Monday, August 3, 2015

Veteran Austin-based songwriter Craig Marshall to release sixth album, After All, produced by Robert Harrison of Cotton Mather.

Hear the bluegrass-inflected single “Standing Still” now via Blurt. Artist to play hometown record release show on August 16th.

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Craig Marshall as photographed by Valerie Fremin

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Craig Marshall – In The Press

“Clearly the work of a prolific musician with a confidence in what he does best.” – MAGNET

“Deftly weaves a bit of rockabilly with a twang and a rock beat. This winning combination showcases his solid songwriting and guitar skills.” – Guitar World

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Hear “Standing Still,” the latest single from the new Craig Marshall album After All, via Blurt or at the links below!





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See Craig Marshall live in a special afternoon performance on 8/16 at 4PM to celebrate the release of After All at Strange Brew in Austin

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Austin-based musician Craig Marshall believes that as a songwriter, he’s only as good as his next song. Fortunately, the prolific Marshall always seems to have a next song on tap, with a songbook that goes back thirty-plus years.  The latest entry into Marshall’s discography is his sixth album After All, arriving via Big Ticket Records on August 7th

The album’s second single “Standing Still” is the most bluegrass track on After All, with contributing players including Patterson Barrett on mandolin and dobro, Eddie Dickerson on fiddle, and Betty Soo on harmony vocals. Hear it now via Blurt.

After All is Marshall’s second outing with producer (and longtime Marshall admirer), Robert Harrison, leader of the critically acclaimed band, Cotton Mather.

Craig Marshall has always kept his artistic sights trained on the loftiest of goals,” comments Harrison.  “That is to craft songs that are immediate, timeless, and classic.”  Indeed, the songs on After All show off Marshall’s gift for penning and performing the kinds of tunes that helped country-inflected folk to eventually become the Americana genre. His longstanding status as a well-kept secret speaks to his influence, while his skills transcend genre at the same time.

“I’m hearing Buck Owens or Merle Haggard in my head when I’m writing a song like ‘After All’ or ‘The Only Sound,’Marshall says, but in fact, two of After All’s centerpieces, the single “Something On Your Mind” and “Only Till The End of Time” navigate firmly in the Petty-Beatles lane.

Marshall’s love of The Beach Boys and The Bee Gees can also be heard, and over the years, critics have cited artists as diverse as Badfinger, Marshall Crenshaw and XTC when describing Marshall.  The songs on After All do show these influences, but ultimately a Marshall fan will hear a Marshall song, and the uninitiated will be treated to a warm, familiar sound that plays unique and fresh.

After All by Craig Marshall arrives on August 7th, 2015 via the artist’s own Big Ticket Records label. Marshall is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Craig Marshall
After All
(Big Ticket Records)
August 7th, 2015
  

Track Listing:

1. Standing Still (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3)
2. The Only Sound
3. Bitter Times Disappear
4. Something On Your Mind (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3)
5. Only Till The End Of Time
6. After All
7. It’ll Be Someday
8. I Can’t Begin To Know
9. In My Wild Dreams
10. Back For More

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Craig Marshall Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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