Bob Davoli

Fresh off the release of his fifth album Still Sitting Backstage, the songwriting contest “Song of the Year” awarded three of Bob’s original tunes in their fourth contest of 2022! “It Still Hurts”, placed as a Finalist in the…

A great write-up by Melissa Clarke for Americana Highways, reviewing Bob’s latest album Still Sitting Backstage. She writes, “it’s Davoli on the perspectives and hopes of love and dreams as time has moved us beyond those we hold in…

More great news just announced from the Dallas Songwriting Association: the DSA released the names of the semi-finalists in their spring 2022 Lyrics competition, and Bob made the cut with three songs! Two are from Bob’s first album “Wistfully Yours”…

With poetic flourish for autumn and shorter days arriving in New England, Bob’s original tune “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down” was selected as a finalist in “Folk” category the “Song of the Year” songwriting competition! This contest…

Congratulations to Bob for earning the “Semi-Finalist” award from the 2022 Unsigned Only Songwriting Contest, for his original song “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down”! Over 7,000 entrants into the contest were whittled down by jury selection to…

Great news out of Wisconsin, Bob’s original song “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down” is featured in this week’s Great River Folk Festival blog post highlighting entrants to their annual songwriting contest. Here’s hoping Bob qualifies to perform…

Check out Bob’s interview with Paul Howard for the website Music Mecca, about Bob’s April album release “Hello Out There”: https://musicmecca.org/boston-songwriter-bob-davoli-pays-homage-to-john-prine-with-tribute-album-hello-out-there/ 

Read on to learn more about the making of the album, and you can listen to the album…

Out now: the May 2022 Music Connection Magazine, with an album review for “Hello Out There”!

Music critic Eric Harabadian gives the album a 9 out of 10 stars, writing: “From the war veteran lament “Sam Stone” to the aging…

Check out my interview with Elise Cady at Americana Highways, where we talk through what led me to create my most recent album, "Hello Out There".

You can read the whole interview by following this link to the Americana Highways…

Today is the day! My latest album, “Hello Out There”, a tribute to the late John Prine, is out everywhere today. Listen on the music tab of this website (BobDavoli.com), Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and elsewhere via this…

What did John Prine mean to you? John narrated his poignant vignettes with a plain-spoken and plaintive voice — and his imagery was so compelling that you could clearly see his characters in your mind’s eye. “‘Speed of the Sound…

Check out the "The Bluegrass Situation", that is featuring Bob's single "The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness"! The single releases everywhere tomorrow, Friday March 18. 

You can read the feature here and listen to the track: https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/listen-bob-davoli-speed-of-the-sound-of-loneliness/