Bobby à Berlin Octobre dernier

J'en ai eu des frissons rien que de regarder ses vidéos , j'y étais , Bobby nous a offert une performance incroyable, ce show à étais entièrement filmé par un pro ... Régalez-vous !!!

 

Chanson de la semaine

 Any Time 

Nouvelle Chanson

Line Of Sight

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Chanson de la semaine

Nouvelle chanson de Bobby "Love Is Not A Game"

WXPN Mai 2012

Session de rattrapage pour celles et ceux qui ont raté l'interview de Bobby sur la station de radio WXPN, à la fin de celle-ci on peux y découvrir en exclusivité une chanson de son futur album 

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Livre et interview

Le livre de poèmes de Bobby est disponible sur amazone ici
ou sur createspace ici.

Et une interview par American Songwriter est disponible ici, où il nous parle beaucoup de poésie.

Bobby musicien mais pas seulement

Voici la couverture du livre de Bobby qui est disponible à la vente sur Amazon dans la rubrique SGO music publishing
Je ne sais pas vous mais moi j'ai hâte de l'avoir en main !

Et voici un excellent article de Presse :

LOSING MY BROTHERHOOD

SINGER-SONGWRITER BOBBY LONG PUBLISHES FIRST BOOK

OF POETRY ENTITLED ‘LOSING MY BROTHERHOOD’ 

Second Album Coming in the Fall

British singer-songwriter Bobby Long is adding ‘author’ to his list of descriptive hyphenates with the publication of his first collection of poetry entitled LOSING MY BROTHERHOOD.  The book is available from SGO Music Publishing via amazon and other publishing retailers.

Long began compiling the volume last year while touring in support of his debut album, A WINTER TALE.  “I was on the road for four months straight, basically in the back of a van, and I got sick of playing with my phone and playing with my laptop, and I decided to go for it fully,” he says.  “I would write every morning, and then go for coffee for a break, and I took a really disciplined stance to it.  When I got home, sometimes I wouldn’t leave my apartment all day and just write.  The discipline aspect allowed me to separate the poems from my music.” 

The provocative collection delves into various universal themes, among them love, desire and disappointment with a healthy dose of memory and reflection.  The title stems from Long’s realization of what he left behind when he abruptly moved from London to New York to pursue his music career in 2010.  “I left my family and my friends, and I just went and didn’t really say good-bye to anyone,” he recalls.  “’Losing My Brotherhood’ refers to a specific group of three close friends who I lived with in London for four years and shared everything with, and who I don’t get a chance to see anymore. We were like brothers, but I know that time is now over.  It’s a tribute, really.” 

One of those three friends is artist and musician Ben Edge, who contributed the 15 bold pen and ink drawings that illustrate the book.  “We always wanted to work on something together,” says Long, “and this was the perfect opportunity.  I sent him the poems, and he drew the illustrations free hand.”

Born near Manchester in Wigan (of George Orwell fame), Bobby Long grew up in a small town in Wiltshire, a setting for another of Britain’s revered writers, Thomas Hardy.  Although he has been writing poetry and prose since the age of 12, becoming a writer was not pre-ordained.  A poor student who struggled at school, he felt like an outsider until an astute teacher recognized his learning deficits and helped him to discover the joy of reading.  “I never kept a journal or a diary, just lines on little slips of paper, words on a page,” he explains.  “I never told anyone at school that I wrote, or I would have been beaten up.  At the start, it was more of an expressive thing.  I was a dreamer, and I would get lost in my own imagination.  Now, I try to write something every day.”

A number of the poems in LOSING MY BROTHERHOOD deal with memories of childhood and growing up in rural England.  “I wrote most of those poems while I was on tour in Australia at Byron Bay,” Long recalls.  “I was there on a beautiful day and didn’t want to go swimming alone—I actually didn’t like being on my own there at all.  Sometimes it’s hard to get away from your surroundings, but I wrote five different poems that day.  I went far deeper in the poems than I do in my songs.  I often write from the passenger seat as an observer.  The poems are far more personal, with no guitar to hide behind.”    

At 18, Long moved to London to attend university, graduating with a degree in sound and media for film.  He quickly established himself as a musician on the local open mic circuit, finding his voice and creating songs characterized by catchy melodies paired with elusive, imaginative lyrics.  There he met a circle of fellow musicians, among them the brotherhood of the book’s title.    

In 2009, after amassing a loyal fan base for his music, America beckoned, and following nearly a year of touring, Bobby relocated to New York City, which became a new muse for his writing.  “I feel more at home in New York than I have anywhere else,” says the 26-year-old, who incorporates the city’s sights, streets, sounds and smells into several of his poems.  “I have a comfortable life where I can express myself on a full time basis and make a living at it.  It’s very different from my life in England.”  

The cover of LOSING MY BROTHERHOOD (designed by Tim McCarthy) features a photograph entitled Four Mennonite Farmers by New York-based photographer William Waldron (williamwaldron.com).  Says Long:  “It’s four farmers, each with different hats on, all looking in different directions.  I thought that it depicted me and my three friends, and it felt like it was vast and never-ending.  I contacted the photographer’s manager to ask if I could use it.”

Long’s deft songwriting skills have amassed critical acclaim, the Los Angeles Times, for example, stating “his tunes are sturdy, but graceful, like the curve of something hand-carved.”   “Raw,” “organic,” “earnest,” “romantic” and “poignant” are among the adjectives used to describe his songs, many of which can also be applied to his poetry.

Long’s own tastes in poetry range widely from Pablo Neruda and Dylan Thomas to Féderico García Lorca and Leonard Cohen.  The book includes a poem dedicated to Mr. Cohen, who began his own career writing poetry before turning to songwriting and performing.   While LOSING MY BROTHERHOOD is Long’s newest project, he isn’t planning to incorporate poetry into his musical performances.  “They are two separate things,” he says.  “The book is a very personal thing.”

Bobby Long has just completed the recording of his second album of original material, produced in Los Angeles by Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly, Gaslight Anthem, Old Crow Medicine Show).  It is slated for release by ATO Records in the fall.  Long is currently on tour opening for Steve Winwood and will announce summer concert plans shortly as well as fall tour dates in support of his forthcoming album. 

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Chanson De La Semaine

Cette semaine, Bobby nous offre "How do I feel".
Le lien est ici.

Nouvelle tournée

Bobby se joindra à Steve Winwood pour quelques dates américaine ,

Les dates sont ici --->

http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/72501

Bobby en soutien à Rodrigo y gabriela

je sait pas vous mais moi je suis plutot fier de voir Bobby jouer devant une aussi grande foule

Who Have you Been Loving



Two Years Old

Chanson de la semaine :

Worry About That Now 

Chanson de la semaine :

Something's Gonna Get You

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Bobby et Marcus à l'ancienne

Les deux amis se sont retrouvés sur scène à New-York , je vous laisse profiter du spectacle, perso j'adore les voir jouer ensemble.

Revue de presse

Merci à Donna Peerce pour cette excellente revue de presse

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Chanson de la semaine

Tant qu'il continue à nous sortir des musiques à la pelle on peut s'estimer heureux. Profitons en encore une fois avec "Without me and you" (cliquez sur la photo)

Chanson de la Semaine

"Waiting for you to be ready" (clikez sur la photo)

Vente aux enchères

Une vente aux enchères à étais mise en place sur Ebay par Stories From The Road  les articles sont signés de la main de Bobby, cette vente à pour but de collecter des fonds pour l'association Alex Lemonade . 

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Chanson de la semaine :

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The Loving Kind

Merci Bobby Long - When I Come Around

Bobby Long - When I Come Around by ATO Records

Une chanson toutes les semaines voilà qui nous tiendra en haleine jusqu'à la libération de son futur Album

Un petit cadeau

Une chanson d'amour en ce jour de la Saint Valentin par Bobby .

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merçi à musicBobbylong.com

Show à l'université du Delaware 28/01/12

Voici le premier show de l'année,  Bobby s'est encore amélioré ses performances sont à chaque fois meilleures que les précédentes .

Dead and Done

She Comes To The Light 

The Song The Kids Sing

Votez pour Bobby

Bobby est nominé pour un Shorty Award.
Votez pour lui ici en expliquant pourquoi il doit gagner.

Promotion sur Amazon

Amazon lance une opération "Remplissez votre nuage" promotion dans laquelle des albums au format mp3 sont a seulement 3,85 Euro, quelques artistes ATO sont en vedettes dont Bobby et son album "A winter Tale" , la promotion prendra fin le 31 Janvier, pour ceux qui n'ont pas encore eu la chance d'avoir cet album, c'est le moment , c'est ici que ça se passe ---> Amazon

Chanson du jour

Le site internet OurVinyl.com a élue la chanson "Dead and Done" chanson du jour .

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        "Dead and Done"

Voici l'article écrit par le magazine :

Harmonica et guitare acoustique en ce samedi . Bobby Long a fait ses débuts en jouant la nuit à micro ouvert à Londres pendant son séjour au Metropolitan University où il a étudié la musique et le cinéma. Son style a vite été associé à celui de Bob Dylan, due à ses profondes paroles . Il y a beaucoup plus à attendre de ce jeune musicien car il est encore jeune dans sa carrière, alors écoutez et gardez un oeil ouvert. Profitez de la chanson d'aujourd'hui.

Message de Bobby

 Message de Bobby et la présentation de son nouveau site internet:

(Cliquez sur la photos pour voir le message)

Les performances à voir de Bobby, Octobre 2011en Europe

"Dead and Done" sans micro à Berlin

"Where You Lay" Bobby as transformé la 

plus romantique de ses chansons en ceci ...

Hamburg

Busking à Cologne

Busking de Bobby et Alex Starling à Stuttgart ,

Belle performance de "To Love Somebody"

Bobby imperturbable.... Cologne

Nouvelle"Upon The Hill" Hildesheim

Nouvelle "The Backing Singer" Hamburg

Nouvelle "I don't Understand" Hamburg

Adresse

vous pouvez envoyer du courrier à Bobby : Ato Records , Attn Bobby Long

                                                                44 Wall Street, 23 rd Floor

                                                                New York, NY 10005

 

 

Interviews 2011

Le 19 Novembre 2011 au  Bottletree à Birmingham

Interview au "Burning Music" le 04 octobre 2011

Moments drôles de la tournée "The Loosing My Brotherwood Tour"

Bobby amusé de revenir sur scène après la fin du show 

pour dédicacé une chanson :

Voici un montage vraiment drôle 

Une longue histoire qui se finit par un gros

mensonge de Bobby

Bobby dans un avion :

Bobby dans un bateau :

Bobby et son mot favoris : "Schei*e 

Et plus à venir ....