Blood and Moonlight
© Copyright-Mike Borgia
(672487101022)
Record Label: luvbomb records
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Biography
Mike Borgia
Singer/ songwriter from New York, NY
With the energy of an excited puppy, and the vocal ability and range reminiscent of Chris Cornell ( Soundgarden ) and legendary rock crooner Jeff Buckley, Mike Borgia sings the songs he writes, rocks hard live and has a solid musical background. His groups TREAD and VENEAR played big shows like MTV campus Invasion 2001 and CMJ Marathons 2001 & 2002.
Borgia has shared the stage with such acts as Saliva and American Hi-fi. His music is also featured on numerous mp3 college radio stations, along side the top bands of today. Mike's extraordinary musicality and gorgeous definitive songwriting are what we are left with, including the current Nashville radio hit he co-wrote entitled "Hold Me Tonight".
Blood and Moonlight is his debut cd.
For complete info: visit www.mikeborgia.com
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CD review of "Blood and Moonlight"
author: Bill Ribas @ nyrock
Mike Borgia, Blood and Moonlight (© 2003 Mike Borgia)
On the opening track, "Where You Are," the anguish and turns of Borgia's voice bring to mind Janis Joplin – throaty, gin-drenched, and filled with pain. Yet the following number, "You Were Something," is not a dirge, but an up-tempo pop number. You can still feel the pain and emotion in his voice in this song though, and in all songs for that matter. To keep things interesting, the numbers vary stylistically so that you get the sense Borgia is more of a songwriter than a guy with a hit or two and a bunch of filler. And I am a bit miffed at not getting the whole CD, and forced to make a judgment call off clips, in that getting a sense of dynamics and song architecture is near impossible. Miffed as well because this sounds like a disc worth having in one's collection. Borgia's first effort is mostly acoustic (though the breakout rock-and-roll numbers are good as well). Just his pipes and guitar, and as a troubadour he does a splendid job; there are gobs of emotion spilling out, crafty songwriting, and off I go to buy a copy. Check him out at www.mikeborgia.com.
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author: Gail Worley
It’s always been my contention that a singer/songwriter should be able to actually sing. You don’t have to have a conventionally “pretty” voice (hell, look at Joe Cocker), but at least have a palatable, distinctive style. Surprisingly, New York singer/songwriter Mike Borgia’s claim to delivering “vocals reminiscent of Chris Cornell” is fairly accurate, though his delivery is closer to Cornell’s acoustic work on his solo debut, Euphoria Morning than the Herculean lungpower that defined Soundgarden’s entire body of work. At least he’s in the ballpark. Borgia only has one track posted on Starpolish, the poppy, alt-country-ish “Find My Way.” It sounds Like The Goo Goo Dolls covering/reinterpreting a Black Crowes song. I like it.
---Gail Worley (Starpolish.com)
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