Justin Trawick, "Blind Man (Live)" (9:30 Club-6/29/07)
Justin Trawick, "Brick by Brick (Live)" (9:30
Club-6/29/07)
Justin Trawick, "Water's Rising" (IOTA-6/15/07)
Voice of America piece on CD release at Iota
March 2007
Bio
The lot of us humans fumble through our days
and lives with such a compilation of stories and feeling that really,
someone should be writing it all down; singing about it even. Then,
wouldn’t it be great if said someone concocted a full-bodied
blend of silky tune, gritty vocals and shoulder-dancing beats and
poured it all into a comprehensive live performance? Justin Trawick
has been doing us all this favor and only parts of the world are
aware of it.
Walking the tightrope between various genres,
Justin’s music fluently balances between sometimes rowdy,
other times consoling, forms of folk, bluegrass, and hip hop bestowing
upon listeners an incorporated and organic form of poetry.
Navigating the Washington, DC music scene, Justin
has been tunefully hitting the local clubs, coffeehouses, and bars
since November 2004, quickly expanding his range to larger venues
up and down the east coast ranging from the esteemed Kennedy Center
to the ruggedly trendy 9:30 Club. He plays both solo and with his
band, The Justin Trawick Group, as they're notably called, consisting
of quite the velvety brew of piano, cello, violin, mandolin, upright
bass, hand percussion, and drums. Having opened for the honorable
likes of Bob Schneider and Brett Dennen, Trawick leaps and bounds
over the achingly typical singer/songwriter and lands, both feet,
in a genre of his own.
Trawick’s debut album, How to Build a Life
With a Lemonade Stand was recorded live in 2006 and warmly eased
its way into the driver's seat of a fine folk, hip-hop combination,
taking all thirteen tracks on a first-rate drums-on-the-steering-wheel
ride. With smoothed-out Dylan vocals skipping over his effortless
guitar playing Justin released the CD in March 2007 and has continued
to bolster individual lives ever since.
