A few facts about Phil Marshall…
Phil Marshall grew up in Hull/Yorkshire, England.
He taught himself to play the guitar by the age of twelve. By the age of fourteen, he was writing and recording his own songs.
Phil has recorded four solo albums, two of which at Abbey Road Studios in London, making him only one of a handful independent artist that have ever been allowed to record there.
U2, Nirvana, Lemonheads, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Counting Crows and The Beatles rate among his top influences.
He's made the radio charts and has knocked down virtually all of the proverbial walls in the music business. Now his satellite radio broadcast around the world on UPop, WorldSpace, XM, AOL and DirecTV is another benchmark in a brilliant career.
Phil has received airplay on many terresticle radio statons too from Alaska to California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Over the last few years, Phil has performed in sixty-four cities in six countries worldwide performing both as a solo act and with The Phil Marshall Band. Within the United States, he has performed in forty-eight cities in sixteen states including: California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Phil has also toured extensively in Europe including the United Kingdom, Spain, the Czech Republic, France, Netherlands and Holland.
Phil has performed live for crowds up to 24,000 at the Kingston Communication Stadium in Yorkshire. And he is no stranger to world famous live music venues such as The Viper Room (Los Angeles), The Cobden Club (London), The Cavern Club (Liverpool), Cain’s Ballroom (Tulsa), Les Cariatides (Paris), Fitzgerald’s (Houston), Owl Bar (Sundance, UT), Eskimo Joe’s (Stillwater, OK), Club Da Da (Dallas), Bluenote (Columbia, MO) and Rockwood Music Hall (New York City). But regardless if he is playing at a world famous venue or a less renowned club one thing is for sure, the place will be packed with adoring fans.
He has shared the stage with bands like Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Sunshine Underground, Kula Shaker, The Longpigs, Echo’s Subcircus, Sultans of Ping and Orson.
In May of 2007, Phil released a new EP titled One Week, which features six singles. This extended play disc is so unique because he wrote it within a week, one song per day. Needless to say, the disc is very emotional.
Phil Marshall’s newest full-length album, Magnolia, is one that cannot be overlooked. Of the four albums that Phil has completed, this one fits his personal style the most. ‘The new Album delivers bright, guitar-heavy, melodic pop with Phil’s high vocals giving a shoe-gazing quality to a record that is as introverted as it is grandiose’ Matt Elliott, Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma
‘Phil is an immensely gifted singer and songwriter and one of only a handful of independent artists to work at Abbey Road.’
Collette Barber . Abbey Road Studios / EMI . London, United Kingdom
‘With Phil’s songs, the sky is the limit.’
Clay Neuman . President . Apex Music, LLC . Nashville, Tennessee
‘Phil is an extraordinary talent.’
David Rudich . Entertainment Attorney . Los Angeles, California