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Richard Kapp

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About Me



My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/21/2004
Band Website: richardkapp.com
Band Members: Richard Kapp: Vocals, Piano, Keys
Alex Csurmann: Drums
Bernadette Ott: Viola
Roland Liegle: Bass, Vocals

Artists that I was and am collaborating with:

Woodstock Taylor
Peter Kearns
Backbone Shiver
Gis Johansson
Bárbara Gilles
Delphine Cartalier
Jakob Aumaier
Influences: Those are bands & musicians that I enjoy listening to: (so I guess they all influenced me somehow) Electric Light Orchestra/Jeff Lynne, 10cc, John Zorn, The Beatles, Supertramp, Frank Zappa, Billy Joel, Burt Bacharach, Lou Reed, John Cale, Soft Machine, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Jacques Brel, Elvis Costello, John Miles, Stevie Wonder, Bryce Kulak, Rufus Wainwright, The Divine Comedy, Bare Naked Ladies, Ben Folds, Aqualung, Scott Walker, Genesis with Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Simon&Garfunkel, Ron Sexsmith, Chick Corea, Yellowjackets, Gabe Dixon, Alan Parsons, Richard Harris, Jamiroquai, Woodstock Taylor, Steve Ison, Peter Adams, Beirut, The Great Indoors, Andrew Bird, Jens Lekman, Keane, Ed Harcourt, Hawksley Workman, John Southworth, Sufjan Stevens, Ginnicide, Peter Kearns, Gis Johannsson, Melody Gardot, Muse, The Thrills, Bright Eyes, The Coral, Jeff Buckley, Paul Urbanek, The High Llamas, Chris Rea, John Southworth, The Guillemots, Maurice Ravel and many more.

ATTENTION: PLEASE DO NOT POST HUGE PICS OR PURE SELF-PROMOTIONS - IT WILL GET REMOVED! THANK YOU!:
Sounds Like: something different but often compared to The Divine Comedy, Burt Bacharach, ELO, Beatles, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Joel
Record Label: promised features
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Richard featured at redtrackmusic.com

I was recently featured at the highly respected and truely independent irish pop-magazine redtrackmusic.com. My 2005 album "A Tie For Free" has been reviewed there along with some information on ...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:09:00 PST

Best Acts Of 2007 at NBT

Hi everyone, The podcast show "Next Big Thing"  recently selected the Best Acts Of 2007 including me (which made me feel very honoured of course, thanx NTB!)  and other wonderful bands ...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:43:00 PST

Happy new year!

We are standing in front of the huge doors of 2008. No need to worry, just enter them and feel just fine. I will do so. We all are VIPs! :) Maybe you should listen to my new song to learn more about t...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:56:00 PST

I wish you all I that can be wished

Hi everyone, Meanwhile my friend list grew to over 1000 very nice people (ok, I admit that I do not know everyone in detail, but I assume that they are all nice)...but some of you I know more personal...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:14:00 PST

Best of 2007 NBT podcast: Christmas Special

Greetings everyone, Tune in: The NBT podcast show is up! This time with a wonderful Christmas Special featuring the best independent bands of 2007. That also includes Mr. Kapp. http://nextbigthing.lib...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:52:00 PST

X-Mas Video

Hi dear Blog Readers,For fun and to get you in the right mood for christmas there is now a short and amateurish clip of my recent interpretation of the traditional "Silent Night" with my own (quite pe...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:16:00 PST

New song by Richard!

Hi dear Blog-Readers! :) Finally, a new song of mine is online at my page. The song is called "Surfin' In The Rain", has been recorded with my band and will be published on my next album called "*". I...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:20:00 PST

New song: Duet with Bárbara Gilles at NBT podcast

Hi everyone, Please check out the NBT (The Next Big Thing) podcast show from the 29th August where they played a new song of mine, a duet with Bárbara Gilles from Argentina. The song is called "Wake U...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:04:00 PST

Check out this event: Richard Kapp & Daniel Seestrand LIVE

Hosted By: Richard Kapp When: 07 Sep 2007, 20:00Where: Cafe StadtbahnGersthoferstrasse 47 Wien, ÖsterreichDescription:Richard Kapp Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:26:00 PST

Back from Italy

Hi everyone, I am back from my trip to Italy and all I can tell you is that you have to go see Positano at the Amalfi coast when you get the chance. It's such an incredibly beautiful place. Now, as I ...
Posted by Richard Kapp on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:18:00 PST