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BLAIR is an award winning Urban Folk, Afro-Punk, Poet, Singer, Songwriter from Detroit, who has just been signed to the new start-up label, Repeatable Silence Records. In the
words of Metro Times journalist Melissa Giannini, BLAIR focuses his work
on the hope that rises from the ashes of despair. Purchase The New Album At Online at. |
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Notable Press: 2010 January 27, 2010
The first weekend back after an overlong and overly wintery break brought a lovely surprise--Poet and musician, Blair... Click Here For More - Kate Brady - New Paltz Groove January 1, 2010
Perhaps it seems a bit cliché to call David Blair a renaissance man. But the New Jersey-born, Detroit-based poet, singer, songwriter, playwright, actor and musician does a little bit of everything, and does it all very well. Click Here For More - J. Nadir Omowale - B.L.A.C Notable Press: 2009 July 8, 2009
Detroit writer-musician reflects on his art - a poetry collection and a new LP - in the midst of the Michael Jackson tragedy. Click Here For More - Chris Azzopardi - Between The Lines July 1, 2009
For the last four years, Detroit poet and national slam champ Blair has been examining the King of Pop through a collection of poetry to be released as a book-and-CD combo, tentatively titled Moonwalking. Click Here For More - Travis R. Wright - Metro Times April 2009
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March 2009 Music and poetry are not an either/or pursuit for Blair. The two blend together quite seamlessly, he says. A good example of that harmony is the track “Berlin” on the new album. The lyrics began as a 20-plus-page poem inspired by his experience of sitting on a train to Chicago listening to Beethoven. Click Here For More - Terry Paris, HOUR Detroit Magazine January 20, 2009 Blair’s music has been described as urban folk and Afro-punk, and his influences range from Stevie Wonder to The Smiths. He might include an Italian madrigal in a set of performance poetry. He’s hard to pigeonhole, and seems to like it that way. As long as he's true to the message, the form seems to take care of itself. Click Here For More - Amy Whitesall, Crain's Online - Detroit Make it Here
-Vievee Francis (Author of Blue-Tail Fly)
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Performing Songwriter (National)
Abendzeitung (Germany)
Pace Arts Magazine (Massachusetts) Metro Times (Detroit) Pride Source (Detroit) Bay Times (San Francisco) Detroit News (Detroit)
Urban folk, afro-punk, singer-songwriter, poetry slammer, gay activist, Blair is our kinda dude... the kind of ambitious versatility we like. - Metromode A very common theme in Blair's work is the notion of the poet turning the table within the work onto the readers/listeners. A circular sort of - the narrator is the poet, who is me, who is you, who is the poet pattern. I picked up two of Blair's CD's afterwards and haven't stopped listening to them since. - Dan Wickett, TheDetroiter.com Blair is awful. Not in the way you’re probably thinking, though. When you see someone that talented it’s hard not to be reminded of how mediocre a lot of other things are. Every single time I’ve left a Blair show, I’ve made a comment about how I need to see that guy play more often. - Jay Connell, Eat This City |
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Upcoming Performances Click Here For A Complete List Of Upcoming Performances MerchandiseClick Here To Purchase Blair's CDs online Audio/Visual That's Entertainment -
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Into Darkness
- Video - Crowded House
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- Video - Atlanta Queer Literary Festival
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