{"id":805,"date":"2014-01-15T22:25:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T22:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=805"},"modified":"2014-02-26T22:30:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T22:30:22","slug":"charlie-oxford-to-release-his-self-titled-album-on-march-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/charlie-oxford-to-release-his-self-titled-album-on-march-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Oxford to release his self-titled album on March 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CHARLIE OXFORD TO RELEASE HIS SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON MARCH 11th<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not often in post-millennium times that an 11-year-old guitar player has his life changed through hearing an iconic 1960s soul song. Charlie Oxford was woodshedding on Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan CDs when he first heard Sam Cooke\u2019s \u201cThat\u2019s Where It\u2019s At.\u201d And that 1960s buttery soulfulness has become a main ingredient in Oxford\u2019s home-cooked, modern soul-pop. His self-titled debut is sweet and simmering. It\u2019s comfort food for the modern listener, tracing a line from Sam Cooke to pop contemporaries like James Morrison and John Mayer.<\/p>\n

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In the fall of 2011, Oxford completed a Kickstarter campaign and raised an impressive $10,000 to fund his debut. The Nashville-based artist has grown his fan base organically through live performances and word-of-mouth exposure. A highlight for him was performing on the BMI Songwriter Stage at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans, as well as performing twice at the annual BMI Key West Songwriters Festival. Oxford\u2019s album was produced by Adam Smith (Jason Reeves, Jordin Sparks, Kara DioGuardi, Danny Gokey, L.E.D., Krystal Meyers, The Veronicas, Lovedrug, Megan & Liz, and Britt Nicole) and recorded at Welcome to 1979 Studios and the Evil 8-bit Robot Factory in Nashville. The album features a stunning array of Nashville\u2019s finest musicians playing with sympathetic grace, imbuing each song with just the right dash of musical vitality.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Oxford<\/em> is an album of love and self-discovery. \u201cI write love songs and songs about finding yourself and getting up and doing something with your life,\u201d Oxford explains. Though he showed promise early on as a gifted guitarist, it would be years before his creativity blossomed into singing and songwriting. \u201cI remember being in Nashville thinking \u2018Charlie what the hell are you doing with your life?!\u201d he says with both earnestness and laughter. In a fevered burst of creativity, he penned 50 songs, many through collaborating with his ace producer Adam Smith. Oxford and Smith handpicked 10 of the finest tracks to comprise Charlie Oxford<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The album\u2019s opener, \u201cWaiting For,\u201d cooks with poignancy and purposefulness. Oxford sings with honeyed urgency and plays searing blues guitar with authenticity and authority. The track grooves with pent-up but polished musicality, punctuated by a taut horn section and positively redemptive Hammond B3 organ playing. \u201cThis is song about seeking out what\u2019s holding you back\u2014be it a day job you hate or your lack of confidence\u2014and freeing yourself to pursue your dreams,\u201d Oxford says.<\/p>\n

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The goose-bump-inducing \u201cLetting Go\u201d begins with moony atmospherics and then swoops up to liberated love transcendence with a soaring chorus. \u201cThat\u2019s about being humble and fighting selfishness to embrace love,\u201d Oxford says. The quaint folk of \u201cYou & I\u201d is about the flood of light that streams in when you knock down the walls obscuring true love. \u201cIt\u2019s a letter about how afraid I am to lose love,\u201d Oxford confides.<\/p>\n

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If Oxford\u2019s writing is confessional, it\u2019s because he discovered his singing and songwriting while in college when he was coming of age. \u201cIt was so therapeutic expressing myself in song, it was like conversations with my soul. That period helped define who I am,\u201d he says. Charlie Oxford grew up in Dallas listening to the local oldies station with his dad. As a searching artist, Oxford explored classic 1960s soul and blues rock, the elastic pop-funk of Prince, and the refined modern sensibilities of aforementioned singer-songwriters James Morrison and John Mayer. From age 12, he began his journey, making aesthetic connections to tie these diverse but refreshingly complimentary influences into the distinct sound he\u2019s developed on Charlie Oxford<\/em>. His time spent in college in New Orleans\u2014he was there when Katrina hit\u2014was extremely influential on his musical self; both the city and the musicians there helped to shape Oxford.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until college when I said, \u2018Okay I can do this\u2019 that music really become a calling,\u2019\u201d Oxford says thoughtfully. \u201cTo hold the CD in my hands justifies the process of growth. It feels so good to have done this record. I\u2019m so proud of it, and I can\u2019t wait to share it with everyone and show my gratitude for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charlie Oxford\u2019s Charlie Oxford<\/em> is being released March 11, 2014.<\/p>\n

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