TODY CASTILLO

A Tody Castillo interview on KPFT radio has been added to our site. Listen here or on our MP3 player. Enjoy!

Tody Castillo will be playing tomorrow, Thursday, January 21st at Cafe Brasil in Houston, TX. Corey Power of The Ragged Hearts and Arthur Yoria are also on the bill. I’ll be starting the night off at 9:30pm. See you there H-Town!

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Show Information

• Artist: Tody Castillo
• Date: Thursday, January 21st 2010
• Time: 9:30pm
• City: Tody Castillo in Houston
• Venue: Cafe Brasil
• Address: 2604 Dunlavy
• Venue phone: 713-528-1993
• Country: US
• Admission: free
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: Corey Power of The Ragged Hearts and Arthur Yoria are also on the bill.
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Hello,

‘Windhorse’ is now available on itunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tody-castillo/id128016806

Check it out!

-Tody

We will be playing tomorrow Friday, December 11th at the Warehouse Live in Houston, TX. Doors at 8pm, we go on at 10pm just before What Made Milwaukee Famous. We just made a new batch of t-shirts, we’ll have at the show for sale along with my new record ‘Windhorse’.  I’ll be featuring a new line up which will include pedal steel guitar, keyboards (Phil) and a new dude on bass (Mr. Snacks).  Oh yeah, What Made Milwaukee Famous is pretty good too.  -Tody

I’ve been invited to play ‘Live from SugarHill Studios’ Thursday, December 3rd in Houston, TX.  For those of you who don’t know about SugarHill Studios, it’s a world famous, top notch recording studio with tons of history and stars!  I’ve recorded several albums at SugarHill Studios.  An EP in 1998 with Andy Bradley and my first full-length record with Tim Hurley and Steve Christensen in 2004.  I love this place, they’ve always made me feel like family.  I’m honored to be a part of this event.

The show is free and listeners can login for a live stream at http://www.outboundmusic.com/lfsh.

It’s available free within 48 hours on Vimeo at http://www.vimeo.com/livefromsugarhill or on

iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301652186.

WHAT: Live From SugarHill Episode XI featuring The King Khan and BBQ Show and Episode

XII featuring Tody Castillo and Winter Wallace

WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009 from Noon – 1p.m. and 7 – 8p.m. CST

I’m excited to write that we’re opening up for What Made Milwaukee Famous at the Warehouse Live in Houston, TX.  The date is December 11, 2009.  Doors open at 8pm, it’s all ages with the first band going on at 9pm.  We’re scheduled to hit at 10pm.  It’s a great venue and  promises to be a great show!

Show Information

• Artist: Tody Castillo
• Date: Friday, November 13th 2009
• Time: 10:30pm
• City: Tody Castillo in Austin, TX
• Venue: Lambert’s
• Address: 401 W 2nd St., Austin, TX 78701-3802
• Country: US
• Notes: Tody will be performing a solo show this evening.
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Texas songwriter Tody Castillo is pleased to announce the release of Windhorse, the follow-up to his acclaimed 2005 release.

Buy the new album “Windhorse” online at CDbaby.com

or at Cactus Records in Houston.

Steve Earle first heard Tody Castillo’s music when shopping for producers for Townes, his recent tribute to Townes Van Zandt. One listen to Castillo’s songs gave Earle enough confidence to hire Houston producer Steve Christensen, who helped produce and engineer the recording of Windhorse.  Born out of personal tragedy, yet teeming with hope, the songs on Windhorse show Castillo’s depth of songwriting. They range from the dreamy lullaby to all-out rock-and-roll anthems.  Castillo played most of the instruments on the recording, as well as being the only writer and singer.  His beautiful voice has range and depth rarely found in today’s rock scene.  This work maintains the cross-genre appeal that helped his 2005 self-titled release find a broad audience, earning the musician Houston Press‘ Best Unsigned Act award in 2005 (along with nominations for Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Best Rock/Pop). The album was also the top-selling release at Cactus Music and Video in 2005, outselling even the likes of Coldplay.

“This record unique for me because I’m such a different person,” Castillo says. “I released the first record in February 2005, a few months after I got married. A few months after that, I lost my brother due to an accident. That kind of thing is devastating. My wife then lost someone close in her family as well at the end of 2005. We joked about that year as being ‘the year of the death.’ The following year while playing and promoting the first record, my first son was born.  So I lost a brother, and became a husband and a father all around the same time. This record is about that.”

Recorded during coffee-fueled sessions at The Treehouse, the Houston Heights garage apartment studio of Steve Christensen, Windhorseis a series of intimate snapshots into Castillo’s life. The heartbreak over the death of his brother and the joy of becoming a father echo throughout this work.  Musicians Eddy Hobizal, Chris Masterson (currently with Son Volt), Steve Brown, and Ryan Biddle helped the duo by adding their skills to the piano, guitar, bass, and percussion on several songs.

Album highlights include “The Shape Of My Heart,” “Spoken Up Sooner,” “The Other Side of Love,” “Hearts On A String,” and “Mustang Island”.

Show Information

• Artist: Tody Castillo
• Date: Saturday, October 3rd 2009
• Time: 10:30pm
• City: Tody Castillo in Houston, TX
• Venue: Continental Club
• Country: US
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Tody Castillo’s CD release show is at The Continental Club on Oct 3.