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Tom Langford

About Me

Tom Langford is an accomplished singer/songwriter. He was named 2005 Acoustic Rock Artist of the Year from XM Radio. In the early 90s, Tom traveled the world honing his craft. Once back in the states, he started playing gigs around the Los Angeles area, initially getting his start from Bibby Hansen (Becks Mom). Soon he began touring up and down California.
GoDigital is proud to announce the release of Along The Way, a digital re-release of music from Tom Langford. The compilation is composed of tracks from Tom's earlier records, Mercy To Be Found, and Places You Know and also includes the rare track, "Battery," from Broken Dance (EP). The release adds to material put out on a digital EP compilation titled Time Between from October 2006.Tom has received accolades and praise from both the industry and his peets. XM Satellite Radio named him the Best New Acoustic Rock Artist of 2005, and Paste Magazine described his music as "somewhere between Nick Drake's fragile beauty and Leonard Cohen's wry, literary folk."Tom's music has been spun on KCRW, WNCW, KXCI, WBCE, KRCL, WYOU, WEVL, MAINE PUBLIC, KCLC, KLCC, KUNM, KPND, KGNU, WFPK, WRRW, XM The Loft, and many international and internet radio stations. Tom's music has also received placements in television programs, most recently ABC's October Road.His prior album, Here Comes Memory, was featured as an iTunes Store Indie Spotlight and Staff Favorites pick for over 32 weeks. He’s been a featured download-of-the- day on Napster and a featured Singer/Songwriter on Sony Connect.In addition to music, Tom makes a living as a landscape architect, running the design and construction firm Mother Magnolia. His designs have been featured on HGTV's Landscapers Challenge (Tom has won several of the challenges)

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/06/2005
Band Website: www.godigitalartists.com
Band Members: Tom Langford and friends
Influences: Cat Stevens Grateful Dead Leonard Cohen Joni Mitchell David Gray U2 Daniel Lanois Peter Gabriel Richard Dyer Bennett Stephen Foster Bruce Springsteen Nick Drake Bob Dylan Toad the Wet Sprocket Paul Simon Art Garfunkel Tim Buckley Jeff Buckley Neil Finn Bob Marley David Dvorin Bill Bottrell Peter Bradley Adams Gary Jules Clayton Scoble Ron Sexsmith Aimee Mann Silly Wizard Kathleen Edwards
Sounds Like: Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, David Gray, Neil Finn, Daniel Lanois, Ryan Adams, Ron Sexsmith, etc. etc.

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Record Label: GoDigital Artists
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

the past

I was taking a stroll and the scent from a plant triggered a nostalgic array of memories.  I was overwhelmed!  It was strange to suddenly experience vivid recollections of people and scenes ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:23:00 GMT

Bamboo

Today the sun cut through the cold morning with seeminly little effort. My son Champe and I went outside to work in the yard. The goal was to do some thinning of the giant timber bamboo. It was a grea...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:11:00 GMT

Nothing really

It seems as if life continues to throw curve ball after curve ball after curve ball. Tonight I was struck when I was reading my son his bedtime story about this image of joshua and Samuel working the ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:57:00 GMT