Austin Shaw is a songwriter, singer, producer, and guitarist based out of
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz (Spanish language, Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population ...
. Shaw's debut EP is ''Love on Both Sides,'' and was produced by Robert Smith (Defy Records), and features guitarist Robert Saltzman (
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Sim ...
), drummer Joe Bonadio (
Sting
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STING plays an important role in innate immunity. STING induces typ ...
), bassist Malcolm Gold and vocalist Clara Lofaro.
Shaw was voted "Best Local Musician" in 2016 by
Good Times (newspaper)
''Good Times'' is a free-circulation weekly newspaper based in Santa Cruz, California. ''Good Times'' is distributed in Santa Cruz County, a coastal area that includes Capitola, Rio del Mar, Aptos and Watsonville. It is owned by the Northe ...
in Santa Cruz.
Shaw toured with musician
David Bromberg
David Bromberg (born September 19, 1945) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. David Bromberg biographyat Billboard.com An eclectic artist, Bromberg plays bluegrass rock, blues rock, folk rock, jazz rock, country rock, ...
in early 2017.
Austin Shaw's sophomore EP is titled "Felt". It contains songs featured on his full-length album by the same name.
"Felt" was recorded at Grand Street Recording Studios, in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
.
References
External links
Austin Shaw Website
Living people
American male guitarists
American male singer-songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
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