Transcendental Songs. Unforgettable Stories.
The Podcast
So it begins. Sons of Town Hall's new comedy-fiction radio play, Madmen Cross the Water, is here. Each episode unveils a new single from our album.
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Oh My America - Out Now
This song may mean more to me than any I've ever written. Listen now. Sing along. Share it with your neighbors, regardless of their political persuasion.
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Music
These songs are about the shape of love, about the passage of time, about children growing up, about looking for and then holding onto what matters. They’re about trying to resist some of the trends of modernity, which push us farther from the real nectar of life, making us less and less able to feel and appreciate the beauty in the moment we’re here.
Songs From the Quarantine: I wrote and recorded Oh Quiet World in the attic of the house my family and I lived in after escaping Madrid when Corona swept through. These are my most intimate and heartfelt yet, healing and hopeful for these hard times.
This is my collection of political love songs. It is my response to Trump and the fear and anger that seems to be tearing our country apart. These five songs search for common ground and challenge us to be our best selves. The closing environmental hymn "This Be Dear to Me," features Anna Tivel on background vocals. It's the song I may have worked the hardest on to write.
This album may well be my favorite. It pairs with my book The Free Brontosaurus. Each character in each story has a song. They are songs of longing and loneliness, but ultimately they are songs of love and light. Sara Watkins sings background vocals on every song that pairs with a female character in the book (except the final song, which features Sarah Davis, my wife). Fan favorite, "To the Sea," is the second track.
Biography
Bio
"Berkeley sings in a lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake…as his melodies ascend to become benedictions and consolations, the music shimmers and peals."
–The New York Times
American singer-songwriter-author David Berkeley writes songs capable of both breaking and mending the heart. He was a guest on This American Life and has won many songwriting awards and honors including ASCAPs Johnny Mercer Songwriting Award. Berkeley has released eight studio albums, one live album, and authored two books, which pair with two of his albums. His latest single, "Oh My America," is a profoundly sensitive expression of what is ailing the nation right now. In addition to David’s solo career, he is one half of the wildly creative Trans-Atlantic costumed duo Son of Town Hall. Berkeley’s music has also been remixed by many of the world’s top EDM DJs. He tours extensively all over the country and world and has opened/toured with Dido, Don McLean, Ben Folds, Billy Bragg, Ray Lamontagne, Nickel Creek and many more. He was a Kerrville New Folk winner, a New Song and Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Finalist. Berkeley lives with his wife and two boys in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
8 STUDIO ALBUMS | 1 LIVE ALBUM | 2 BOOKS
