Timothy Gurshin: News

I am so excited to announce the trailer to the documentary movie "Mayflowers" can now be seen at the video page of this site. I had the pleasure of writing and performing the theme song for the film, which tells the story of a visit by members of the Chicago 7 to UNH in 1970 - the day after the Kent State shootings. No matter what your political stripes may be, you have to see this blast from the past. With appearances by Abbie Hoffman and William Loeb, you know it's going to be fascinating! I thank award winning director Gary Anderson for allowing me to be involved in the project. It was great fun to write in support of a film - a very different experience. The music is very "Dylanesque" and designed to evoke the times. For more information, go the links page of this site and check out nhmovies.com.

"Getaway #2" from the new live album, Songs Along The Highway, has been sent to hundreds of acoustic oriented radio stations across the country. If you have a favorite station like that in your area, please call'em up and ask them to play the song! It is track number 12 from the Oasis Acoustic Radio Sampler Vol.X, #7.

I am so pleased that Nashville singer Aly Sands has recorded a very cool rendition of my song, "Broken Glass." This song was among a bunch of tracks I started working on in Nashville in the fall of 2008 that have not yet seen the light of day, and I am glad Aly got to this one ! Check it out in the music section of this site. (Don't forgrt to turn off the flash player first!)

Had great fun at the "Live at Lago" songwriter showcase. The host, Linden Mazurka, does a wonderful job running this event. You can hear a podcast of part of the show with Linden, me and Robert Straw by clicking this link and following the "Live at Lago" and podcast prompts: www.lindenmusic.net

I've put up a video of an as yet unreleased song called "Three Women" on the video page. It was recorded at the Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire. I sort of put this tune on the shelf months ago, but when I reviewed the video, I came back to liking the feel of the music and story. Check it out and let me know what you think!

K&K Sound, a maker of guitar electronics such as I use, has featured the new album, Songs Along The Highway, on their company website, www.kksound.com. They posted a link back to my web site so visitors to their site can hear samples of their products as used in the real world. I really appreciate their support! If you are a guitar gearhead like me, check out their site.

Here is a thematic album of 11 songs recorded live. The acoustic arrangements are simple but effective, supporting the impact of the stories and images delivered by an expressive voice and strong melodies. Each song is like a chapter of a book, describing in unique detail a persistent search for an almost undefinable goal, while looking back and into the future at the same time. The title cut serves an an epilogue, with its images of a family evicted by a conflicted sheriff, a tied-up pony's struggle to be free and the narrator's dream of a canyon sunset that is both beautiful and foreboding, hinting that his apparent impatience and indifference toward others is born of his own desperation to continue the search in the face of limited time. Chances are you will recognize yourself somewhere in the words to these songs, right about the time you start to sing along. This is acoustic songwriting in the best tradition. An excellent choice for a long drive...

At long last, the new live CD, "Songs Along The Highway," is here! A collection of 11 songs, with 10 recorded at gigs and 1 recorded at a rehearsal. This is an acoustic album - mostly just vocal and guitar - with a couple of harmonica solos and some excellent lead guitar on a few songs by Neal Zweig. At the video page, you can hear one of the songs from the album. At the music and buy pages, you can click a link to hear samples of the songs, and buy hard copy CD's and downloads.

So how can you get it FREE? Three simple steps:

1) Be on my email list (just go to the email box on each page and sign up);
2) Come to a gig;
3) Ask me for it! (This offer is limited to the first 100 requests.)

I look forward to seeing you!

You may have noticed that music now starts to play as soon as you go to this site thanks to my new flash player. You can control that (stop, start, ff/rw, all the usual stuff) by clicking on the buttons in the flash player box, which should appear on the opening screen of this site. (Be sure to turn it off first if you want to check out songs or video on this site, or you'll probably end up hearing an unintended "mash" of songs!)

K&K is a maker of fine electronics products for the amplification of acoustic instruments. I use a K&K pick-up on my main performance guitar. I am very excited that K&K chose me to be the featured February 2009 "artist of the month" on their web site! Thank you, K&K!

You can hear more songs at my new site--www.myspacemusic.com/timothygurshin. If you are into the myspace thing, please check it out!