Chico Schwall-Driving By Moonlight
  • Here On Earth
  • What I Know About Love
  • Let Me In
  • Opposable Thumb
  • Totem
  • Les Etoiles d'Aspiran
  • Good 4 My Soul
  • Photograph
  • Uncle Rondo
  • T'Shuvah (Turning)
  • Blair Lake
  • In My Dream
  • An Phis Fhliuch
  • Driving By Moonlight
  • The Song I haven't Written Yet
  • Here On Earth
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:45) [10.88 MB]
  • What I Know About Love
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (05:20) [12.21 MB]
  • Let Me In
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (05:34) [12.76 MB]
  • Opposable Thumb
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:02) [6.94 MB]
  • Totem
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (05:28) [12.53 MB]
  • Les Etoiles d'Aspiran
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:25) [7.81 MB]
  • Good 4 My Soul
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:00) [6.88 MB]
  • Photograph
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (06:00) [13.73 MB]
  • Uncle Rondo
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:20) [9.91 MB]
  • T'Shuvah (Turning)
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:23) [7.75 MB]
  • Blair Lake
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:46) [10.92 MB]
  • In My Dream
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:38) [10.61 MB]
  • An Phis Fhliuch
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:54) [6.62 MB]
  • Driving By Moonlight
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:55) [11.27 MB]
  • The Song I haven't Written Yet
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (06:50) [15.63 MB]
Biography
Folksinger, songpoet and multi-instrumentalist Chico Schwall plays more music on more instruments than anyone ought to do.

He has sung at Labor gatherings, played in pit bands, directed folk song camps for kids, designed music for plays, fiddled for contra dances, guested with orchestras, released three albums of original music and performed at festivals, clubs and venues of every stripe.

Born in Illinois, currently resident in Oregon, he rambles the Northwest with the Low Tide Drifters, hosts a weekly Irish music session, curates a concert series called "Chico Schwall's American Roots," teaches Everything with Strings at the Shedd Institute for the Arts and travels, mostly by rail, to sing and play all over the country.

His songwriting reflects his colorful musical upbringing, and suggests that there IS enough to go around, that we CAN figure out how to make it work better, that history matters and that hearts can heal.

"When i was a kid at recess time I'd go over to the place where the older kids did the high jump and the pole vault in gym class. There were two hollow metal posts set in the ground, with holes drilled in them for the pegs they used to hold the bar at various heights. When the wind blew those posts were like two giant randomly tuned flutes, singing as the wind blew across the holes. I could sit in the sand pit and listen to them until the teacher called me in off the playground. Always changing, always beautiful. I'm surprised everybody wasn't over there listening."

Show and Tour Information can be found at Chico's Website: http://chicoschwall.net/gigs.html

Please also check out Chico's previous CD Then What's It For?.
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  • Members:
    William Chico Schwall
  • Sounds Like:
    Woody, Bruce Cockburn, Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Bucky Halker, Holy Modal Rounders
  • Influences:
    Leadbelly, Martin Carthy, Woody, J Mascis, June Tabor, Barbecue Bob, Utah Phillips, Liz Carroll
  • AirPlay Direct Member Since:
    05/01/12
  • Profile Last Updated:
    08/15/23 00:21:09

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