Media Release – David Olney Presents: FILM NOIR
DAVID OLNEY CHANNELS HIS “DARK SIDE” WITH THE UPCOMING MAY 24th RELEASE OF DAVID OLNEY PRESENTS: FILM NOIR
Weekly Streamcast and Jam-Packed Tour Cast Long Shadow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20th, 2011
Nashville, TN- “I think of things in a theatrical way.” David Olney says, speaking of his new project, DAVID OLNEY PRESENTS: FILM NOIR, a five-song thematic mini-album. The first in a projected series, the EP comes out May 24th on Deadbeet Records. While musically different from the edgy folk/blues people associate with him, the songs are still populated with colorful Olney-esque characters and storytelling.
“This record is kind of ‘50s/’60s detective music. There’s a certain darkness without being bleak,” says Olney. There is the smoky 3 AM jazz of “Frank is Gone” and “Blue Moon Hotel”, peopled with characters who have to disappear in a hurry, the dry-humored mugger’s anthem “$20 Serenade” that will have your toe tapping even as the robber takes your shoes, and there is enough love lost in “The Blues Don’t Care” and “Sunset On Sunset Boulevard” to fill an all-night diner full of broken hearts.
By turns ferocious and tender, dry-witted and dead serious, with a foot placed in Townes Van Zandt and another in Hoagy Carmichael, David Olney is a showman, a spoken-word artist, a walking songbook full of characters he inhabits with zeal, and the only man who has ever written a song about the Titanic from the perspective of the iceberg.
“I started as a folk singer,” he explains, recounting his beginnings in the ‘60s in his home state of Rhode Island, “then I started a band and found I really enjoyed front-man stuff. My model was James Brown.” (How many singer- songwriters can say that?) “I like a fast-paced show, songs coming at you fast. The first 20 minutes of a show. That’s where you get ‘em or you don’t.”
That band he started was David Olney and the X-Rays, formed after his move to Nashville and all the Yankee adjustments that go with it. Much worthwhile vinyl was made of that band and also David’s late-‘80s as a solo artist on Rounder Records. He still retains a loyal following of fans from that era who have grown with him and continue taking the journey with him to see where he goes next.
Cultivating an online community for several years, David streamcasts live and unedited every Tuesday on uStream.tv with “Hear & Now” video shorts featuring live performance, the story-behind-a-song, and some humor in addition to posting videos of his stellar interpretations of classic poetry on YouTube. His seven-part video post of the complete “Rime Of The Ancient Mariner” shines with brilliant simplicity.
And what’s next up in this series of DAVID OLNEY PRESENTS records?
“I’m working on one that kind of revolves around both F. Scott and Zelda, and Bonnie and Clyde, people hurtling to their destruction.” David says, “That kind of stuff appeals to me. You pick up a thread and just keep following it and see where it leads you. I enjoy that kind of work.”
(Written by Friend, Fan and Fellow Recording Artist Tommy Womack)
David Olney on tour with Sergio Webb
Tues., April 26 Knoxville,TN
Wed., April 27 – Palmyra, VA
Fri., April 29 – Audubon, NJ (co-bill w/ Colleen McFarland/Mare Wakefield)
Sat., April 30 – Barto, PA
Sun., May 1 – New York, NY Sirius Radio w/ Dave Marsh (11:00 AM EST)
Sun., May 1 – New York, NY
Mon., May 2 – Brooklyn, NY
Thurs., May 5 – New Haven, CT
Fri., May 6 – Worcester, MA (with Amy Speace)
Sat., May 7 – East Norwalk, CT
Sun., May 8 – Collinsville, CT
Mon., May 9 – Provincetown, MA (Cape Cod) – WOMG-Radio On-Air
Tues., May 10 – West Dennis, MA (Cape Cod)
Thurs., May 12 – Rochester, NY WXXI-Radio On-Air
Thurs., May 12 – Rochester, NY
Sat., May 14 – Buffalo, NY
Sun., May 22 – Nashville, TN – Dragon Park Summer Series (FULL BAND)
*Sun., May 29 –Crawford, TN Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s Memorial Day Fest (FULL BAND) PBS Taping
Sat., June 11 – Oklahoma City, OK
Sun., June 12 – Norman, OK
Sat., June 25 – Raleigh, NC
Fri., Aug. 19 – Champaign, IL
Sun., Aug. 21 – Pomeroy, IA
Wed., Aug. 24 – Omaha, NE
Fri., Aug. 26 – Avon, MN
Sept. 7 – Sept. 27 – Norway, Scotland, England – International Tour Dates
www.davidolney.com
DavidOlneyYouTube
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About David Olney-The prolific David Olney infuses his live performances with an intensity that converts many new listeners into die-hard fans. Mr. Olney’s intelligent compositions radiate that same intensity and have earned a place as one of the most respected singer-songwriters in the world today. His songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Del McCoury, Lonnie Brooks, James King, Slaid Cleaves, Dale Ann Bradley, Tom Rozum, Ann Rabson, Keiran Kane/Kevin Welch/Fats Kaplin, Tim O’Brien and others. He has released more than 20 albums over four decades, including six live recordings, and performs worldwide. Mr. Olney’s new record is due out end of May 2011.
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