Dave Murphy September 19, 2008

Radio personality John Platt, of WFUV FM in New York City aptly described Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Dave Murphy as the real deal. During an on-air interview Platt asked Murphy; being from the northeast, how is it that your music has such a feel of the American heartland? Murphy pausedand answered simply well John its because I really like dairy products. Clearly, Murphy does not take himself too seriously and this trait alone sets him apart from the glut of singer-songwriters out there. Over the last several years Murphy has shared the stage with Suzanne Vega, Steve Forbert, Slaid Cleaves, Alejandro Escovedo, Christine Lavin, Lucy Kaplansky, Mike Doughty, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Vic Chesnutt, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Christine Lavin and more. Murphy can really pull it off in a live performance and his songs resonate with honesty, intelligence, vulnerability and a sense of hard earned wisdom, yet never come across as heavy-handed. He takes you on a lyrical pilgrimage through the American soul, whether hes telling the story of an aging Viet Nam era war widow in Chesapeake or sharing his own deeply personal journey with addiction in the Bottom. But just when you think things may be getting a bit too serious Murphy belts out My Garden State his tongue and cheek ode to New Jersey. Murphy strives to peel away the layers and go deeper in search of that place where the truth lives, exposing it, often from a unique and unexpected perspective.

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