Howard Gladstone - guitar/vocal - songwriter.
Tony Quarrington - lead guitar, mandolin, background vocal
Kevin Zarnett - bass, background vocal
Influences
Van Morrison, Leadbelly, Jackson Brown, Bessie Smith, Sleepy John Estes, Mississippi John Hurt, Joe and Eddie, Cole Porter. Nina Simone, Paul Simon, Ian and Sylvia, Buffy Ste-Marie, Ricky Nelson, Hank Williams, Stan Rogers, Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, The Band, Robbie Robertson, The Beatles, John Lennon, Stephen Foster, Randy Newman, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Billie Holiday, Dr. John, Bruce Cockburn, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt, Gordon Lightfoot, Tony Quarrington, Lucinda Williams, Sam Larkin, Norm Hacking, Marx Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Rumi, Garcia Lorca, Ma Rainey & Beethoven, AM radio, FM radio - everything I heard or saw or experienced that finds its own way to slowly seep to the surface and in its own time ....
Sounds Like
"Deadpan, slightly off-key Cohenesque delivery" - Toronto Star. Others have said : like John Lennon or Lou Reed.
Howard Gladstone, Toronto singer/songwriter, writes songs in folk/acoustic rock style with a touch of blues and country. Diverse themes, diverse musical styles - always striving for the authentic, a voice of romantic realism.
Howard creates carefully crafted lyrics, and delivers with a laid-back vocal style that suits.
Howard Gladstone has independently released three well-received albums of original music - "Sunflowers Light The Room" (2002) and "Candles On The River" (2005)., and "The Breath In The Wind" featuring Howard in a stripped-back trio format (2007).
Gladstone sometimes approaches his subject matter as a seasoned journalist would: with an eye for detail, a sense of story and a desire for objectivity. He sticks to the facts, tells it like it is and maintains a measured and slightly detached quality in his vocal delivery. Other times, a more lyrical and poetic side emerges in such songs as "Sunflowers Light The Room." THE PRESS SAYS:
….I'm enthralled (with Candles on the River). The way Gladstone delivers lyrics; it's as if you are hearing him sculpt a song. Just like ice carvers at a winter festival, Gladstone shapes ordinary words into beautiful visions…
….songs of strength and courage….
.…lyrics (that) bite into the social conscience of humanity and touch us right in the heart…
….arrangements that really make the songs interesting - Virginia MacIsaac in Rambles.net, April 2006....
Hey Howard, happy music and winterdays to you! I recall meeting you before a massage at Distellery. Is this possible. Ah those were the days. All the best Ron
Thanks for the ad. We are excited about being in the middle of recording our CD "The Wait Is Over" and having a blast doing it at RadioStar Studios. We can't wait for you to hear it. Thanks again and all the best,
Howard. I will feel bad if I missed your cd release. I never miss them. I hope everything went well if I did and btw Congratulations and Mazel tov.
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Thanks for the request and for supporting Ms. Roy!
"The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget." - Arundhati Roy
Hello Howard,
It is very interesting that Carole likes the sunflower song. She was the one who took this picture of me. It is in her front yard and those sunflowers are real.
