Troubadour Blue

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#		Title	Length
1		Saving Face	4:18	Play
2		Shackled	3:18	Play
3		Castle	3:26	Play
4		Flying Machine	4:21	Play
5		Rubia	3:10	Play
6		Vive la Difference	2:59	Play
7		Operation Desert Sin	5:57	Play
8		Bobby and Mary	5:44	Play
9		Yes, No, Maybe	4:36	Play
10		Another's Embrace	4:01	Play
11		Mercedes	3:22	Play
12		I Take That Back	3:08	Play

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When you combine a rich, soulful voice and a heartfelt passion for delivering powerful performances, you get singer-songwriter, Earl J Rivard, known as Earl J by fans, family and friends. Earl Js latest album, Troubadour Blue, combines an inviting vulnerability and a soulful edge with a sound that acoustic and pure. Earl Js songs express universal themes of life, love and humanity. His presence is endearing. His performances are powerful and clean.

Although Earl J lost his eye sight as an infant, he didnt let that stand in the way of his love for song and music. His performances exude an inner intensity and passion thats nothing short of captivating. His fans consistently acknowledge his ability to connect powerfully and personally through his illustrative and emotive lyrics.

Earl Js connection to music and performance has existed since his earliest days. His first-ever memory comes from age two when falling asleep to Simon & Garfunkels Scarborough Fair. Even at that young age, Earl J distinctly remembers the powerful emotion he experienced as he listened to the melancholy melody. Fast-forward just a few months. Sitting in a highchair at a caf in New York, the young toddler stunned his parents as he sang along word-for-word, note-for-note to the Simon & Garfunkel tune that played through the restaurants speakers. WowI cant wait to tell Art about this one, explained their food server -- cousin to Mr. Garfunkel himself!

Throughout his life, Earl J continued to develop and share his natural gift for song and performance. As a boy, he devoted eight years to a local boys choir. He sat first-chair as lead of the trumpet section in middle school. In college, his voice was heard across campus as a lead singer with one of UC Berkeleys premier a cappella ensembles, Artists in Resonance.. He also sings gospel with the local church choir. This life-long exploration of music has contributed to creating the powerful and talented singer-songwriter he is today.

But there was a turning point in Earl Js life that made the most critical impact on his musical experience, which stems from the small provincial town of Tucuman, Argentina. When Earl J was 14, he and his family spent a year in Tucuman to discover his mothers South American roots, a culture that would forever alter the way he experienced life, love and music. Thered be 12 kids or so that would get together for Guitarriadas and just pass the guitar around for hours and hours, he recalls. Its hard to over-emphasize how important this experience was. It was during these sessions that I really began to take shape as a musician and as a performer. It was also this year that Earl J and his father scored an on-the-spot audition with a concert booker in Buenos Aires. As a result, the eager teen earned his first big break performing in front of over 10,000 people at the Nations annual Coke N Rock festival. To this day, Earl J continues to make regular trips back to what he considers his second home. His love and perpetual nostalgia for Argentina is perfectly captured in his heartbreaking song, Flying Machine.

Today, Earl J regularly performs his solo act throughout the Bay Area. Many also know him as the smooth bassist in another of the Bay Areas hottest new acts, The Highway Robbers.

Earl Js philosophy about performance is simple. "Music can never be done half-assed, he explains. Even if you're playing at a dive bar on a wet Monday to the bartender and two drunk guys. That bartender and two drunk guys get everything you have to give, no matter what, every time." Its his respect for the power of music that drives him. Im perpetually amazed at how it affects other people. Ive got the privilege and the joy to take this God-given gift and share it with others. The dreams of world domination have faded away a bit. Its not what its about. Its about loving music and having it touch people.