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Influences
Randy Newman, Jon Brion, Paul Simon, Ron Sexsmith, Sufjan Stevens, classical music from Bach and Mozart to Chopin, any old musical or cabaret of any kind, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Bjork, Radiohead, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, The Velvet Underground, Edith Piaf, so much more rock, jazz, punk, folk and of course, without a doubt you.
Sounds Like
As if a singer songwriter like Ron Sexsmith was a bus and ran into a piano cabaret songwriter like Rufus Wainwright.
On Jan 30th 2007, Royal Wood and Dead Daisy Records/Outside Music unleashed A Good Enough Day to rave reviews;
“"An excellent showcase ... an immaculately produced record" – EYE MAGAZINE
““A Good Enough Day is a pop delight, an old-fashioned train-car stocked with alternating riffs on love and heartache. Musically and lyrically well-written, this album is more than good enough.” – THE COAST
Carefully writing, performing and producing the effort, Royal decided to have a few guest musicians sit in, including well-known Toronto musicians Hawksley Workman, Kurt Swinghammer, Harmony Trowbridge and Kevin Fox.
With the new record out to critical praise, his music in the hands of fans, successful performances at major festivals and venues, including a tour with Canadian songstress Sarah Harmer, Royal Wood is an artist whose time is at hand to be heard.
Royal’s music has been featured on several TV and movie soundtracks; including the HBO series Regenisis, the CBC series This is Wonderland, the CTV movie Playing House, the film The End of Silence starring Sarah Harmer, and the Warner Music Canada soundtrack to the Food Network’s The Surreal Gourmet (with other artists including Feist, Tom Waits, The Flaming Lips, Moby, Aretha Franklin) and more.
His self-written, performed and produced releases The Milkweed EP (2003) and Tall Tales (2004) have garnered critical praise:
The album (Tall Tales) drifts from sad pastoral laments to capering piano pop jubilance with an effortlessness that is truly staggering. Vocally and lyrically, Wood comes surprisingly close to Aimee Mann's stomping grounds, with glancing blows at Ron Sexsmith's tenebrous pipes and brand of song craft. But Wood is his own man, his own voice, and the sincerity of his words can't be blamed on anyone but him. NOW MAGAZINE
“Wood is on his way to establishing himself alongside the Canadian royalty of artists such as Sexsmith and Wainwright. “ – EXCLAIM MAGAZINE
Beginning on the piano at the age of four, Royal became a multi-instrumentalist by his early teens. In fact, any instrument he could get his hands on was explored and devoured. His school's music program had a sign-out policy for any instrument smaller than the tympani - and they all found their way home to his bedroom. Even the drums came home for the summer months.
Fast-forward to today, and you will find Royal performing major events like Hillside Music Festival, Canadian Music Week, North by Northeast, Halifax Pop Explosion, Bluebird North and more; as well as sharing the stage with the likes of Sarah Harmer, My Morning Jacket, Sarah Slean, Peter Elkas, Danny Michel, Serena Ryder, Dan Bern, Justin Rutledge, Lindy, Jill and Matt Barber, Emm Gryner, Erin McKowen and more.
Hi Royal, it's Maygen AKA Tawny Owl to these beautiful Brownies (aren't they sweet little singers?). We hope your tour is going well and that your travels continue to be safe. All good things to you!
We have some music available for download right now! The promotional download is free through iLike & Last FM (Links are on our myspace page, as they're not yet available on myspace).
HI thnx for the friendship and it’s nice to know you! Think it’s nice to be connected with musicians all over the world. In music we are all alike and speak the same language!!! I think you have very nice music, I enjoyed listening to it…… really sounds GREAT ….love it !! Greets from D E E Z E L (Belgium) and lots of luck in every thing you do!! If you can find the time check out my music too (thnx)
Hi! I watched you play last night in Bergen op Zoom! You were really amazing! I love your voice and your lyrics and I think i'm gonna listen to your cd very often! Thanks and please come back to the netherlands, lets say once every year :)
I logged onto my laptop this morning, and one of your songs (Sirens - my favourite!) just started playing automatically and inexplicably on my Windows Media Player! It's always been magic, with you. Wherever you are, know I'm thinking about you today. Two weeks short of 4 (or is it 5?) years ago today I first heard and met you at the El Mocambo, and you changed my life forever, as well as set the highest standard for singing/songwriting against which I measure all other musicians. You remain my favourite musical artist and cherished friend though circumstances keep us separated too long. I moved this month...email me for my new address, eh? Regards to Markus and the whole famn damily...best wishes on your European tour, love, Rosemary, and sons, in Newmarket
congrats on the itunes top songwriter me and my friends just got back from a north bay ice fishing trip and listened to good enough day for a good amount on the way up continue the good work much love dean marr
