Memorable folk-pop-country melodies with witty and humorous lyrics. Warren Zevon & Randy Newman meet Beatles.

15 MP3 Songs
POP: Folky Pop, FOLK: Folk Pop



Details:
Originally released on Gadfly Records, the release of Richard Goldmanâs debut album, âGIRLS Nâ COWSâ met with rave reviews and heavy airplay on over 100 radio stations nationwide.
From STEREO REVIEW:
â...Itâs good that satirical singer/songwriter Richard Goldman also writes fetching melodies and genuinely affecting, perceptive lyrics, otherwise weâd have to make do with a debut album thatâs merely hysterically funny...Stylistically, the tunes range from âRevolverâ -era Beatles (the gorgeous folk-rock of The Prettiest Girl at the Funeral, which should be a hit for somebody) to fake country... ...The bottom line: This is a thoroughly endearing album, and Goldmanâs a real find.â
From the international music publication, TIME AND A WORD:
â...Goldman has his finger on the pulse of several contagious musical genres and files them with ease under a low-key, yet highly effective comic, pop/country and roots-rock banner. Goldman expertly performs all the instruments himself, with back-up vocals from Deborah Holland...Full of incisive and sarcastic prose combined with some truly inventive and stellar- sounding pop arrangements. ...a breakthrough albumâ¦â
Tony Peyser wrote in the SANTA MONICA MIRROR:
ââ¦An absolute crack upâ¦If anyone, Goldman reminds me of Harry Nilsson, but with more wit and less whimsy. His abundant humor and intelligence are in short supply these days in pop musicâ¦â
And this from MUZE, INC.:
â...Richard Goldman is a one-man pop army... Writing, singing and playing virtually everything on âGIRLS Nâ COWSâ himself, he displays a rapier-like wit easily matched by his cunning pop sensibilities...Goldmanâs outrageous sense of humor permeates every track⦠Even a song like âAll Of Her Girlfriends Are Braindeadâ that starts off with âShe looks like a girl with a lot on her mind/but thatâs where the paralell endedâ--would be no more than a clever construct without Goldmanâs seemingly endless supply of frothy pop hooks. From the twisted country of "The Good Years" to the twisted folk of "Zsa Zsa" to the twisted pop of "Elevator Music," Goldman turns the ears and mind of the listener inside out several times during the course of a song.....A nonstop pop tour de force.â
After a âBring the house down performanceâ on Public Radioâs âMountain Stageâ the local West Virginia Free Press publication wrote...âIf youâre partial to clever, well-constructed songs that will actually make you laugh out loud, it doesnât get much better than thisâ and Goldmanâs âLiveâ showcase was noted in numerous publicationâs and e-mails as âOne of the highlights of The North Amercan Folk Alliance in Memphis.
Richard Goldman lives in Los Angeles.