Brian J. Kalinec

"A singer-songwriter you couldn't forget if you tried - most special"

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LISTEN TO IN THE MUSIC ROOM SHOW RECORDINGS

In The Music Room #99
 

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"In The Music Room"
recordings

Carla Moore        Demons Falling Down        Don't Know Why

Fences        Nowhere At All        Uncle Joe

Shoulder to the Stone

Houston musicians singing "Shoulder to the Stone"
for the benefit of The Orphanage of the Child Jesus of Prague in Haiti

www.shouldertothestone.com
written and produced by
Saylor White and Jack Saunders
Video by David Vaughan

and on OCTOBER 23rd 2010

Brian J. Kalinec

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Brian J. Kalinec - Studio Concert - Set One             Brian J. Kalinec - Studio Concert - Set Two

Anahuac Air        Carla Moore        Good Life        I Don't Know        I Live In This House        Lone Star Lonely

The Book I Can't Put Down        Two Days Time        Demons Falling Down        Fences        Cruel And Usual Punishment

Last Man Standing        Love Her Right        Moving Target        My Apology        Right Here, Right Now        Save It All

About Brian...

Brian Kalinec’s award-winning songwriting combines his early East Texas roots and his years of the Houston urban experience for his own particular view of the world.
A native of Beaumont, Texas, Brian picked up the guitar at an early age and began to play dances, restaurants and clubs. Thus began a life spent crafting songs and nurturing songwriters. 
Brian’s writing resonates with audiences, fellow songwriters, and music lovers alike, as his recognition and concert attendance attest.

Songwriting has always been a passionate drive in Brian's musical life, one for which he has been recognized again and again. A past president of the venerable
Houston Songwriters Association, Brian has a long and fruitful association with Texas songwriting. Brian co-produced the annual "Sonny Throckmorton Songwriter's Festival,"
sponsored by the HSA, in the 90s. He was a featured performer at the 75^th anniversary of the discovery of the famed Spindletop gusher in Beaumont. 
He performed a song he wrote for his daughter Kerri titled "Challenged Child" at the 1980 National Convention of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf.

Brian has been performing steadily for over a dozen years, and has been invited to perform at many famed venues in Texas and across the US,
including numerous house concerts, coffeehouses and festivals, notably the Kerrville Folk Festival (2009).  Brian’s significant awards and accomplishments include:

·         Winner of the 1st Annual Texas Songwriter’s Serenade songwriting contest at Fiddler’s Frolics - 2007

·         Music featured on ABC News’ World News Now

·         Nominated in the category of “Musician of the Year,” Texas Music Awards - 2008

·         Chosen as one of three finalists in the Rose Garden Songwriting Contest in Massachusetts - 2008

·         Regional finalist, Kerrville New Folk Competition - 2008

·         Finalist, Susanne Millsaps Songwriting Competition/FT (now Snowbird) Festival, Snowbird Resort, UT- 2008

·         2^nd Place, Woody Guthrie Song Contest with his song “The Fence” - 2008

·         Winner, Big Top Chautauqua Song Contest, WI - 2008

·         “Singer/Songwriter of the Year” Nominee—Texas Music Awards - 2009

·         Regional Finalist-Southwest in the Mountain Stage Newsong Contest - 2010

Brian’s debut CD Last Man Standing was released on Berkalin Records in 2007; he is currently working on his next CD to be released in 2011.

“Last Man Standing is certainly the album of a mature performer, a series of gentle but precisely observed stories.
While Kalinec is undoubtedly a skilled and sympathetic guitarist, it is apparent that songwriting is his first love and he is one those natural
storytellers who can fire the imagination…The acoustic blues of Last Man Standing is performed without fuss or unnecessary frivolity,
Kalinec's music is as unadorned as it is beautiful…One of the real appeals of Last Man Standing is its honest humility,
the title song and ‘I Don't Know’ are written from the heart of an intelligent man. Brian Kalinec is no disinterested
bystander--he is an integral part of every note and lyric.”

-MICHAEL MEE, AmericanaUK

“Incredibly intelligent songwriting along with a mellow voice and excellent guitar playing make Brian a wonder to listen to…”
JOANNE SPROTT, host, Harmony Coffeehouse

“ ‘Last Man Standing’ is a coffee-house kind of thinker from Beaumont native Brian Kalinec…he’s Houston-based now, with this new CD
reflecting thoughts on good, honest men, love and tough relationships.”
DARRAGH DOIRON, Port Arthur News

“…he has a deft touch with a lyric and an above-average amount of wise leavening gained in the school of experience and living...”
WILLIAM MICHAEL SMITH, writer, Rockzilla, and Houston Press

“Brian’s songs and arrangements are real gems…every one of them.”-
KEN GAINES, host, Songwriter’s Night at Anderson Fair

For more info on Brian, contact Charlie Stewart at HandShakeMgt@aol.com
or you may contact the artist individually at:  briankalinecmusic@sbcglobal.net

Website:  www.briankalinec.com  Myspace:  www.myspace.com/briankalinec

1341 Heights Blvd.   Houston, TX  77008   Ph: 713-869-1906  Fax: 713-869-9066 C: 281-782-3115

Brian J. Kalinec

CONTACT INFO:

                                                                                        HOMETOWN:       HOUSTON, TEXAS,  USA

                                                                                        WEBSITES:           http://www.briankalinec.com/

                                                                                         EMAIL:                  briankalinecmusic@sbcglobal.net

                                                                                        MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE INQUIRIES
                                                                                            Charlie Stewart, Handshake Management
                                                                                             HandShakeMgt@aol.com
                                                                                            Phone (512) 731-3543

                                                                                        BOOKINGS & MAILING LIST
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                                                                                        CD and/or DVD Availability:  CD  Yes   DVD ?   Yes