Bio & Other Fun Facts
Rivanna Records
bobcannonmusic.com
Along the way throughout the twists and turns of everyday living, I keep making music. As a singer-songwriter, I’m based in Lewes, DE, where I’ve been making the rounds of local music spots, teaching lessons in person and on Zoom, and toiling away in the studio.
It's my latest career path, having previously enjoyed a day job writing about music for magazines like Entertainment Weekly, Country Weekly and the late great Performing Songwriter. But lately I stepped away from the computer to record Album #4, Talk Talk Talk, on Rivanna Records, It's to be released online for downloads on November 8, and you can find updates here at bobcannonmusic.com, and purchase my music at Amazon, Apple Music, as well as streaming it on Spotify and most of the places you like to stream.
Now, back in the day a record label might say, “Give us one sound that people can identify right away.” But here in the present we have no such restrictions. And being the sole artist and owner of Rivanna Records, I can do whatever I like (or as much as I think you'd tolerate). So on Talk Talk Talk you’ll find touches of country, bluegrass, rock, pop and electronic noise all in one place – “a rich buffet of modern sounds,” as a real publicist might say.
I was helped out this time by Grammy-nominated fiddler/guitarist E.J. Ouellette and ace New England saxophonist Steve Baker, both of whom provide amazing sounds for the eclectic New England outfit Crazy Maggy. I leaned into some quick picking on various guitars and mandolins, some Big Ballads to break your heart, a tip of the hat to Buck Owens, a swinging Big Band workout, and plugged in for some old time rock ‘n’ roll.
While we're at it, I’ve posted a number of clips of original tunes and fave covers on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC049jDzmh0AvL5vWgaLLYRA
Please give a listen, then Talk Talk Talk amongst yourselves!
For lessons and bookings, call:
Rivanna Records
(908) 415-9135
To purchase Unbreakable Heart, the single "Chlamydia," On Second Thought, and Left-Handed Salute, go to
Cdbaby.com, Spotify, Amazon.com, iTunes or here, Bobcannonmusic.com
Clockwise from top left: 1) Album, #3 Left-Handed Salute, 2023; 2) On Second Thought, 2020; 3) Unbreakable Heart cover shoot with that Tom Wolfe look; 4) “Notes from Home” house concert with T.R. Ritchie and folk queen Cosy Sheridan; 5) The Spectacles (L. to. R, Andy Sandel, BC, Bob Mellman, Dave Cushing, Billy Karcher); 6) Early days at U. of Delaware; 7) With New Jersey Jackals mascot Jack the Jackal; 8) With Andy Sandel (The Heavyweight of the 88s) at Tierney’s, Montclair; 9) With Andy on Montclair’s Channel 34; 10) Album cover shoot for Unbreakable Heart; 11) Unbreakable Heart, 2012