Marc Broussard
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
After Marc Broussard burst on to the national scene in 2004 with "Home" (probably one of the top 20 songs of the decade), somebody decided that he was destined to be a pop star. He made a couple of albums that were over-produced and felt packaged. The songs weren't bad, they just didn't feel like they were the kind of songs the Louisiana product wanted to be making. At some point, Broussard had apparently had enough. He grew himself a hipster beard and began making the music his way. There's still an underlining of R&B and even some pop, but it doesn't seem forced. Broussard seems to be having fun. Go to Youtube and watch the 2014 performance at JazzFest. That is a man having fun, and it shows in the final product.
Artist's Info
Website: marcbroussard.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: Vangaurd
Genre: Blues, Soul
If you like this, look into: Eric Lindell, John Hiatt, Ray LaMontagne
Bio (From Vanguardrecords.com)
In 2004, Marc Broussard, then a precocious 22-year-old singer/songwriter, released his major-label debut; he called it Carencro, after the Louisiana town where he was born and raised, and its thematic centerpiece was a hickory-smoked slab of Bayou soul called "Home.” That album and the three that followed revealed Broussard as an old-school Southern soul singer blessed with a rarefied gift and innate stylistic and emotional authenticity, causing the L.A. Times to rave, "The guy can really sing, with power, nuance and class. Anybody got a phone book? I’d listen to him hum a few pages.” Those records also evidenced Broussard’s maturation into a songwriter of uncommon eloquence, fashioning the indigenous idioms of his native region into compelling personal testimony. (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
A LIFE WORTH LIVING (2013): Since Momentary Setback appeared in 2003, Marc Broussard's career has been fascinating (as well as occasionally frustrating, given his potential) to observe for its spirit of experimentation in R&B, rock, and bluesy funk. On A Life Worth Living, his return to Vanguard Records, all that wandering and restlessness bear immense fruit. While those genres all make appearances here, they do so minus the needless studio gimmickry on earlier records. That said, this isn't a "back-to-the-roots" recording so much as an intimate one. There is plenty of polish in Paul Moak's production, but it enhances the emotional immediacy in Broussard's songs.
OTHERS
Momentary Setback (2002)
Canerco (2004)
S.O.S.: Save Our Soul (2007)
Keep Coming Back (2008)
Marc Broussard (2011)
Live at Full Sail University (2012)
