Ink 19 :: Dick Prall
With a deft pop sensibility, Chicago-based singer/songwriter Dick Prall sings about the good, bad, and fugly moments he’s encountered in life and relationships, turning them into subtle parables that linger longer on the heart and go deeper than most surface-bound pop hits.
Like a vintage Ryan Adams song, sometimes cathartic, other times crass, and most of the time catchy, each track on Weightless (2007) shows you a side of Prall’s ability to craft and produce an album with emotive power and sincere songwriting that bucks pretension and doesn’t take the heaviness too seriously, making it easy to embrace the crisp chords and sweet croon wrapped around the simple sounding yet complex and intricate songwriting.
In “Halfway to Hollywood” he speaks to the struggling artist with a quaint guitar melody and soft swooning vocals, a solid hook within a straightforward rock song that builds and then delivers. On other …
October 18th, 2008
Authentic Records’ own The Nadas will be featured on WHO TV13′s 10PM newscast this Thursday, August 28; possible teasers will run on the 5 and 6PM newscasts. The segment is part of reporter Andy Fales’ “Iowa Icons” series. Fales did extensive interviews with the band and filmed an entire night at the Iowa State Fair. After the piece airs this Thursday it will be available for viewing on the WHO TV13 website. If you’re in central Iowa, be sure to tune to WHO this Thursday night for the 10PM newscast. And don’t forget to thank Andy for choosing The Nadas for this special feature.
August 27th, 2008
Dec, 2007: Dick Prall Featured in STARBUCKS!!!Yes, we’re going corporate. Starbucks has come a’callin’ and wants to feature Dick Prall’s tune, “The Cornflakes Song,” in over 10,000+ Starbucks stores in 2008. Not only will you hear him overhead while you’re buying your coffee, but they are going to start rolling out plasma screens that display the name of the artists as they’re being spun. How’s that for a good start to a great ’08?
December 13th, 2007
