August 11, 2010

Welcome!

FOLK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

I hope the summer is treating you well. Having taken the month of July off, I’m now back to work, as the show schedule will attest. If you come to any of these concerts come by and say hi — I’m always out at the vending table after the show, and sometimes at intermission as well. It’s great to meet the folks I’ve been playing for all these years!

Check out the store while you’re here – we’ve got some things you can’t get anywhere else, including tee shirts (!On SALE!) in the cutest little guitar-shaped packages you ever did see! Other hot sellers are the Trolling for Owls CD (!Not In Stores!), a collection of goofy songs and silly stories I use to keep audiences awake. And of course the most recent – the What I Know CD, named Album of the Year by the International Folk Music Alliance.

On that note (wink, wink), I’ve also just been included in the Boston Globe’s list of Boston’s 25 Greatest Pop Music Acts Ever. Which leaves me confused — am I Folk or am I Pop? It’s your call. I really don’t care as long as you like it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Tom Rush

Quote of the month: "There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor." - Thomas W. Higginson

WEB NOTES:

• Tom's performance on Mountain Stage, aired on National Public Radio (NPR) in April, 2009, is now available online.
  (photo: Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage)
  
  
• "What I Know" has been announced as #1 - TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS OF 2009 - Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists. Based on 166046 airplays from 195 different DJs.
  
  
• NEW! One of the very first music videos ever produced was for Tom's album, The Circle Game, circa 1968. Produced by Arthur Gorson it has been put online by Filmmaker Jonathan Moser.
  
  
• Tom's video performance of The Remember Song has now had over 4 Million plays on YouTube!
  
  
• Tom watches his Facebook page closely and contributes when he can.
  
  
• Classic Rush, Tom's Elektra album from 1970, has finally been released on CD on the Wounded Bird label. It's available in our online store.
  
  
• Feature article by Katy Niner in Jackson Hole News & Guide.
  
  
• Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, on which Tom was a recent guest, can now be heard online.
  
  

"The Remember Song," can now be downloaded online from iTunes.