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REUBEN BUTCHART
Pop / Indie / Soul

GOLDEN BOY CD NOW AVAILABLE



Brooklyn, New York
United States

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Member Since8/5/2005
Band Websitereubenbutchart.com
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QUOTES


"[A] Great voice and fine tunesmithing....the arrangements are truly hand-in-glove and proportionately faultless."
        - Van Dyke Parks,
          legendary producer
          and arranger


"...an album of small epiphanies, breathtaking enough to have me weeping in public."
        - Ryan Doyle, HX

About Reuben’s duet with Antony: "They have an easy chemistry.... [Butchart's] high, tensile voice melds dramatically with Antony's voluptuous vocals, and the strings quiver so delicately they sound like a current pulling them along.... achingly palpable...."
        - Stephen M. Deusner,
          Pitchfork


“Reuben is a masterful songwriter in the tradition of Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder. His voice is uncannily pure.”
        - Antony
          of Antony & The Johnsons


“…lush, string-kissed arrangements and melancholy piano lines… [Reuben] has the vocal chops to pull off this kind of high drama.”
        - Time Out New York

“Often sounding like Musiq in his quiet storm sensuality, with a band equal to Ben Folds Five, lyrics that have a unique charm reminiscent of James Talyor's, sung in a voice with the quiet intensity of Phil Ochs, and arrangements that pull from the George Martin and Stevie Wonder songbooks, this multi-layered experience is a treat.”
        - DJ Bill Realman Stella
          of WRSU


“It’s an ever-shifting landscape of breezy strings, rumbling bass lines, ivory-soul vocals, and quirky rhythms, all framing tense lyrics that seek – and find – the light.”
        - The Advocate

“Reuben blends yearning, soulful vocals with emotionally deep lyrics…. He has a quality in his voice and delivery that evokes a sense of wide-eyed youthfulness and innocence, as if he’s still looking at the world with fascination.”
        - PM Entertainment

REUBEN BUTCHART: Golden Boy


INFLUENCES


Reuben is influenced by classic American pop, rock, and soul.

His heroes are Goffin & King, the Funk Brothers, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Prince.

Reuben also feels aligned with Antony & The Johnsons, Beck, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Simon & Garfunkel, Harry Nilsson, Joan As Police Woman, John Legend, Sondre Lerche, Sufjan Stevens, and Sade.
 

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STORY


Reuben Butchart (Boo-SHART) is a singer-songwriter whose clear and pure voice has garnered comparisons to Chet Baker and Stevie Wonder - by turns both soothingly delicate and triumphantly powerful. Blending together classic American pop and 70's soul with today's avant/indie influences, Reuben shapes the singer-songwriter form into a unique blend of soul-tinged chamber-pop.

Reuben's sound creates a sweet sanctuary - a place for listeners to relax, reminisce, re-evaluate, and renew. From this world comes Reuben's sophomore release "Golden Boy," a lushly orchestrated collection of alternative soul gems and mid-tempo art ballads that thematically harken back to his golden days by the golden gate in the golden state.

Growing up in San Francisco, Reuben studied at alternative music schools with a variety of eclectic and masterful musicians including Tom Constanten, the original keyboardist for the Grateful Dead.

A recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr Scholarship, Reuben studied classical composition and arranging in New York, where he immersed himself in the colorful East Village spectacle of do-it-yourself oddities and legendary avant-garde performers.

He entered the downtown scene as the original pianist for Antony and the Johnsons, while completing his own debut album "Dusk." An eclectic blend of electronic samples, R&B flourishes, and strings, "Dusk" received the 2003 Outmusic award for Outstanding Debut Recording.

His second album "Golden Boy" was co-produced with Noah Simon (Bill Frisell, Greta Gertler, Susan Tedeschi) and features "All There is to Tell" -- a duet with Antony.

Reuben is currently mixing his 3rd album, a collection of songs written to poems by John Carroll and developed with a group of eclectic musicians during a Spring 2008 Residency at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center. For progress on the Watermill Sessions, visit the Watermill Blog.


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Tragedy Theory

Tragedy Theory



Nov 10 2009 1:47 PM

Thanks for the add,
ffragraff

ffragraff



Nov 10 2009 1:46 PM

DANKE LIEBE

FRANZ
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Mike Orman



Nov 2 2009 3:30 PM

Showin' love from . . . .Manhattan NYC. . . . I hope you enjoy :)
ffragraff

ffragraff



Nov 2 2009 3:30 PM

lo>e>liebereuben
roberto

roberto



Nov 2 2009 3:29 PM

for when the new record?????????
DardazaÏ

DardazaÏ



Oct 27 2009 4:21 PM

MERCI INFINIMENT POUR L'AJOUT

DARDAZAÏ
Túlio Rangel

Túlio Rangel



Oct 27 2009 4:21 PM

UNIVERSE

Comparing the solar system to an atom, the earth is an electron.

How do you feel being one among zillions of inhabitants of an electron?

Comparing one atom to the solar system, each electron is a planet.

How do you feel being a universe?

The Base Galactic thanks!

Frédéric Paul Lallet

Frédéric Paul Lallet



Oct 21 2009 1:55 PM

My Dear Friend,
Thanks for sharing your creative vibrations!
Wish you a great day!
With all my Support,
Cheers,
FPLallet
Lenina

Lenina



Oct 21 2009 1:55 PM

Hi, best regs mymyspace friend :)
Greg Frank

Greg Frank



Oct 12 2009 7:56 AM

Good Page and ☼ Thanks for the add ☺
Ninja Bunny (webcomic)

Ninja Bunny



Oct 7 2009 3:21 PM

Thanks for the add! I hope you like my artwork, check out my webcomic online at http://www.ninja-bunny.com
Beth Arentsen

Beth Arentsen



Sep 25 2009 1:01 PM

Thanks Reuben!

What's new? New CD coming out on October 3 with show at The Living Room on October 6.

And yours?
XO
Beth
HELLBROTH

HELLBROTH



Sep 21 2009 1:19 PM

Hell' Yes! Thanks for the add.
Lenina

Lenina



Sep 21 2009 1:19 PM

Hi, best regs mymyspace friend :)
L O V E

L  O  V  E



Sep 17 2009 4:16 PM

thanks for the add.

bless,

= L O V E
HopeStock

HopeStock



Sep 17 2009 4:16 PM

Come and Play with us anytime! Thanks for lending your talent to our Guild Hall show.
Christian John Wikane

Christian John Wikane



Sep 17 2009 4:16 PM

Hi Reuben,

What a thrill Friday was, Mr. Butchart! Thanks for sharing your gift...
Fresh "YaBoyBozz"

Fresh "YaBoyBozz"



Sep 9 2009 5:19 PM

was up? how u doin?
Elen

Elen Pires



Aug 30 2009 7:26 PM



"O meu pensamento é uma porta entreaberta... Sonhos entram e saem com tamanha velocidade, que fechaduras, chaves e trincos, não servem senão para enganar...
Certezas passam por ela, duvidas vem e voltam, se debatendo na vontade de acertar..."

Good music!
kiss. Elen
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Aug 27 2009 6:44 AM

showin luv
roberto

roberto



Aug 27 2009 6:44 AM

waiting for your new record!
Love and Happiness

Mrs. Sandob



Aug 21 2009 3:18 PM

Showin sum luv!! Keep up the Great work.
Charlotte Offreyze

Charlotte Offreyze



Aug 21 2009 3:18 PM

thanks for the add

xo xo
HopeStock

HopeStock



Aug 21 2009 3:18 PM

Thanks for the photo tags.
ZO CREATIVE

A Different Universe



Aug 21 2009 3:18 PM

LOVE the new video ... Very inventive and we also love Northern CAli ...

Playing you all day on both our pages Reuben. Looking forward to showcasing more of your work once our Magazine launches.

Blessings
ZO
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