In an LA Times feature, critic Randy Lewis champions Okemah, Oklahoma's "stylish and witty" songwriter John Fullbright and his debut album, 'From the Ground Up' (Blue Dirt/Thirty Tigers), out next week. Says Lewis, "his voice at times creates the impression of a younger sibling of another Oklahomamusician, Leon Russell." Read the feature here:
http://lat.ms/K3Iq5fAmerican Songwriter.com premiered the full album stream today:
http://bit.ly/J1ouQi"Oklahoma's borders can't contain Fullbright," noted KUT about John, who launches his first national tour this week with dates at LA's Hotel Café on May 10 and NYC's The Living Room on May 17.
See full tour dates here:
http://www.johnfullbrightmusic.com/tour/Watch Fullbright and his band perform "Satan and St. Paul":
http://youtu.be/TPXfwgKd208"Gawd Above" on SoundCloud (OK to post):
http://bit.ly/HSDFxU"Gawd Above" Live:
http://youtu.be/HwgJ8JBPkGoJohn Fullbright On the Web:
http://www.johnfullbrightmusic.com/http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Fullbright/121381474560111http://twitter.com/johnrfullbrighthttp://www.myspace.com/johnrussellfullbrightHi-res album art, press releases, links, etc:
http://shorefire.com/clients/jfullbright/ 
