“Arial”,sans-serif’>The tour will coincide with the release of both a 45 and a 4-song EP CD, eponymously titled. Check out “Honest Man,” from the EP here: https://soundcloud.com/davidberkeley/honest-man

font-family:”Arial”,sans-serif’>Son Of Town Hall springboards from the story of the aforementioned two finding themselves side by side aboard a junk raft crossing the mighty Atlantic in search of new lands, new inspiration and to recover squandered fortune. It’s as if the two sailed their ship back a century or so. The presentation is at once completely transporting and utterly hilarious. Neither Berkeley, nor Parker openly acknowledge the anachronistic quality in their songs or presentation. They do, however, recognize how special their sound is. “Perhaps it was the salt spray in our beards,” Parker explains when we caught up with the two of them on the coast of Maine, “or maybe the solitude out there on the open ocean. Hell, we didn’t see another soul for the better part of a month. But we learned to sing out there. More importantly, we learned to sing together.” And sing together they do, harmonies that haven’t been heard, perhaps, since the Louvin Brothers. “You learn a lot on the high seas,” Berkeley adds. “You can’t count on a whole lot. My guitar ultimately was down to just four strings, and none stayed in tune. But we developed a blend and a sound that we knew was something special. We just had to hope that it would translate on dry land.”

, released on Berkeley’s own label, Straw Man, was recorded in a converted adobe near Berkeley’s home in New Mexico and features an impressive list of central musicians in addition to Watkins: trumpet and banjo player Jordan Katz (De La Soul, The Indigo Girls), guitarist Bill Titus (Dan Bern, Brother Ali), bassist/keyboard player Will Robertson (Shawn Mullins) and drummer Mathias Kunzli (Regina Spektor).

despite its hushed essence, it’s an amazingly beautiful collection of tracks,” and No Depression‘s Cara Gibney who proclaimed, “Cardboard Boat travels beyond uneasiness and separation, though those are the contexts, the potential empathies, and probable sympathies. Listen and you will find connection and much more light.” San Francisco Chronicle adds “Berkeley’s a musical poet.”

SHOWS:

“Arial”,sans-serif’>Fri Nov 11 – Dusty Ridge (Putney, VT)

“Arial”,sans-serif’>Sun Nov 13 – Casa Phoenix (DC)

“Arial”,sans-serif’>Tues Nov 15 – The Atrium (NYC)

“Arial”,sans-serif’>Thurs Nov 17 –The Great Room (Memphis)

“Arial”,sans-serif’>Sat Nov 19 – The Loft Series (Atlanta)

font-family:”Arial”,sans-serif’> “Arial”,sans-serif’>DAVID BERKELEY SOLO DATES:

“Arial”,sans-serif’>Sun 10/23 Back Room (Berkeley, CA