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:
2. The Only Sound
3. Bitter Times Disappear
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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