For over six years now, David Boone has been entertaining the cafes, coffeehouses & bars of the hip college town of Missoula, Montana, and the surrounding Northwest region. With a solid foot in the folk tradition of storytelling, Boone effortlessly straddles the fence between pop, rock & blues without ever compromising originality or authenticity. His melodic phrasing- delivered with an easy voice- begs listeners to follow along on a journey of personal highs & lows. Seeing Boone live is like stepping right into his personal diary where he openly explores doubts, beliefs, spirituality & romance with the weight that each deserves. One of the highlights of Boone's song writing is how deftly he mimics the emotion of the lyrics with his vocals. Within one song, he easily goes from the soft, pure smoothness of a ballad to the sometimes strained wailing of heightened angst. One listen to Boone & you know he's the real deal, stemming from the lineage of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan &, more recently, Jack Johnson & Counting Crows. Touring nationally with Seattle percussionist James Wasem, the duo joins to create a sound of intricate, yet balanced, rhythm and melody – striking a chord with the roots of folk rock. Sometimes humorous, sometimes philosophical, but always relevant, Boone is like poetry put to music--a true voice for the modern, wandering & wondering soul. Music Reviews & Interviews: "David Boone's new CD is pure gold. It is a fantastic album stacked with immediately memorable hooks, creeper songs that grow on you with every listen, soul-baring lyrics, and hardly a moment of filler." - Joe Nickell Missoulian Entertainer www.missoulian.com "Going Big" "A Tale of Gold is a marked departure from the stripped-down singer-songwriter fare typical of Boone’s recent work. The focus here is just as much on the production as the sentiment and lyrics, with every song seeming to work toward a dramatic build accompanied by strings, organ, ambient noise, or all of the above. It comes through best on the mounting sounds of “Above the Rain” and “I Won’t Leave You Alone,” as well as the Bruce Springsteen-type rocker “Pieces of Art.” Both conceptually and musically, A Tale of Gold is carefully crafted; it sounds more aimed for radio than a coffeehouse. It’s a change Boone embraces and a challenge he tackled, as always, head on." - Skylar Browning Missoula Independent www.missoulanews.com "Easily Boone's best yet." - Isamu Jordan Spokane 7 www.spokane7.com "True poetry put to song." - Erika Parfit - The Entertainer "Boone’s prodigious output doesn’t come at the expense of quality songwriting. Boone seems to innately recognize how to develop music for the different idioms. With his effortlessly appealing tenor and thoughtful lyrics, fans of bands like the Jayhawks, Counting Crows, or Guster will find Boone’s more aggressive, acoustic guitar-driven folk-rock right up their alley. "Boone’s solo material is both gorgeous and soulful. Set against nothing but acoustic guitar, Boone’s voice is given ample room to explore the full range of emotion; and it does so, time and again. " - Joe Nickell – The Entertainer