the ‘demos’ as a finished album to Independiente for the UK and then, in April 2006, to Columbia Records in New York for the USA and the ‘rest of the world’.
The album has now been widely acclaimed and featured in the best of lists for 2006 in the LA Times, The Sunday Times, The New York Post, The Word and The Toronto Star - who said ‘you have to go back to Dylan’s ‘Idiot Wind’/’Blood on the Tracks’ to find such an impressively sustained, bile-soaked round of invective’.
He has toured extensively in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia during 2006. When performing live David makes use of a ‘looping pedal’ which allows him to build up layers of vocals, guitars, percussion and keyboards to create extremely powerful and beautiful layers of sound; most notably when playing the song “State Of The Union”. (live footage can be seen on both his myspace page and his web site - www.myspace.com/davidford & www.davidford.mu)
David Ford recorded his debut album ‘I Sincerely Apologise For All the Trouble I’ve Caused’ on his own in his cellar flat in Eastbourne during 2005 thinking he was just “doing a bunch of demos”. However, the strength of these recordings led to magnoliaMAM taking him on for management and shortly thereafter licensing the ‘demos’ as a finished album to Independiente for the UK and then, in April 2006, to Columbia Records in New York for the USA and the ‘rest of the world’.
The album has now been widely acclaimed and featured in the best of lists for 2006 in the LA Times, The Sunday Times, The New York Post, The Word and The Toronto Star - who said ‘you have to go back to Dylan’s ‘Idiot Wind’/’Blood on the Tracks’ to find such an impressively sustained, bile-soaked round of invective’.
He has toured extensively in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia during 2006. When performing live David makes use of a ‘looping pedal’ which allows him to build up layers of vocals, guitars, percussion and keyboards to create extremely powerful and beautiful layers of sound; most notably when playing the song “State Of The Union”. (live footage can be seen on both his myspace page and his web site - www.myspace.com/davidford & www.davidford.mu)
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State Of The Union
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I Don't Care What You Call Me
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Decimate
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Song For The Road
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I'm Alright Now
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What Would You Have Me Do?
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Don't Tell Me
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Train
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Nobody Tells Me What To Do
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Requiem
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Cheer Up (You Miserable Fuck)
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ocbeejay wrote:
great write up here http://eargoggles.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/britains-david-ford-brings-his-sound-to-los-angeles/
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spossing wrote:
Had never heard of David until I saw his "Go To Hell" youtube video (the one take, one camera one). I was so sold. Blogged about it. Then got lucky and got to interview him! Read it here: http://evolvingmusic.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/david-ford-interview/
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wendysig wrote:
reminds me a bit of damien rice, whom I love. I will definately be listening to more of david!
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jkaune wrote:
I also saw him open for Augustana, and he was definitely one of my if not my favourite part of the night
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Poncho25 wrote:
Wow. Saw him open for Augustana last night, incredible music!
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php1mv wrote:
Just listening him live on the net now, I cannot wait for hum to play Glastonbury festival, I'm their with bells on!
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duanemoody wrote:
I saw him for the first time last night, opening for Sara Bareilles. This guy is amazing.
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oscarferrer wrote:
I agree with anythingbutgrey, he should have stayed longer for sure, I'll be looking out for his performances to see if I can see him live again, in the meantime I'll get his album.
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anythingbutgrey wrote:
I just saw him open for Sara Bareilles. I had never heard of him before, and I don't think most people there had either. By the time he left too soon, we all were just wishing he would stay. Absolutely astounding performance, and I may be in love.
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protonostalgia wrote:
Just saw him live for the second time. He just gets better and better.
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juicyjushi wrote:
dammmnnn. I just saw go to hell on youtube and was amazed by his sense of tones and how many instruments he can play. Just had to watch all the other videos. PS. wonderful voice
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destinationpunk wrote:
can anyone hook me up with his album msg me please :) <3
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kacheung wrote:
More gigs plz, mr Ford. Preferably in my home town
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DPRSLaing wrote:
Combine the pobbles of Easyworld and David Ford (~400,000) and you have quite a respectible ranking, about the same as Amy Macdonald, who has been in the top ten here for the last 3 months.
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topspin047 wrote:
i saw him open for bell x1 and i was impressed.
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Knirrie wrote:
I absolutely love Go to hell, amazing song.
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hudakbudak wrote:
I was also at the Philly show...he was the only reason I went. Absolutely amazing. And a really nice guy; he sat down after the show and talked to my girlfriend and I for about 10 minutes.
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Emaleth wrote:
Saw David last night in Philly and he was just amazing. He blew me away.
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mic180 wrote:
Saw him tonight (opened for Ingrid), grand! Real funny too
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TanveerAkram wrote:
he is just amazing
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Union Chapel, London, United Kingdom
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Ingrid Michaelson
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, United States
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Ingrid Michaelson
Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, United States
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