Welcome! Geoffrey Welchman is a...singer/songwriter, composer, producer, bon-vivant, and troglodyte. Find him on Facebook and iLike and iTunes! Listen to newest tunes here:
NEWZ! (7/4/2009) Latest tracks and more....GW has been out of commission for weeks, focusing on the nation's unemployment issue, but this week saw a LOT of activity at Poison Dart Recording Studios! The south-african-styled "WaddaYano" was recorded and mixed, and the lovely and talented Kate Boyer stopped by to start work on a couple of her songs. You can now hear GW's latest and greatest tracks in the Facebook/iLike player above, just click on a song! (6/10/2009) GW Live Alert!....GW announcesa gig Cafe Hon's Acoustic Baltimore series in September!
(2/10/2009) Hard at work...recording sessions at Poison Dart have been underway for the last week and a half: GW is intent on recording 3 songs in particular, which may form the nucleus of a new release, perhaps an EP. The first one is titled "This Day, That Day," from GW's NYC days, and is one of his all-time faves. (2/18 update: More insider details in the bloggy!)
(1/16/2009) Twenty years ago....the Tiananmen Square Massacre took place (June 1989). Discussion of this event is still completely off-limits in Chinese media and public life. An epochal image captured by photographer Stuart Franklin prompted a commemerative lyric by GW, in today's bloggy.
(12/5/2008) Whatta Year!....Many thanks and platitudes to the visitors to GW.com. The hit count for 2008 is already TWICE the count of 2007!!! More in today's bloggy.
(12/2/2008) GW interviewed on UmbrellaRadio.com!....the Baltimore-based internet radio station known as Umbrella Radio invited GW to be a guest on its Audiophile show, which was taped last night. It can be heard in rotation on UmbrellaRadio.com, or hear it now on the DownLow! (keep in mind it's a BIG file that may take a few minutes to load)
GW's first album (2001)
GW's Discography ←
Comfort Noise & One Band Man →
GW's second album (2007)
One Band Man recording session (N. Diaz)
Slightly Older Nooz... (11/13/2008) GW ist Gut!!...What may very well be the last review of One Band Man appears on the German folk music website Folkworld. It proclaims "Welchman
ist ein begabter Musiker und Liedermacher mit einer schoenen
Singstimme. Bewundernswert ist vor allem, dass er alles im Alleingang
aufgenommen hat, ein sicherlich schwieriges Unterfangen." We couldn't agree more!
(10/30/2008) BMC Compilation Album!!!...Yes, folks, the Baltimore Music Conference Compilation Album
has hit the (virtual) street. GW's intensely bluesy "Out on the Road"
is featured alongside Hip-hop, Alternative, and Electronic tracks from
a wealth of artists. A great souvenir of GW's terrific BMC gig!
(9/18/2008) GW played a fine set at Leadbetter's last nite, as part of the Baltimore Music Conference.
(8/25/2008) Testing, testing....For the first time, GW.com proudly offers One Band Man CD's for sale direct through PayPal at the experimental rate of $8.00!! This is a secure way to pay by check, credit card, or PayPal account. Check out the Sale Center!
(8/11/2008) GW joins in....On Saturday the 9th, GW sat in with the Peace Junkies, a 'supergroup' of local songwriters (Russ Haire, Karyn Oliver, Joe Spatarella, and Kate McGuire) at Hull Street Blues. Playing bongos and bass, GW was pleased to take part in the birthday celebration for Joe's wife, Maggie. Joining in the fun were singer Claudia Sansoucie, and a talented singer/songwriter from Virginia, Lisa Taylor, who played the bongos towards the end of the evening. Good times!
(7/10/2008) Tidings from Britain....News has reached us that yet another British music magazine(in this case Blues Matters!) is set to review One Band Man. The response from UK mags and websites has been terrific, and we welcome any readers from Wales, Scotland, England, and the various Isles! (5/12/2008) Award Time.....GW is thrilled to have received a nod from RadioIndy, in the form of their GrIndie Award! The category is Acoustic music, and the award is "a symbol of good quality for an independent artist CD." Thanks, RadioIndy!
