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Linh Nguyen

About Me

Linh Nguyen was born in Central Viet Nam before the end of the war. His family immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s via Singapore and Indonesia. Linh grew up in Southern California absorbing popular Vietnamese songs sung at family gatherings and American rock music blasted on the radio. Inspired by such rich musical surroundings, he began teaching himself guitar at age thirteen. Many moons later, Linh is an accomplished guitarist and singer who seeks to create compelling and beautiful music that reflects his broad background and experiences.Linh Nguyen currently resides in Oakland, California and has performed around the San Francisco Bay Area on stages such as Café DuNord and The Starry Plough and galleries such as Oaklandish and SOMArts the last as part of the 11th Annual Radical Performance Fest.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/11/2005
Band Website: www.linhnguyen.us
Band Members: Linh Nguyen - vocals/guitars; Ralph Manak (pictured) - bass; John Tyree - drums/bass (on Heaven)
Influences: Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Songs:Ohia, Yo La Tengo, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Travis, Carlos Santana, SRV, John Coltrane, Michael Hedges, Nick Drake, Damien Rice, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Cafe Tacuba, Juanes, Joan Osborne, Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Khanh Ly, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Bruce Lee, and lots of 80s music.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

newish tunes

A couple new home recordings with bassist Ralph Manak for your listening pleasure. Prelim work for upcoming album!
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 10:21:00 GMT

KPFA Apex Express performance link

If you didn't get a chance to hear it on the old ra-dio, you can listen online to my performance on KPFA's Apex Express on January 17th. The song sets up around 20 minutes into the show. Enjoy!http://...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:22:00 GMT