Salim Nourallah
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Salim Nourallah | |
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Alt-country | |
Occupation(s) | Producer, musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1990–present |
Labels | Summer Break Paisley Pop Western Vinyl Tapete Records |
Website | SalimNourallah.com |
Salim Nourallah is a Texas-based singer, songwriter, and producer.[1]
Music career
Born in
In 2004 Salim Nourallah started his solo career as a recording artist with Polaroid (Western Vinyl) and the
In April 2012 Nourallah released his 5th solo record, Hit Parade, as well as a bonus E.P. culled from the HP recording sessions. Hamburg's Tapete Records once again released both cds in Europe and the United States. Hit Parade garnered more favorable press like "Nourallah has assembled the best album of his career..."[2]
Nourallah also formed a new band called the Travoltas, his first since he dis-banded the Happiness Factor in 2003. The Travoltas released a debut CD that was recorded in just 3 days and then undertook a two-week tour of the Midwest and East Coast with the Old 97s in October.[when?]
Skeleton Closet, the 6th full-length record, finally emerged in August 2015. After two successful fan funding drives Nourallah released it on his own HIT records label. The record was over 4 years in the making as initial tracks were started during the recording sessions that yielded Hit Parade. Tours with Wreckless Eric, Adam Levy (the Honeydogs), Rhett Miller, Alex Dezen (the Damnwells) & Billy Harvey made 2015 Nourallah's most active year as a performer. He also released a 6-song E.P. called Terlingua as a companion to Skeleton Closet and then toured the Western half of the US opening for the Old 97s with just a 1979 Panasonic boom box as his backing band.
2017 saw the release of A Break in the Battle, a collection of 15 cover songs recorded with the help of long-time friends and collaborators, Chris Holt and Paul Averitt. Some of Nourallah’s favorite songs were the focus - Prefab Sprout, the Replacements, Comsat Angels and Diesel Park West provided some of the source material.
September 2018 saw the release of the double album, Somewhere South of Sane. Nourallah undertook a short tour of Texas with Marty Willson-Piper from the Church and Laish. Laish is the moniker for British singer-songwriter, Danny Green. It was also a big year for Palo Santo Records, the record label Nourallah co-founded. The label released debut records by Xuan, Broken Baby and Sleepy Zuhoski as well as re-issuing The Loyal Serpent from Diesel Park West frontman John Butler.
Nourallah released a 5 CD boxset called "The World's Weakest Man" on his Bandcamp site in early 2022. The set was a culmination of all the music he and producer Billy Harvey had worked on since 2018. The "See You in Marfa" EP was also released on Bandcamp in June. The 5 song EP consisted of material Nourallah had recorded in 2018 with Marty Willson-Piper co-producing and playing guitar.
Producer
In 2006 the
Nourallah produced the Old 97s 9th album, Most Messed Up, which was released in April 2014 by ATO. This was the 4th consecutive Nourallah-produced 97s record. It was met with rave reviews & also gave the 97s their highest Billboard charting to date. Tommy Stinson, from the Replacements, made a notable appearance on guitar. The album reached #30 on Billboard. In April 2015 the Nourallah produced self-titled Damnwells record was released. It hit #6 on the Billboard Heat-Seekers chart. 2015 also saw the release of yet another critically well-received[citation needed] Nicholas Altobelli record, Searching for that Minor Key.
Diesel Park West's 9th album, "Not Quite the American Dream," also garnered Nourallah a production credit along with John Dufilho, who mixed it. The album also was released on Nourallah's newly formed Happiness (A Record Label).
References
- ^ Crisman, Sarah (February 17, 2010). "Salim Nourallah and fans raise funds for music and charity". Pegasus News. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Salim Nourallah: Hit Parade". PopMatters. May 7, 2012.