Bob Davoli

Bob received another award for “Hope”, which was a finalist in the 21st annual International Acoustic Music Awards competition in the Country/Bluegrass category.

Bob received 3 more awards.  “It Still Hurts” was named a finalist in the 2024 Song of the Year contest.  “Frozen Juices” earned a semi-finalist honor and “Chestnuts and Love” was named a runner-up.

Another songwriting-contest win for Bob’s original song: “Fallen King of the Cool”! His song placed as a semi-finalist in the 2024 Unsigned Only songwriting contest, in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. This song was released on Bob’s album “Still Sitting Backstage”, and rose to the top 1,000 slots, with almost 5,000 entrants to this contest.

You can listen to the tune at http://www.BobDavoli.com/music , also on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and other streaming sites.  

https://unsignedonly.com/semifinalists

Congratulations on another songwriting award from the Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA).  Bob’s original song, “Hope”, was awarded a finalist in their 20^th Annual IAMA Songwriting Competition.  The contest receives entries from all over the world, with judging by major record labels like Sony/BMG, EMI, Warner, and Universal Music.

Listen to the award-winning song here or on www.bobdavoli.com/music, or on Spotify at this link:  https://open.spotify.com/track/6EoX7G7q3A7NxzfEGdJahQ.  You can check out the other finalists on the IAMA website:  https://inacoustic.com/winners/

Another songwriting award from the International Songwriting Competition (ISC).  Bob was awarded semi-finalist for his original song, “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down”. 

You can listen to “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down” here or at Bob’s website:  www.bobdavoli.com/music, or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/track/0HNelWUPnN08qjqYhUw5kd.

You can find all the semi-finalists in the International Songwriting Competition at https://songwritingcompetition.com/winners.

Check out these multiple wins for Bob’s original tunes from the Song of the Year Songwriting Contest! Bob’s original tune “Twilight Lady” won the finalist award in the “Folk” category in their latest contest, which means it scored in the top-5 of all entrants in the Folk category. Not only that, but three more tunes also won awards: Bob’s tunes “Hope” and “On the Same Day” won Semi-Finalist awards, and “Transistor Radio and Me” won a Runner-Up award. This brings Bob’s total number of songwriting awards to 32 awards, and 23 awarded titles in the past six years.

You can listen to all these tunes on the music page of this site: www.bobdavoli.com/music. “Twilight Lady” and “Hope” are from Bob’s latest album “Nowhere Near”, released in September 2023. You can listen to the full album on the “Music” page, too!

Check out the rest of the contest winners and finalists here: https://www.songoftheyear.com/winners_2023d.htm

Congratulations on another songwriting award from the Indie International Songwriting Contest! Bob was awarded “honorable mention” for his original tune, “Blank Pages”.

You can listen to the award-winning tune “Blank Pages” on the music page of this site, or on Spotify at this link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1rGBDBloiDQxNBUzmKArvt?si=cc1d37545ef34f53

Listen to the contest’s winning songs and other honorable mentions at this link: https://indieinternational.com/2023-songwriting-contest/2023winners/

Out now in the latest issue of Music Connection Magazine, author Eric Harabadian reviewed “Nowhere Near” and has great things to say! 

He writes, “There are a number of artists out there that loosely wear the term “Americana” like a badge. But Davoli is for real and one of its proudest proponents. His blend of folk, country and light blues permeates heartfelt tracks like “Don’t You Think It’s Time,” “Teardrops & Icicles” and “Living in the Shadows”.”

Read the rest of the review at Music Connection Magazine (link: https://issuu.com/musicconnectionmagazine/docs/oct23_full_issue/46), and listen to the album on the music page of this site, or elsewhere online at this link: https://bobdavoli.hearnow.com/
 

Check out these reviews for Bob’s latest album Nowhere Near. Jason Savio from the Cape Cod Times and Elise Cady for the “Americana Highways” magazine have very nice things to say, with links to their work below.

Cape Cod Times article via Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sa566y4oe6eggug9z0gfi/2023-09-13-Cape-Cod-Times-article-Truro-venture-capitalist-spends-weekends-on-a-second-career-as-musician.pdf?rlkey=rwz13d99ncze2ulb9svza1pik&dl=0 

Americana Highways link: https://americanahighways.org/2023/08/28/review-bob-davoli-nowhere-near/

If you haven’t heard the album Nowhere Near yet, take a listen! You can listen on the Music page of this site, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever else you get your music.

Bob’s latest album Nowhere Near is officially out in the world! Please take a listen at this website's Music page, and you can also listen on all major streaming sites by clicking on this link, https://bobdavoli.hearnow.com. 

Special thanks to Robert Price, Eric Kilburn, and Bob’s wife Eileen for their support in making this album, and of course thanks also to bandmates Marty Ballou, Kevin Barry, Gabriela Martina, Kathleen Parks, Guy Van Duser, and Jesse Williams.

If you would like to purchase a copy of the album, purchase on this website's Shop page, or on Bandcamp (link: https://bobdavoli.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere-near), and all proceeds will be donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank charitable organization (link: www.gbfb.org). 

Thanks for listening!