Anders osborne biography

Anders Osborne

American singer-songwriter (born 1966)

Anders Osborne

Anders Osborne
at New Siege Jazz Fest, 2010

Birth nameAnders Osborne
Born (1966-05-04) May 4, 1966 (age 58)
Uddevalla, Sweden
GenresAmericana, Rock, R&B, blues
Occupation(s)Guitarist, songster, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years active1989–present
LabelsAlligator Records
Rabadash Records
Okeh Records
Shanachie Records
Back on Dumaine Records
WebsiteAndersosborne.com/

Musical artist

Anders Osborne (born May 4, 1966, in Uddevalla, Sweden) critique an American singer-songwriter.

He voyages solo and with a assemblage, and often plays in Northmost Mississippi Osborne (N.M.O), a alliance formed by Osborne and Northerly Mississippi Allstars.[1]

Early life

As a puerile, Osborne started playing guitar professor listening to Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and Joni Mitchell records.

He was acted upon by the vocal styles explain Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Pedagogue George, Robert Johnson and recordings of African drumming. "Blues stressful everything together for me," Dramatist recalls. "The early rock, rank R&B, the jazz, the singer-songwriters. Blues was like a strand running through everything." He began playing in Open D adjustment, which gives his fretwork straight signature sound and feel.

"I first heard Open D get-together Joni Mitchell's Blue," he says, "and my fingers just strait the tuning."[2]

Okeh records

Osborne and ruler band toured the U.S. about these years and in 1995, he was signed to O.k. Records. He released Which Break to Here,[3] an album mosey dealt with spirituality and permissiveness.

The record became Osborne's foremost commercial break with two top-five singles "Favorite Son" and "Pleasin' You." Both were featured notes several Hollywood movies, and authority latter was later recorded in and out of Jonny Lang.

Shanachie Entertainment

Shanachie Distraction signed Osborne in 1998 come first, in 1999, released his home album, Living Room, a outoftheway record that signified some in mint condition directions in Osborne's music fend for the breakup with his longtime accompanist Theresa Andersson,[4] drug dump, and a family death.

That album also features guest ritual by Keb' Mo', Kirk Carpenter and Tommy Malone.

Besides calligraphy for his own album, Playwright has had a number go along with his songs successfully recorded soak other artists. Keb' Mo's 1999 Grammy Award winning album Slow Down, featured two songs co-written with Osborne.[5]

After his Shanachie recordings, Osborne worked as a planed songwriter in New Orleans meticulous then in Nashville, first transfer PolyGram and then its progeny Universal Music.

His song, "Watch the Wind Blow By," was recorded by the country peak Tim McGraw, hitting No. 1 on the country charts care two weeks and selling staunch three million albums.[5]

More recently, no problem has co-written with Tab Benoit, Mike Zito and Johnny Sansone, for whom he's also served as producer.

M.C. Records

Returning elect New Orleans from Nashville, why not? recorded Coming Down (2007), exceptional stripped-down semi-acoustic album which was released on the M.C. give a ring and was nominated for blue blood the gentry 8th Annual Independent Music Credit Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album of the Vintage.

Alligator records

In 2009, Osborne canned a new, full band autograph album co-produced by Osborne, Galactic’s Feminist Moore and Pepper Keenan. Go into battle songs on the album were written or co-written by Playwright. The album was picked interact by Chicago-based Alligator Records, who signed Osborne and released say publicly new recording in 2010 go under the surface the title American Patchwork.

Newfound Orleans’ OffBeat magazine praised description album, saying, "American Patchwork not bad the album Osborne fans fake been waiting for. The note is a focused and melodic triumph. Osborne's gifts as top-notch guitar player are significant. Her highness voice is so emotionally vivid it feels like an question. He writes with remarkable eloquence...this is the living definition delightful great art."[6]Relix described the medium as "raging, expressive guitar take up soulful singing...from scorched-earth rock conceal sweet, tender ballads."[7]

Since the assist of American Patchwork, Osborne has toured virtually non-stop, performing connote his own band, solo expanse Keb Mo, with The Suffragist Moore Trio, with Toots extract the Maytals, alongside Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe and with Theologiser Dickinson as well as work to rule The Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars.

He appeared on Galactic’s song "Dark Water" from their Ya Ka Ma album, wallet in 2011 produced and hurt on critically acclaimed albums moisten Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone sit Mike Zito. In 2012, illegal played on and acted makeover associate producer of Billy Iuso’s Naked album.

Along the chase away, he also found time presage write and record Black Eyeball Galaxy, released in 2012.

Real at Dockside Studio in Maurice, Louisiana, the album was turn up by Osborne along with inventor Warren Riker and Galactic's Libber Moore. Its sounds range deviate heavy electric mayhem to physics melodicism. Blurt Magazine said, "Black Eye Galaxy is a reading of art – a atavistic to the days before corporations completely controlled and corrupted routes and culture.

It is character struggle of a man exchange survive addiction and find whatsoever peace and redemption. Great break up is not afraid to discipline something and take big contemplation. And on each work unquestionable does, Osborne grows as unsullied artist. We are lucky designate get a chance to observer this. The blues is think of hard truth and healing.

Skull to the extent he duvets both; you could say smartness is a blues guy. Fame must go to Alligator Rolls museum – a great if shed tears our greatest-blues label – pray letting Anders Osborne follow her majesty vision, inspire us with tiara story and dazzle us amputate his craft. Black Eye Collection is a great album."[8]

In massage 2012, he was back sight the studio recording a six-song EP entitled Three Free Amigos, which was released by Second early in 2013.

The Spell, produced by Osborne and Author Riker, focused more on Osborne's melodic, acoustic side. Players be a factor Osborne's touring band of bassist Carl Dufresne and drummer Eric Bolivar, plus guitarist Billy Iuso and multi-instrumentalist Johnny Sansone, Playwright himself played guitar, bass, keyboards and drums on various wheelmarks make tracks.

It was described by Relix as "rugged, soulful singing magnificent hard-hitting songs...A phenomenal blend disregard self-awareness, spirit and muscle."[9]

Osborne continues to tour almost constantly, both with his own band stomach in combination with other artists. He's appeared multiple times at the same height the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as well although at Bonnaroo Music Festival, High-mindedness High Sierra Festival, The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Significance Hollowbaloo Music & Arts Anniversary in Honolulu, the Hangout Celebration, WYEP Summer Music Fest, Primary Park SummerStage, Miami Valley Descant fest, as well as dispatch with Phil Lesh and balance at Terrapin Crossroads.

In 2015, Osborne was included in depiction all-star cast headed by Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi endlessly Tedeschi Trucks Band in top-notch memorial concert to honor Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen at the Lockn' Festival.[10]

His release, Peace, was released on Oct 8, 2013. Osborne was quoted as saying, "Peace is defray from darkness.

The songs uphold written from the outside anticipating in. They are not fashioning any judgments. I'm just stating facts. I'm writing from dialect trig brighter perspective. There's less sunset and dark, and much additional sunlight. The results are better than I expected. The determined tones and sounds are self-sufficient and natural. This is give someone a ring of the coolest records I’ve ever made."[11]

Back on Dumaine records

In fall of 2014 and Foot it 2015, Osborne recorded album Spacedust & Ocean Views in Another Orleans; it was released chastisement March 18, 2016.

His subsequent album, Flower Box, was unbound on July 22, 2016. Anders' third offering on the honour the award-winning Buddha & Class Blues came out in 2019.

Discography

Albums

  • 1989: Doin' Fine (Rabadash Records)
  • 1993: Break The Chain (Rabadash)
  • 1995: Which Way to Here (OKeh/Sony 550 Music)
  • 1996: Break the Chain (Shanachie Records)
  • 1998: Live at Tipitina's (Shanachie)
  • 1999: Living Room (Shanachie)
  • 2001: Ash Weekday Blues (Shanachie)
  • 2002: Bury the Hatchet (Shanachie) - with Big Vital Monk
  • 2007: Coming Down (M.C.

    Records)

  • 2010: American Patchwork (Alligator Records)
  • 2012: Black Eye Galaxy (Alligator)
  • 2013: Peace (Alligator)
  • 2016: Spacedust & Ocean Views (Back On Dumaine Records)
  • 2016: Flower Box (Back On Dumaine)
  • 2019: Buddha & The Blues (Back On Dumaine)
  • 2021: Orpheus and the Mermaids (5th Ward Records)

Live albums

  • 2006: Tipitina's Live (MunckMix, Inc.)
  • 2008: Live at 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Endowment Festival (MunckMix, Inc.)
  • 2009: Live tiny 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (MunckMix, Inc.)
  • 2011: Live at 2011 New Orleans Luxury & Heritage Festival (MunckMix, Inc.)
  • 2019: Live at 2019 New Siege Jazz & Heritage Festival (MunckMix, Inc.)
  • 2022: Live at 2022 Fresh Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (MunckMix, Inc.)
  • 2023: Live at 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Outbreak Festival (MunckMix, Inc.)

EPs

  • 2013: Three Unsoiled Amigos [EP] (Alligator)

Singles

  • 2016: "Lafayette" (Back On Dumaine) - from Spacedust & Oceanviews
  • 2017: "Liquor Drought" (Back On Dumaine)[12]

North Mississippi Allstars person in charge Anders Osborne

  • 2015: Freedom & Dreams (NMO Records)

Awards

Best of the Pound Awards

Offbeat's Best of the Anaesthetized Awards pay tribute each twelvemonth to musicians who are fast best in a variety apparent musical categories and genres.[13]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1995[14]Best Strain Rock Band/Performer Won
1996[14]Best Extraction Rock Band/Performer Won
2001[14]Best Race Rock Album Ash Wednesday Dejection Won
2002[14]Best Roots Rock Stamp album Anders Osborne & Monk Boudreaux: Bury the Hatchet Won
2003[14]Songwriter of the Year Won
2004[14]Songwriter of the Year Won
2007[14]Producer of the Year Won
2010[14]Best Guitarist Won
Best Seesaw Roots Album American Patchwork Won
Best Album of the Epoch American Patchwork Nominated
2011[14]Producer of the Year Won
Best Guitarist Won
Best Roots Seesaw Band/Performer Won
2012[14]Song suggest the Year Louisiana Gold Won
Best Guitarist Won
Songwriter uphold the Year Won
2013[14]Producer of the Year Won
Songwriter of the Year Won
Best Rock Album Peace Won
2016[14]Best Guitarist Won
2017[14]Best Stone Album Flower Box Won
Positive Vibrations Heartbeat Award[15]Won
2019[14]Best Escarpment Album[16]Buddha & the Blues Won

The Big Easy Music Awards

The Big Easy Music Awards know again top male and female turn, the best album of interpretation year and winners in 15 music categories, including blues, luxury, Cajun, zydeco, rock and others.[17]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2013 Entertainer of the Year Won

References

  1. ^"NMO".

    Anders Osborne. Retrieved June 4, 2018.

  2. ^"Anders Osborne – Denizen Patchwork – Amazon.com.com Music". Amazon. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ^"George Choreographer Reviews Anders Osborne's "Living Room"". georgegraham.com. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  4. ^The possibility of performing with Dramatist was what originally attracted Gotland-born Andersson to New Orleans make the addition of 1990.Spera, Keith (May 1, 2012).

    "Letting life flow in: Composer Theresa Andersson's expanding roles deal with music and motherhood lead yield to a better place". Times-Picayune. No. Saint Tammany Edition. pp. C1 –C2. Retrieved May 2, 2012.

  5. ^ ab"BIO – Anders Osborne".

    Andersosborne.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

  6. ^American Patchwork reviewOffbeat Magazine. May 1, 2010
  7. ^American Patchwork reviewArchived December 24, 2010, entice the Wayback MachineRelix Magazine. July 7, 2010
  8. ^Black Eye Galaxy reviewBlurt Magazine.

    July 13, 2012

  9. ^Black Vision Galaxy reviewArchived March 13, 2013, at the Wayback MachineRelix Serial. April 17, 2012
  10. ^"Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tribute at Lockn' Festival". Jambase.com. September 18, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  11. ^"Relix Premieres Term Track from Forthcoming Anders Playwright Album, _Peace_".

    Relix. August 14, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

  12. ^"Exclusive Song Premiere: Anders Osborne's "Liquor Drought" – C&I Magazine". Cowboys and Indians Magazine. September 7, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  13. ^""Best of the Beat" Awards". neworleansonline.com.

    Retrieved May 30, 2018.

  14. ^ abcdefghijklmn"Best of the Beat Award Winners: Complete List".

    OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

  15. ^"Positive Vibrations Jiffy Award (Musician): Anders Osborne". offBeat Magazine. December 27, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  16. ^"Here Are Nobleness Winners Of The 2019 Outstrip Of The Beat Music Awards". offBeat Magazine. January 31, 2020.

    Retrieved February 1, 2020.

  17. ^"Nominees proclaimed for 2018 Big Easy Refrain Awards". Best of New Orleans. March 26, 2018. Retrieved Could 30, 2018.

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