Bio
Eric Colville is a guitarist and singer-songwriter from Gloucester, MA, on Boston's North Shore. Influenced by folk/rock of the '60s, and often with a stylistic nod to '90s alt rock, his songs are nevertheless eclectic in style. Colville writes of life, love and heartbreak, with lyrics at times defiant, at times introspective, and often whimsical. Colville will give you a glimpse of his childhood in the tender, finger-style ballad, Philadelphia, and gets your fists pumping with his rock anthem, Picture Us Together. The barnstorming 12-Step Program is wry and raucous breakup song, while Five Days Over is Colville's country swinger, paying homage to The Byrds. Whatever mood he is in, Eric Colville takes you on an adventure through the stories of his life.
Over 15 years after the release of his 2001 debut, Afraid To Dance, and the 2004 follow-up, X-Ray Glasses, Colville is set to record a new full-length album in spring 2019, which will also feature his son Julian Colville on piano and backing vocals. Colville has received numerous awards throughout his career including first place awards in the Great American Song Contest as well as the USA Songwriting Contest. He was a finalist invited to perform at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas and at the 30A Music Festival in Santa Rosa, Florida where he performed alongside artists such as Shawn Mullins, The Indigo Girls, Jeffrey Steele, Loudon Wainwright III and John Oates (Hall & Oates). His songs have also been placed in television shows that include All My Children and Roadtrip Nation.
WUMB Radio Show - Sunday, January 9, 2022
I'm honored to be included in the SAMW Cafe' radio show with host Perry Persoff this Sunday morning
(January 9) between 8:00 a.m. and noon.
WUMB is located at 91.9 FM on the radio dial but if you're not in the Boston area, you can still tune in at either of the links below:
https://wumb.org/people/perry-persoff/ (note: the player is in the upper left corner)
https://tunein.com/radio/WUMB-FM-919-s23389/
News and Awards
March 29, 2019 - "Afraid to Dance" wins Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting in the 2018 Great American Songwriting Contest. I'm excited because this is our new version that is on our upcoming CD.
October 10, 2018 - "Josephine" featured on FM 104.9 Famous after Four radio segment with Catherine Browne.
"End of War" wins the Social Cause Category in the 2017 International Songwriting Contest.
WPRB 103.3 - August 18, 2013 "Philadelphia" airs on WPRB 103.3, Princeton, New Jersey.
Kerrville Folk Festival - May 27, 2012 Colville selected as a finalist to perform at the 2012 Kerrville Folk Festival and performs "The-Dash" and "Bookstore Blues" in Kerrville Texas.