TOM ANDERSON
RECORDINGS
No Mercy, November 24, 2023
John Keats poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci" inspired this song, which took the knightly myth to the Boston and London subways. Thanks to these artists: Pat Gaulin, drums; Yulia Price, violin: Ethan Mackler, bass; Ethan Dussault, recording/mixing at New Alliance Audio, Nick Zampiello, mastering at New Alliance East; cover art, Cynthia White (Artwork used with permission ©Cynthia White); and teachers, mentors, Catherine Capozzi and Tali Freed. ©2023 Tom Anderson
Here Lies One Whose Name Was Writ in Water, October 27, 2023
Second single from upcoming album inspired by the life and poems of John Keats. Title is the epitaph on Keats' gravestone.
Thanks to these artists: Pat Gaulin, drums. Yulia Price, violin. Ethan Mackler, bass. Ethan Dussault, recording/mixing. Nick Zampiello, mastering, Cynthia White, artist. Artwork used with permission ©Cynthia White. And Catherine Capozzi and Tali Freed, teachers, mentors!
Lyrics and music ©2023 Tom Anderson
Isabella and the Pot of Basil, September 29, 2023.
First single from upcoming album inspired by the life and poems of John Keats. Isabella story - racism, inequality, love and psychosis in 15th Century Tuscany. Thanks to these artists: Pat Gaulin, drums. Yulia Price, violin,Ethan Mackler, base. Tali Freed, harmonies, Ethan Dussault, recording/mixing. Nick Zampiello, mastering, Cynthia White, artist. Artwork used with permission ©Cynthia White.
And Catherine Capozzi, teacher, mentor. Lyrics and music ©2023 Tom Anderson
Helvetica Light is an easy to read font, with tall an102d narrow letters, that works well on almost every site.
Released December 2022
Girl from Osaka EP
Recorded four songs in July and August of 2022. Love song, "Girl from Osaka" based on a wild bullet train ride in the 80s. "Red Line" inspired by my young friends in Somerville and Cambridge. "Jubiliee" inspired by a 1925 party in Boston, a priest's jubilee, where my mother won a best baby contest. Worked with the talented Ethan Mackler on bass, Fabio Pirozollo on drums and Yulia Price on Violin. Recorded and mixed by Ethan Dussault at New Alliance Audio and mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East. Thanks to the artist Francois Vidal for permission to use his painting. And thanks to Tali Freed and Catherine Capozzi for their teaching, coaching. Lyrics and music ©2022 Tom Anderson
General Ledger of Lunatics EP
Recorded in two sessions in 2021. Both recorded and mixed by Ethan Dussault at New Alliance Audio and mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East. Thanks again to the Montreal artist Francois Vidal for permission to use his painting. And thanks to Tali Freed and Catherine Capozzi for their teaching, coaching. Lyrics and music ©2022 Tom Anderson
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"Jane Austen, Jane Austen", "Hullabaloo 1966", and "General Ledger of Lunatics" were done with Peter Hay on bass and harmonies, and lead guitar on Jane Austin. Had Ethan Mackler on bass and Ariel Bernstein on drums for "Beauty to Burn," "Black Stockings," and "She's Back."
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Demos
Pandemic era songs! Garage band recording and mixing. Lyrics and music ©Tom Anderson
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Had fun playing this summer at the Newport Folk Festival open mic, and Passim open mic and Ward 4 open mic.
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Focusing on "Keats Eurphoria" album completion in November and December.
See you in January!
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BIO
Tom Anderson is a punk folk singer-songwriter and fiction writer from Boston. His first two EPs, "Girl from Osaka" and "General Ledger of Lunatics" were released in 2022 and 2021. "Keats Euphoria" an album inspired gy the life and poems of John Keats will be released in April, 2024, and a single every month until then! Thanks for visiting.
