FLAGPOLE MAGAZINE CALENDAR PICK ~ Athens, GA

National Songwriters in the Round

w/ David Mead, Michael Tolcher, Bill Mallonee, Chris Trapper

and Bain Mattox

Thursday, April 8 at The Rialto Room

article by Michelle Gilzenrat for FLAGPOLE MAGAZINE

Thursday, April 01, 2010.

Chris Trapper performs LIVE on WUMB RADIO 91.9FM at 2:00PM

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Thursday, April 01, 2010. Chris Trapper performs LIVE on the FOX25 MORNING SHOW. 8:45AM.

Chris will be performing Live on the Fox25 Morning Show in support of his hometown gig, the following night, at TCAN. [details below]

MYFOX BOSTON ~ CHRIS TRAPPER PERFORMS LIVE AT 8:45AM

You can also watch Video Archive from the Thursday, October 22, 2009 performance:
CHRIS TRAPPER and FOX25 ARCHIVE FOOTAGE

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Friday, April 2, 2010   CHRIS TRAPPER LIVE IN BOSTON

THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS (TCAN)
14 Summer St., Natick, MA  01760

Admission: $20 members $18.
Students/Seniors $1 discount
Showtime 8PM.   Info: (508) 647-0097

CHRIS TRAPPER CONTRIBUTES THREE ORIGINAL SONGS TO INDIE FILM FIGHTING FISH

Boston singer/songwriter Chris Trapper contributes three original songs, “Avalanche”, “Weightless” and “Time To Forgive” to indie film Fighting Fish.  Chris enjoys a long-standing creative rapport with the film’s Producer, Bertha Bay-Sa Pan and is pleased to be a cornerstone artist for the film and corresponding soundtrack.

Fighting Fish is the first feature coming from producer Bertha Bay-Sa Pan’s recently launched Slew Pictures (Face, Almost Perfect).  Fighting Fish is Annette Apitz’s feature-film directorial debut. The film was shot with a Red camera in upstate New York.

Pan says: “‘We are dedicated to telling stories with heart and intelligence that cross international borders…”

The talented cast includes Val Emmich (Ugly Betty, 30 Rock), Anna Moore (”The Life Before her Eyes”), Halley Feiffer (”The Messenger,” “Gentlemen Broncos”) and Haviland Morris (”Adam”). Three of Val Emmich’s songs are on the film’s soundtrack. Other soundtrack artists who supported this project include Elf Power, Imperial Teen, Chris Trapper, This Car Up, and Mark McAdam.

Fighting Fish world premiere is confirmed for April 20, 2010 at the NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL as part of the First-Time Filmmaker Competition category. There will be two screenings: April 20th at 9:15 pm and April 2st1 at 5:15 pm, at Regal Green Hills Cinemas.

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan directed the music video for Chris Trapper’s pop tune “Wish I Was Cool”.

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Loomers Jon Svetkey, singer-songwriter
What’s on Svetkey’s iPod:

1. “Fire and Water,” by Buddy Miller

2. “Raining on Sunday,” by Keith Urban

3. “Keep You,” by Sugarland

4. “This Time,” by Chris Trapper

5. “Woman in Love,” by Tom Petty

6. “Up to the Mountain,” by Patty Griffin

7. “Maybe,” by Allison Kraus

8. “Dear God,” by Mountains of Folk

9. “A Change is Gonna Come,” by Sam Cooke

10. “Paul McCartney Got it Right,” by the Loomers

“Paul McCartney got it right,” sings Jon Svetkey on the Loomers’ new album, “Reeling Down a Road.” “There’s nothing wrong with singing silly love songs.”

Of course, if you’re one of the many, many people who discovered Svetkey through his solo performances back in the day at Worcester Artist Group, you’re listening to the song for its sly sarcasm, sense of irony and biting wit. And you’ll find it, along with the catchy songwriting and straight-ahead pop sensibility that’s made Svetkey an enduring presence on the Boston and Worcester music scenes, whether solo, with the Loomers or backing up folk singer-songwriter Don White.

“OK, OK,” says Svetkey, “I know it’s egomaniacal to listen to your own music, but I just finished up a new recording so I’ve been listening to endless iterations of mixes since September. And this song is my favorite of the new bunch — it’s a gentle poke at my mid-40s self and my inability to connect with the subject matter sung by young artists, wrapped in an homage to one of my (and perhaps everybody’s) favorite singer-songwriters of all-time. Plus, my kids sing on it!”

That sense of introspection, personal connection and honoring his influences echoes in Svetkey’s list, whether he’s discussing his favorite songwriters or his fellow veterans of the late Old Vienna Kaffeehaus in Westboro.

“Patty still owes me lunch,” he says of folk musician Patty Griffin, who like Svetkey was once a frequent traveler through the Old Vienna, “but boy is she a fantastic songwriter. And this song, well, let’s just say that we should all aspire to this.”

Likewise, he has nothing but kind words for his friend Chris Trapper’s hit “This Time,” saying, “I admit I came to this song a couple years late, but it’s easy to see why it was such a hit on the ‘August Rush’ soundtrack. It’s gorgeous.”

Of course, Svetkey’s not just sitting around listening to his pals, and while having something of a country streak isn’t an oddity in a singer-songwriter, it’s never been a genre one would immediately associate with Svetkey’s music. But it comes to the fore when he discusses Keith Urban’s “Raining on Sunday.”

“I’ve been listening to a lot of mainstream country in the past couple of years,” says Svetkey, “and this song has a great Beatlesesque melodic hook and fantastic guitar playing.”

That appreciation extends to Buddy Miller’s “Fire and Water,” of which he says, “I love the way this song builds and builds and builds. The guitar playing is fantastic, the groove is solid and the singing is otherworldly yet down to earth.”

Of course, some classics are classic are a reason, and finding Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” on Svetkey’s list isn’t surprising at all.

“I’m on a Sam Cooke jag at the moment,” says Svetkey, “and if you introduced yourself to him with this song you probably would be on a Sam Cooke jag, too. For a long, long time.”

Guilty pleasures: “I’m not easily embarrassed,” says Svetkey, “but regardless of how silly she is, Paula Abdul’s ‘Straight Up’ and ‘Cold Hearted’ have been on my iPod for years! Ain’t nothing but a groove thang. Oh oh oh.”