|
Lived in India, Israel, Maine, Boston, New York City. Sang in bands. Wrote music, words, stories. Released 45s, CDs, MP3s. Played lots of shows. Collaborated with theater and dance people. Made no money at music but learned things. Got paid to help non-profits express themselves. Volunteered with Bahá’ís doing amazing, humbling things. Believe good answers come from good questions but wrong answers sometimes open the right doors. Believe peace is our inevitable next evolutionary step (but it's going to hurt).
Some people have written very nice things:
+ “Bruce Grover's vocals will put you in a trance.” -Askew Reviews
+ “Bruce Grover has a voice of razorblade teardrops.” -Sound Check
+ “There’s more humor in his solo writing, and more romance. It’s a mix that’s perfect for his tightly focused but elastic singing, and the cello complements his warm, expressive range.” -The Boston Phoenix
+ “Bruce doesn’t just sing, he vocally folds and weaves the lyrics within and through the full, yet bare-bones musical accompaniment of acoustic guitar, drums and cello… He’s poetic and refreshingly distinct, honest; his songs, bare and rough, are softened with the beauty of the cello.” -Sound Check
Co-founded Boston band “little a” with David Kirkdorffer. Put out CDs and singles. Toured but mostly wrote, recorded, played, laughed, went broke. Critics and indie radio liked “little a” better than people who buy music.
+ “Ordinary rock bands don't receive record reviews with accolades like "... if poet T.S. Eliot were alive today, this would be his favorite band," but little a is not an ordinary rock band.” -The Boston Globe
+ “little a has the seemingly contradictory ability to build delicate, beautiful things and rock with the brute force of a wrecking ball.” -The Noise
Wrote music for Erika Batdorf’s (www.batdorf.org) one-woman piece ‘Facing East’.
+ “Facing East is held together by the original and mesmerizing music of Bruce Grover. The vocals were clear and deep, and the musical accompaniment was an intelligent and thoughtful interweaving of the story.” -Bay Windows
+ “Facing East can be evocative particularly when Batdorf is accompanied by Bruce Grover’s haunting voice and expressive acoustic guitar.” -The Boston Phoenix
Wrote music for modern dance company Digby Dance (www.digbydance.org).
+ “It was set to live music by Bruce Grover, whose sweetly lyrical guitar and piano ruminations set the tone for this surreal, dreamlike peace.” -The Boston Globe
+ “Bruce Grover’s wistful and funky live guitar improvisations were the ideal accompaniment.” -The Boston Herald
Co-produced “From Exile to Exaltation” (www.dissonanceresolved.com) with Katharine Day, a compilation of Boston musicians celebrating the life and work of Bahá’u’lláh. Sang three songs.
+ “The most dramatic and involving choral album I have ever heard in surround sound!” -Audiophile Audition
|
