trent.gentry@gmail.com for booking.
I'm 22 years old. I've been in Austin for three years now and I'm finally getting things done with music. The album is coming alive.
I live and breathe music. I need music. I make music. I use music to connect and relate with others. I can read people by what they may listen to. My own musical tastes vary between Patty Griffin and Damien Rice to Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, and Joss Stone. It's easy to see why many have trouble pinpointing my special genre.
Perhaps it's a new one that will be named after me. Really though, you'll hear all sorts of things in my work. Jazz. Pop. Folk. Soul. Blues. Rock.
I grew up in and around Dallas, playing a mean Fur Elise on piano by 9. At 10 I auditioned for a part on a national tour and stage version of Barney (the purple one yes). I made it and toured around North America for two years. During that time I learned how to read music from a dancer that gave me violin lessons. I came back to Dallas and finished school, learning music theory in the process as well as picking up the guitar. A good friend pushed me to learn (Taylor Moore), as I was inspired by my blues-licking guitarist of a father.
My instrumentation in good shape, the songs came flowing. I've been growing ever since and am finally ready to truly let you listen to me.
MUSIC AVAILABLE HERE:
This month we mostly have Catie Curtis (with a Richard Thompson cover), Lindsay Fuller and The Cheap Dates (and who amongst us isn't?), Josh Fix with a track from the well-titled album This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry and the rather lovely Red Rooster.
Four more little sonic gems for your August pleasure are now available on the site. Blitzen Trapper, Boulder Acoustic Society, Jay Brannan and The Wiyos. Yet another fine quartet even though we say so ourselves as picked them out.
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Hello, after an unfortunate hiatus, the reasons for which are probably best not gone into here, we finally have some new music on the AUK MySpace site. For your listening pleasure this month we offer Nathan Oliver, Conrad Ford, the irrepressible Todd Snider and the delightful Beccy Owen. Don't forget too, for those of you within striking distance of Leicester, Electric Dustbowl 2 on 19 September.
