Pearl Diver David Roth

• 1 Before I Die 03:18
• 2 Bake Sale 04:54
• 3 Rising in Love 02:48
• 4 Pearl Diver 04:03
• 5 John and Josie 06:32
• 6 The Jordan Waltz 03:35
• 7 Vincent 05:09
• 8 Mother's Day Card 05:14
• 9 That Kind of Grace 05:36
• 10 St. Blasien Breath 01:26
• 11 Flag of Hope 06:40
• 12 Some Kind of Hero 04:07
• 13 Lullaby 03:44
• Total Runtime 57:06

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Die Songs des amerikanischen Singer-Songwriters DAVID ROTH berühren alle Sinne… Seine klare, gefühlvolle Stimme trägt Emotionen, vor denen man im ersten Augenblick etwas erschrickt – weil sie so ungewohnt intensiv sind.

Als „Songwriter’s Songwriter“ wurde der Amerikaner David Roth von der heimischen Kritik betitelt. In der Tat läßt es sich nicht leugnen, daß die schlichten Songs, zu kaum mehr als zur guten alten Akustischen vorgetragen, sehr schnell ins Ohr gehen und von Anfang an vertraut klingen. Ganz abgesehen von Roths Stimme, die, so ruhig sie klingt, einiges an Emotionen transportiert. Stockfisch-Chef Günter Pauler, der Roth im Jahre 2002 begegnete, war denn auch sofort begeistert. Die gut gefüllten Terminkalender beider Protagonisten ließen das Projekt aber erst jetzt Wirklichkeit werden. Gelohnt hat es sich: Paulers neuentwickelte DMM-Schneidetechnik bewährt sich ein weiteres Mal glänzend. Ich gestehe, die früheren Alben Roths nicht zu kennen (es gab sie wohl auch nur als US-Importe, und auch nur im Digitalformat) – aber ich halte es für sehr unwahrscheinlich, daß eines auch nur annähernd so klingt wie dieses.

David Roth, vocals, guitars, triple ocarina
Chris Jones, guitars
Hans-Jörg Maucksch, fretless bass
Hrolfur Vagnsson, accordion
Thomas Klippel, Hammond B3
Christina Lux, backing vocals
Christiane Eiben, backing vocals
Christine Maringer-Tries, backing vocals
Beo Brockhausen, accordion, saxophone, gu-zheng, sarod, flutes, santuruillean pipe chanter

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David Roth
strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious, and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer, songwriter, recording artist, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and instructor, David has earned top honors at premier songwriter competitions – Kerrville (TX) and Falcon Ridge (NY) – and taken his music, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for three decades.

David’s songs (“Rising in Love”, “Earth”, “Manuel Garcia”, “May the Light of Love”, “Nine Gold Medals”, “Spacesuits”, “Rocket Science”, “I Stand for Love”, “That Kind of Grace”, and many more) have found their way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken Soup for the Soul books, the Kennedy Center, Peter, Paul, & Mary’s “Discovered” (Warner Brothers), the Kingston Trio’s “Born at the Right Time”, NASA’s Goddard Space Center (“Rocket Science” went up on the Space Shuttle Atlantis’s May 2009 mission to repair the Hubble Telescope), the classic folk song books “Rise Up Singing” and “Rise Again” (sequel), and 14 CDs on the Wind River and Stockfisch (Germany) labels. Winner of 5 Positive Music Awards and the 2015 Grace Note (Unity Worldwide) for Outstanding Contribution to New Thought Music, David has also been featured on many of Christine Lavin’s seminal Rounder Records compilations. The former artist-in-residence at New York’s Omega Institute has also been a songwriting judge at Kerrville, Napa Valley (CA), Tumbleweed (WA), Eventide Arts (MA), the Avalon Festival (WV), the South Florida Folk Festival, and for the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA).

David has also taught singing, songwriting, and performance at the Augusta Heritage workshops, SummerSongs (NY – where he currently serves as Executive Director), Common Ground on the Hill (MD), the Woods Dance & Music Camp (Canada), WUMB’s Summer Acoustic Music Week (NH), Moab Folk Camp (UT), Rowe Center (MA), Pendle Hill (PA), Lamb’s Retreat (MI), the Swannanoa Gathering (NC), the National Wellness Institute (WI), and for many other songwriting groups and associations around the country. David is also founder/director of the Cape Cod Songwriters Retreat and creator/host of Cape Cod’s “Full Moon Open Mic” which, for the past 14 years has provided a forum for musicians to connect and be heard while at the same time collecting donations ($14,000 to date) for local non-profits to help neighbors in need.

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