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With support from Lake Oconee Breeze presents:

David Berkeley

There is a profound depth in David Berkeley's songs, a refreshing honesty, and his delivery is unaffected. The New York Times' Jon Pareles praised Berkeley's lustrous, melancholy voice. He heard shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake in David's music, a comparison also made by Rollingstone.com. Pareles went on to write, as [Berkeley's] melodies ascend to benedictions and consolations, the music shimmers and peals. Atlanta's Creative Loafing writes that, Berkeley crafts his songs like watercolor paintings, intimate and introspective. Relix calls David one of the most promising young singers to emerge in recent times. Berkeley was featured in October on the NPR national radio series Ira Glass' This American Life. He is Paste Magazine's Emergent Artist in the Feb 09 issue. An original song of his was featured prominently in the CBS-TV hit series "Without a Trace." David's music was featured in an international promo campaign by iTunes, Coke and Paste Magazine. He received ASCAP's Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award and is one of WXPN's Artists to Watch. Born in the Garden State, David Berkeley graduated from Harvard, where he studied literature and philosophy. After living in Brooklyn, a stint in Santa Fe (working for Outside Magazine), Alaska (writing for Let's Go Alaska), Idaho (where he worked for 5 summers as a whitewater rafting guide), Santa Cruz and Corsica, France. Berkeley now lives with his wife and 2-year-old son Jackson in Atlanta.

Website: www.DavidBerkeley.com

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