William Fitzsimmons, Rosi Golan – 08/04/10

So This Is Goodbye (Original Version)

Wednesday, August 4 – William Fitzsimmons is one of the oddest people you will ever meet. Born the youngest child of two blind parents, William was raised in the outskirts of the steel city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the family’s inability to communicate through normal visual means, William’s childhood home was filled with a myriad of sounds to replace what eyes could not see. The house was full of pianos, guitars, trombones, talking birds, classical records, family sing-a-longs, bedtime stories, and the bellowing of a pipe organ, which his father built into the house with his own hands. His father played orchestral records and his mother played folk.

William draws from those early folks stylings of his mother’s music, and the embellished instrumentation of his father’s. Now his music is known for its substantive and evocative subject matter, but also for its use of organic and colorful melodies and arrangements.

Rosi Golan is an Israeli born singer songwriter who has made many stops in her travels, including Germany, Paris, and finally ending up in Los Angeles at the age of nine, where she grew up. During her travels, she not only managed to hone her infectiously melodic songwriting, but also learned to speak three languages fluently: French, Hebrew and English. Rosi is indeed a long way from home, but certainly in the right place to showcase her unique talent for rich, dark melodies and a voice that not only draws you in, but still haunts you the next day.

See both at Frank’s Place on August 4.