Adam Michael Rothberg
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2015 | SELF
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Credit Adam Michael Rothberg for a lot of things, not the least for being the Berkshires’ answer to Paul McCartney, both in terms of writing catchy (often McCartney-esque) melodies and for playing virtually every instrument on his own albums, as he does for his latest and best, Another Spin. But the Pittsfi eld, Massachusetts-native, who now calls Cambridge home…is also too tied in with the local music scene not to
avail himself of some of the top local talent, including drummer Conor Meehan, trumpeter Jeffrey Stevens, pedal-steel guitarist Pete Adams (whose work is put especially to good use on “Hometown,” Rothberg’s
Randy Newman-like look at Pittsfield, presumably), vocalist JoAnne Redding, and keyboardist Larry Chernicoff. Rothberg even snags nationally known singer-songwriter Catie Curtis to sing harmony on a few tracks on an album that’s “written, produced, recorded, and mixed” by Rothberg. Another Spin is at once a testament to Rothberg’s love affair with music and his love affair with
love, and suggests that distinguishing
between the two isn’t always so easy.—SR - Berkshire Living Magazine
He's toured with Joan Baez, produced Dar Williams and performed with the best of the local folk scene, but now it's Rothberg's turn to step out of the folk shadows, and the result, ANOTHER SPIN, is lyrical poetry and multi-instrumental duty. (He plays the guitar, piano, udu, mandolin, percussion and the Turkish oud!) - Weekly Dig, Boston
Discography
- Soul of a Man 2015
- Live Every Day, 2010
- Another Spin, 2008
- All The Whispering, 2001
ALSO APPEARS ON:
- RJ Cowdrey (title TBA) (2015)
- Bethel Steele (title TBA) (2015)
- Neale Eckstein "Click" (2014)
- Annie Wenz "Ride the Sky" (2010)
- Kristen Ford "Alone, Together" (2010)
- Cold River Ranters "Cornbread Soaked in Kerosene" (2010)
- Tom "Jawbone" Weldon "Struggle and Gain" (2010)
- Bruce Mandel "Between Dreams and Regrets" (2008)
- Bobby Sweet "Days Roll By" (2007)
- Hector on Stilts "Same Height Relation" (2005)
- Reverend Tor "Jamazon" (2002)
- Dr. Isosceles "8 Cents Is Your Birthday" (2000)
- Celia "While I Lay Watching" (2000)
- Erin Gill Reily "Sky Blue" (1998)
- Dana Robinson "Midnight Salvage" (1997)
- JoAnne Spies "JoAnne Spies demos" (1997)
- Pete Nelson "The Restless Boys Club" (1997)
- Lynne Sayner "Helium Wings" (1997)
- JaimĂŠ Morton "That Wild Blue" (1995)
- Bernice Lewis, "Isle of Spirit" (1995), "Religion and Release" (1997)
- Dar Williams "The Honesty Room" (1994)
- The Big Waaagh Scratch Band "Does Zoo Mean Zu" (1993)
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Rothberg is songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, side-musician, producer, and recording engineer. He creates custom music for film and video, and performs on a wide variety of recordings, most recently co-producing, engineering, and playing on "Gypsy Girl" by Canadian singer-songwriter Kat Goldman. He produced Dar Williams (“The Honesty Room”), Bernice Lewis (“Isle of Spirit”, “Religion & Release”), Pete Nelson ("The Restless Boys’ Club”, featuring performances by Greg Brown, Cliff Eberhardt, John Gorka, Christine Lavin, Bill Morrissey).
BERKSHIRE LIVING magazine calls the Pittsfield, MA native “the Berkshire’s answer to Paul McCartney…. ‘Another Spin’ is at once a testament to Rothberg’s love affair with music and his love affair with love, and suggests that distinguishing between the two isn’t always so easy." Boston's WEEKLY DIG writes "‘Another Spin’, is lyrical poetry and multi-instrumental duty. (He plays the guitar, piano, mandolin, percussion and the Turkish oud!)”
Named Regional Finalist in the Mountain Stage New Song contest, and Top 20 Finalist and awarded Honorable Mention in the 12th Annual UniSong Contest, Rothberg's CD ‘Another Spin’ rose to #24 on the national FolkDJ charts. The album's single HERE I GO AGAIN rose to #14. from his debut album, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE received heavy rotation on Madrid commercial FM and internet radio and THE BREAKUP was featured in the Independent film THE INVISIBLES, starring Portia de Rossi.
Rothberg's songs are fast favorites among fans of the Beatles, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Jeff Tweedy, and Elvis Costello. He also counts among his influences Richard Thompson, Michael Penn, Ray LaMontagne, James Taylor, and Mark Knopfler.
He has shared stages with such artists as Joan Baez, Bill Morrissey, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Cliff Eberhart, Victoria Williams & Mark Olson, Sloan Wainwright, The Nields, Bobby Sweet, Meg Hutchinson, Amy Speace, and David Glaser, and performed around the Northeast in venues including Lizard Lounge, Toad, Me & Thee Coffeehouse, Club Passim, [the Berkshires'] The Colonial Theatre, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Fox Run Concerts, and many more.
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