Charles Green
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Music
Press
"Green's style is reminiscent of early Tori Amos circa "Under The Pink" with a dash of the storytelling style of Tom Waits alongside a starlit presence that is purely Green's own. It is this quality that makes it impossible to be in the same room with him and not feel lighter and more carefree." - Inside Out Magazine Nashville
"Charles has that kind of arresting sound and lyrics choices that make you drop your senses and surrender. Oddly it feels like both a balm and an open wound. Maybe that's what makes it so seductive and addictive. His lyrics reveal an intelligent, reflective reaction to his situations rather than the easier, less interesting option of self-pity. He may see life as a mystery, but there's no mystery about the fact that this is a beautifully realized, tender listening experience that will get under your skin and into your heart." - EDGE Boston
"Oxygen & Love is earnest without being precious. Green has a crisp, handsome voice reminiscent of Richard Marx. In fact, Green's "Someday" recalls hit ballads of the 90's like "Hold On To The Nights". Green is a man who wears his heart, a talented one at that, on his sleeve." - Between The Lines - Detroit, Michigan
"Charles offers several tasty pop morsels and rousing impassioned vocals." - Billboard Magazine
"Green has a sincere, high tenor vocal. It's like eating cake icing." - Music Row Magazine
Discography
1997 "Two Pina Coladas" - Garth Brooks
Sevens (Capitol Records)
- background vocals
1999 "Baby Jesus Is Born" - Garth Brooks
The Magic of Christmas (Capitol Records)
- background vocals
2001 "Wear Your Pride"
Pride 2001 (Centaur Music)
Mixed by DJ Julian Marsh
- Lead vocals, background vocals, co-writer
2002 The Christmas Dream (full length album)
- Lead vocals, background vocals, co-writer
2002 "Hold Me Now"
Party Groove : Pride 02 (Centaur Music)
Mixed by DJ Julian Marsh
- Lead vocals, background vocals
2002 "Empty Promises"
For the feature film "All The Way To The Top"
starring Audrey Tautou
2003 "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Party Groove : Pride 03 (Centaur Music)
Mixed by DJ Julian Marsh
- Lead vocals, background vocals
2003 DJ Julian Marsh Remixes EP (Centaur Music)
- Lead vocals, background vocals, co-writer
2004 "There Is A Place"
Party Groove : Pride 04 (Centaur Music)
- Lead vocals, background vocals, co-writer
2005 Oxygen & Love (full length album)
- Lead vocals, background vocals, co-writer
2006 "Good Ride Cowboy" - Garth Brooks
The Lost Sessions (Pearl Records)
- background vocals
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Bio
Tucked away on Music Row, Charles has spent the last year behind a 1912 Steinway grand piano carefully crafting melodies and lyrics that continue to run through your head long after you hear them for the first time.
Charles’ songwriting craft has been influenced by those he has worked with and recorded at his music industry day job, including such legends as Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, John Prine, Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith as well as numerous other artists who have shaped modern music. For the last several years, Charles has worked with some of the world’s musical legends at Jack’s Tracks, a recording studio that has been home to artists of every musical genre. Most afternoons, Charles retreats to his office to work on a new hook or lyrics that have been haunting his daily routine. In fact, his office is an actual haven for creativity, a tree house built by Jack Clement, who was an original architect of rock ‘n’ roll at Sun Studios in the 1950’s. Today, Charles’ musical home is not located in a tree but reconstructed in a recording studio where he has been perfecting his songs for the last few years. And now, Charles has begun to share his songs with the world.
Music has always been at the core of Charles’s life. He started singing in church, moving to work in bands, stage shows, and classical performances. As he had through his earlier schooling, Charles focused his collegiate attention on intense studio work and singing demos while numerous industry figures developed an appreciation of his stylistic abilities and added him to their projects.
“Charles is a great natural talent,” says engineer Mark Miller (Garth Brooks, Olivia Newton-John, Richard Marx, KISS). “He is a strong and unique pop stylist whose vocal performances are fluid and guileless and come from the heart, not any training or studio tricks.”
“I’ve been looking for years for a young, enthusiastic singer with drive and talent” says producer Jan Pulsford (Cyndi Lauper, Thompson Twins). “When Charles walked into the studio and opened his mouth to sing I had the same reaction as when Cyndi Lauper came here to record...at last someone who can really sing.”
Not often do we see such an innate and accessible talent in the pop music scene.
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