Petty Alchemy by Josh Weinstein

Though the album has a contemporary feel, thanks to a sardonic writing style and occasional excursions into funk, the album is the sound of an artist who has absorbed his influences not simply by listening to a bunch of recordings...but by paying his dues the old-fashioned way. Brooklyn is Sinking is a soundtrack fit for lonely nights spent in hotel bars with a liberal helping of wine." --The Daily Vault, featured review

"Josh Weinstein's Brooklyn Is Sinking blends rock, blues and jazz into a neat package of musical perfection. Reviewer's Rating: 9" —Celebrity Cafe

"Weinstein writes from deep within himself, committing blood, grit, and sensitivity to paper, creating a highly original masterwork filled with remarkable warmth and craftsmanship. Sensational." --Blogcritics.org

"Like Charles Bukowski minus the in-your-face-vulgarity." --24/7

"Very, very cool." --Radio Crystal Blue

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The "official" bio/fact sheet:

Grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY. Spent childhood weekends in New York City--mostly in bars--with father.

Mother was 60's folk singer/songwriter and recording artist, grandmother was a concert cellist who had a weekly radio performance program on the CBC in Canada.

Began studying piano and writing music at age 10.

English major in college, Literature in grad school. Worked as bartender, jingle-writer and friday-night "Hey, how ya doing, thanks for listening" cocktail jazz piano player to pay for grad school.

Worked in the "real world" as a writer, editor, and advertising copywriter. Clients included American Express (Blue), Allstate, and other paragons of corporate and personal virtue. Wrote music and played piano in a variety of bands at night.

Lived in Colorado, then California. Then Washington, DC and Maine. Moved back to New York City in late 1999.

Lived two buildings south of the World Trade Center towers. Was there for the attacks on September 11, 2001.

Went underground. Reevaluated. Slowed down. Recovered.

Quit job in 2002 to return to music full-time. Moved to Brooklyn.

Recorded first album, Petty Alchemy, in August, 2003. "There Ain't Nothing Sadder Than a Saturday Night," track 2 from that album, received Honorable Mention in the 2004 Billboard Song Contest.

Several cuts from Petty Alchemy received regional and national airplay.

New album, Brooklyn Is Sinking, released on October 10, 2006. Release show held at Brooklyn's historic Lyceum showspace on Saturday, December 9.

Weinstein has been heard on NPR's "All Things Considered," XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, and hundreds of other stations across the country.

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