Award-winning singer/songwriter Richard Berman's newly released CD contains twelve lyric-driven songs embedded in outstanding musical arrangements performed by wonderfully talented musicians.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (44:20) !
Related styles: FOLK: Gentle, FOLK: Modern Folk



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"This man has the gift." So said Utah Phillips, legendary figure in American folk music, after hearing Richard Berman sing at the Kerrville Folk Festival's Ballad Tree in 1992. And Richard has used that gift to write many songs that tell moving, true stories. "Gilâs Songâ, the song that prompted Utah Phillip's appraisal, is the tale of a Wyoming sheepherder's one brief attempt at closeness and its consequences. Humor, too, is part of Richardâs performance, as in âMonopolyâ, his first-person account of the power of that game on behavior, and âThe Kids Are Backâ, his take on the latest stage in family development, both songs from Richardâs second CD, Love Work and Play. His third CD, Dreamer, included his first songs of requited love, âA Love Songâ and âHere And Nowâ and the haunting âThe Fortune Toldâ. Both Love, Work and Play and Dreamer were chosen âOne of the Best Folk Albumsâ of 1996 and 1998, respectively, by Rich Warren, host of "The Midnight Special" on WFMT in Chicago, the longest continuously running folk radio show in the country. Richardâs Storied Lives won the 2001 Just Plain Folks Award for âBest Traditional Folkâ CD. It includes the memorable, ironic story song âOn the Mexican Coastâ, a song featured on the compilation disks Artists for Change and Songs for a Better Planet, Vol.II. 2005 saw the release of Holding Hands which was chosen one of the âTop Ten Albumsâ of the year by Maggie Ferguson of WXOU and one the eleven âEssential CDsâ of 2005 by Bill Hahn of WFDU.