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Tom Breiding / AmeriSon Productions
Contact: 412.418.6299 or tombreiding@verizon.net
Visit http://www.tombreiding.com
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Tom Breiding's epic songs echo the voices resonating from the coalfields of West Virginia, the mills of industrial Pittsburgh, and the Main Streets of small-town America.
NY Times, Co./About.com: Tom Breiding's "Unbroken Circle" awarded 5 out of 5 Stars! :
"Breiding is a fantastic songwriter, and an even more gifted performer. His lyrics are honest and empathic, and the instrumentation is outstanding."
Breiding's recent release The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coalfields spent sixteen weeks in the top 100 on the AMA Chart, climbing as high as #55 and reached #18 on the RMR Folk Chart with more than 1100 reported spins in every corner of the U.S.
Dirty Linen Magazine: "It is the strength of the songwriting on this CD that makes the biggest impression...'The House We Called Home' is likely to become a new folk standard."
Tom Breiding's career began in the early 1990's when he was signed as a staff-writer at Collins Music, Corp., then a major player on Nashville's Music Row for artists such as Ronnie Milsap and Barbara Mandrell.
Sing Out! Magazine: "I suspect some of these songs will slip into the repertoire of others and make their way into the tradition. In an age of too many love songs, it's a joy to hear a talented artist focus on an aspect of America often neglected."
In February of 2009, The Unbroken Circle was chosen by Robert Christgau for his renowned Consumer Guide. Christgau, music editor for The Village Voice for 37 years, has been described as one of the two most important American mass-culture critics of the second half of the 20th century
In July of 2009, Tom accepted a two year tenure as a Commonwealth Speaker with the PA Humanities Council to begin in January 2010, making his performances available to all non-profit organizations in the state of Pennsylvania. Tom is currently a Pittsburgh Gateway to the Arts performing artist, served in 2008 as a teaching artist at Calliope: Pittsburgh's Folk Society, and was hired in part to write material for, and to produce When We Shine: Fifteen Songs About Pittsburgh to celebrate Pittsburgh 250.
Having composed and recorded ten CD releases of his own, this diverse musician currently tours and performs as a member of three different bands and as a solo artist. In the past two years, Tom has produced five albums for his independent label AmeriSon Records, has performed in venues from Times Square in New York to Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles, throughout a half dozen cities in Northern Italy, and in more than 100 schools.
Selected by producer/host of WFDU’s Traditions in Teaneck, NJ, Breiding was Ron Olesko’s invited guest performer for his DJ Showcase at the 2007 NERFA Conference in Monticello, NY. The Unbroken Circle also made Olesko’s Top 10 Essential Albums of 2007.
In January 2009 Tom appeared on Folkscene broadcast from The Long House in Los Angeles with legendary host Roz Larman. In May 2007 Breiding performed songs from The Unbroken Circle on World Café Live as a guest of Gene Shay, "Dean of America’s Folk DJs" and co-founder of the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
Breiding is the founder/host of The AmeriSon Ballroom Folk Series at Cefalo's Nightclub in Carnegie, PA outside of Pittsburgh. This international series continues to host high profile, touring folk artists with whom Breiding has performed.
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