Album Notes

FREE BOOKLET WITH CD, INCLUDES ALL LYRICS + PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY TONY.

Tony comes, originally from Brighton, near London, England. He lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is also a painter, sculptor and poet.

Let members of the audience describe their experience of Tony and his music:

(After a perfrmance at the Portugese Centre, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherland).

"Tony Chapman sings from the heart because he writes from the heart. He braids his music, his voice, and his lyrics into a tapestry rich with feeling and insight. If you hear it, you'll feel it. His frailty (openess, vulnerability). is his strength and in this hectic and often cruel world Tony is willing to share that strength with all who take a moment to slow down and listen".
-- Thorne Anderson, (freelance magazine photojournalist published in Time, Newsweek, Stern, Der Spiegel, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and many others.)


(Friday October 28th 2005, performance at the ABC Tree House, Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Chapman: "chap-stick" for the soul

"Amidst the plethora of performing artists, one man stands out. His name is Tony Chapman, singer songwriter. As the first keystrokes on the small piano merge into a dreamy melody, the works of Neil Young come to mind. This man
belongs on stage. Well constructed compositions back up smoothly rasp delivered lyrics, songs of melancholy without any bitterness. A rare feat. His sound is almost solemn and yet he conveys a deep lust for life.
Afterwards both the onlookers and Chapman himself seem to radiate a little more cheerfulness".
-- Vincent Moritz, free lance film critic (VPRO Gids, Amsterdam Weekly)


(Friday October 28th, Treehouse Open Mike Night in Amsterdam, poets, storytellers, standup comedians, doing their stuff. Mostly in English).

"Some good singers and other poets followed, with one of the highpoints of the evening: closing-act singer-songwriter Tony Chapman who performed some originals and standards at the piano.
His song "Go To Sleep" is a knock-out! Gets more interesting and deeper with each verse!
A warm, radiant performance.
Good planning of the ABC-people to let Tony finish, so we could all go home on a positive note.
Go hear him, if you have a chance!

--- from Gerrit Vennema (poet/ songwriter)
Gerrit Vennema (poet/ songwriter) - Treehouse open mike night, Amsterdam (23 Nov 2005)