Julia’s Holter’s CD Named “Album of the Year”
Julia’s Holter’s CD Named “Album of the Year” by Two British Music Magazines A couple weeks back Randall Roberts, the LA Times music critic, named Julia Holter’s new album, “Have You in My Wilderness” as one of the top ten albums of 2015. Then two UK magazines, Mojo and Uncut, in listing the top 50 albums of 2015, put Julia’s at the top of the list as “Album of the Year.” A third magazine, Q, placed the album in second place. Julia’s label is Domino Records. Julia returned from two months of touring in Europe and Asia just before Christmas. She ... [Read More]
When Woody Guthrie was the Troubadour of Los Angeles
When Woody Guthrie was the Troubadour of Los Angeles Los Angeles Daily News | Book Review: “Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941” by Larry Wilson We associate Woody Guthrie, America’s greatest political troubadour and most prolific songwriter, with his Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle Dust Bowl roots, and with his later folkie fame in New York City. But I had never pegged him to Los Angeles, not until I went to the book-release party for Angel City Press’ “Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941” by Darryl Holter and William Deverell, set for publication Jan. 15. It is such an extraordinary volume ... [Read More]
Bob Dylan Mural
Over the past few weeks, pedestrians gathered to watch Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra paint his five-story mural of Bob Dylan near 5th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. Named ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’, it is 160 feet wide and five stories tall. Kobra and his team of five artists completed the massive painting on Sept. 8. The mural commemorates where Dylan really fell in love with folk music. It freezes him in the brief moment between his life as an adolescent and his life as an artist: the space in Dylan’s history when he lived simply as a young man. Adorning ... [Read More]
Radio Songs Stays at Number 5
Darryl Holter’s album “Radio Songs” ranked #5 on the Roots Music Report for Alternative Folk albums for the week ending September 2. Meanwhile three singles from the album were ranked in the top 25 in the national RMR reports. “Talking Dust Bowl Blues” continued to hold the #1 spot that it has held for several weeks. “Big City Ways” ranked #12, down from #3 a week ago. Meanwhile, “California Stars”, featuring Sara Watkins, captured the #5 position for Alternative Folk singles, moving up from last week’s #9 ranking. About The National Roots Music Report: Roots Music Report is the number ... [Read More]
Berkley Music B-Side Interview
Darryl Holter’s Radio Songs on the Charts & Berkley Music B-Side Interview Darryl Holter, Radio Songs,| Roots Report Chart Results for the Week of Aug 20, 2015: Top 50 Alternative Folk Song Chart: Darryl Holter | Talking Dust Bowl Blues | Number 1 Darryl Holter | Big City Ways | Number 2 Top 50 California Album Chart: Darryl Holter | Album: Radio Songs | Number 5 Top 50 Alternative Folk Album Chart: Darryl Holter | Album: Radio Songs | Number 5 About Roots Music Report: It’s About the Music Roots Music Report is the number one independent music chart in the ... [Read More]
Woody Guthrie Annual CD/DVD Review
Woody Guthrie Annual CD/DVD Review Darryl Holter Radio Songs Woody Guthrie Annual, (2015): Will Kaufman, Review, Radio Songs CD/DVD Review: Darryl Holter, Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles, 1937-1939 – Will Kaufman Purchase & listen today! Bandcamp: Radio Songs on Bandcamp Spotify: Radio Songs on Spotify In spite of all that we have learned since the opening of the Woody Guthrie Archives in 1996, there is one thing that we shall perhaps never know: the extent of the possibilities for musically imagining and re- imagining Guthrie’s songs. This is, of course, a good thing. Those who have been fortunate enough ... [Read More]
June issue of Acoustic Guitar featuring Darryl Holter
June issue of Acoustic Guitar featuring Darryl Holter
Darryl Holter Article Los Angeles Times
Darryl Holter Article Los Angeles Times Woody Guthrie’s ‘California Stars’ Premiere: Darryl Holter and Woody Guthrie’s ‘California Stars’ BY Randy Lewis March 3, 2015 One of the big archival folk music releases of 2014 was “My Name is New York: Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town,” examining the years in the Big Apple that shaped the godfather of folk protest music in the latter part of his life. This year we’ll get a geographical counterpart exploring the impact Guthrie’s earlier years in Los Angeles had on his politics and his songwriting. L.A.-based singer-songwriter Darryl Holter has delved into the songs Guthrie ... [Read More]
Chevalier’s Books
New Owners Bringing Renewed Life to Chevalier’s Books 28 Oct 2014 Larchmont Village shoppers have been wondering about the next chapter for Chevalier’s Books. Window shoppers along Larchmont Boulevard were delighted to see the recent signage posted at 126 N Larchmont announcing Chevalier’s Books is “turning the page to a new chapter.” It’s good news for LA’s oldest independent bookstore: two book-loving and long-time Chevalier’s patrons, Bert Deixler and Darryl Holter, have bought Chevalier’s Books. “We’re fixing it up, on a very tight schedule,” Bert Deixler told the Larchmont Buzz in a phone interview. “It will be much like it was ... [Read More]
Tim Young Guitar on Radio Songs
Darryl Holter’s forthcoming new album is called Radio Songs. The new album is produced by Ben Wendel and features some great musicians such as Tim Young, Billy Mohler. Greg Leisz and Dave Kemper. The album will also feature many special guests. This is part of a series of blogs with some info about the musicians on ‘Radio Songs’ Darryl Holter talks about Tim Young: Guitar I have probably performed more with Tim Young than any of the other guys in the band—at a Nissan dealership, on the street corner of Fourth and Main (Woody Guthrie Square), at a radio studio, ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter grew up playing the guitar and singing country and rock and roll songs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current brand of Americana music draws from country, blues and folk traditions and often tells stories about people, places and events.