His songs sparkle with childlike innocence and weep with adult heartbreak, and TV fell in love with the music of Joshua Radin. From Scrubs to Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, American Idol, One Tree Hill, and So You Think You Can Dance. We welcome hi
From Cleveland via New York and LA, Joshua Radin is the uniquely word-of-mouth global success story that’s just about to get a whole lot bigger with the release of his third album The Rock and The Ride, due out this fall on Mom and Pop Records.
Radin only turned to music after college, when he moved to New York City, bought a guitar and began learning to play his favorite Beatles and Bob Dylan tunes. Soon he was writing songs of his own. “I was always trying to find some medium to express myself,” says Radin, who had previously studied art and spent six years writing screenplays. “When I started writing songs, I thought, ‘This is as honest as I can be: getting onstage with my guitar and my voice and singing for people.’”
This alternative route to prominence began when A friend gave a demo featuring his very first composition, “Winter,” to a TV producer—who promptly used it to score a scene of the sitcom Scrubs in early 2004. Other Hollywood types found his music just as evocative, and soon various Radin songs were being heard 75 times on TV shows (Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, American Idol, One Tree Hill, So You Think You Can Dance, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Eli Stone), as well as movies (The Nanny Diaries, The Last Kiss, Catch and Release) and ads.
Radin didn’t have to seek an audience for his music; instead, they sought him out. “People started emailing me, asking, ‘Where can we get your songs?’ I said I didn’t have any more! So my career as a musician, my popularity, grew out of a demand.”
Having captured the public’s attention, Radin set about keeping it with the release of his debut album in 2006. We Were Here (Columbia Records) drew critical acclaim, including a 4-star review in Rolling Stone, and passionate listener response, establishing him as an artist in the tradition of greats like Nick Drake and Elliott Smith—confessional folk-pop
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