My illustration of Mission of Burma from LA Record made it to their official site! How awesome is that?

Check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/missionofburma

There's also a scan of it in my "pics" under "LA Record"....

My entire album "Making All Things New" is now streaming on Virb, with limited downloadable tracks:

http://www.virb.com/darrylblood

Check it out!

Darryl

My solo performance/interview on Jon Hershfield's "..Is Good" from MAY 4th has been archived in its entirety here:

http://killradio.org/proginfo.php?id=1095

"MAKING ALL THINGS NEW" is now available through iTunes!

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=268991761&s=143441

Hey friends,

I'm performing this Saturday at the LittleBird
Gallery, alongside Dutch visual artist Rolina Nell.
LittleBird has been supporting amazing local and
international artists for the past year, so why not
come on out and say you were there?

I'll be playing solo acoustic, with a little help from
my friend S.A.Bach on backing vocals. Two short sets,
at 8pm & 9pm. And it's FREE!

Hope to see you there!


Cheers,

Darryl


www.myspace.com/darrylblood
www.darrylblood.com

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APRIL 12th, 2008
LittleBird 1 Year Anniversary!!!

>Featuring solo exhibition by Dutch artist Rolina
Nell
>Solo acoustic performance by Darryl Blood
>Plus food, drinks, and cupcakes!

Opening Reception 7:00-10pm
LittleBird Gallery
3195 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(Located in Atwater Village)
www.littlebirdgallery.com
323-662-1092

I’m forming a new band with my mates, Arthur, John & Sebastian. We’re pulling our hair out trying to think of a name to describe our band, so if anyone out there has a good band name, let us know.

Pretty soon we’ll be compiling a ’best of’ list, so we’ll be looking to YOU for votes.

Thanks!!!!

All the best,

Arthur, Darryl, John, Sebastian.

Our newly polished Band will be playing a closing reception at the Method Festival on MARCH 30th @ 11:30pm @ the Agoura Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas, CA 91301. I’m pretty sure you have to buy a VIP pass to get in to this party as part of a festival package, and it looks to be $195 (ouch!), but don’t quote me!

There will also be lots of cool film screenings from local indie filmmakers going on all week MARCH 27th-APRIL 3rd...including "Chronic Town", which features a song of mine, "I Believe", which will be screening April 1st @ 7pm. You can buy a single ticket for $7-$10 here:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/31085

More info on the Method Festival and related events is here:

http://www.methodfest.com

My song, "I Believe" is being featured in a bar scene in the independant movie "Chronic Town". It just finished it's run at Sundance and hopefully should be screening in the Los Angeles area very soon. Keep an eye out!

The story centers on Truman, a young-ish cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska, who is driven by his fear of being alone, and uses alcohol and drugs to distract him from the realities in his life.

http://www.chronictownthemovie.com/index.htm

Darryl Blood's sweet and distinctive voice comes across like a bed-time conversation complete with a subtle ache. Even back in the 90's when he was cranking out noise-rock experimentations with Turkish Delight in Boston, Blood's vocal talents lent up an emotional barter to side-kick Leah Callahan's dominatrix confrontations. But now in Los Angeles, and having recorded his second solo album, Blood has reflected on many miles, adjusted to a slower speed of life, and has developed a shyly optimistic view for a romantic gifted with many gorgeous offerings under his sleeve. On Making All Things New, his latest gift to Sunday afternoon music, Blood lets the sweetness in his raspy voice reach out to the listener looking for the sun behind the clouds.

Fans of harmonica and piano music rejoice upon the opening number, "Chain Smoking Cathedral," a cynical compliment that sets up the tone for much of Blood's All Things. "Can you believe? This time, I don't want to die," Blood reports over soft brush drums, suggesting the many miles between Boston and LA, and the ability for the artist to heal and move on. Instantly we are treated to Blood's ability to, within the music, strike chords and arrangements reminiscent of an American country scene, providing accessible portraits of smoky bars and lost highways, paying homage to the school of Dylan or Waits.

Though Blood spends much of his time pondering his own cynicism, much of the music seeks to find the happy accents in the sounds, with even the most country tinged songs, "Years To Come" (complete with lap steel) and "Lightning and Stones," not sounding too down in their own blue suede shoes. And yet, Blood cannot fully mask his rock roots by merely employing wire brush drums and harmonicas, as his pop-rocksters shine dutifully with near Pavement-like perfection at times, "Expecting Company" or "Oslo."

The surprisingly soulful "I Believe" and painfully honest "Endless Deepest Blue" bring up some of the tenderest and softest moments on the record, with Blood's voice dancing with the violins and pianos in perfect pastoral bliss. And thus, the traffic and smog of LA have not yet clouded Blood's songwriting; rather, the album appears to inhabit the bubble between the coasts, the journey between going and coming, a journey that beckons the great American songwriter.

And like the great American songwriters, Blood allows the melodies that go with every step of the journey to come along with him, presenting them beautifully here in Making All Things New. And for all the Joni Mitchell "cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe" Blood drudges through, he finds it in him at the end to "Keep This World Spinning." The final track on the album seeks to change cynical compliment into a compliment compliment by looking for a way to "stand on our own" in a "land [that's] yours and mine." And even though you can still hear the subtle ache in his voice as the song smiles away, it's the sweetness that sticks when the album finishes, uncluttered by riddle or obsessive accompaniment. The album is a gorgeous dose of a gorgeous feeling -- the feeling of Making All Things New.

RD Mauzy

http://www.rockbeatstone.com/rockbeatstone-magazine/album-reviews/20081/darryl-blood.html/

My newest CD, "Making All Things New" is now available to download on iTunes:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=268991761&s=143441