http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6876246&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rssBay Area musician Etienne De Rocher's story is one of epic starts and stops. The son of two French professors (hence the name) moved to Berkeley from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to pursue a degree in honors physics at UC Berkeley -- and dropped out three semesters later to pursue music. A longtime musician who bought his first guitar with his earnings from a summer's worth of lawn-mowing, he recorded a four-track demo in the secret studio he'd built in a basement storage room of the Oakland apartment building he was managing, and then got himself a record deal from Capital as a result - which he backed out of at the last minute. So he formed a band, and began building acclaim for himself by gigging around the Bay -- then watched his band fall apart when his drummer was wooed away by Tom Waits and, later, Norah Jones. Taking yet another stab at realizing his musical vision, he began an odd but fertile partnership with Dan Prothero of Fog City Records, who had previously focused on jam bands and acid-funk -- then took five years to finish recording his first album, finally releasing it in 2006. More than a decade after he first began it, Etienne De Rocher's career finally seems to be moving forward. His eponymous debut is a marriage of lilting poetry, gauzy vocals and thoughtful, soulful indie folk-rock. - Rachel DevittIndie/Alternativeen720Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:01:03 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6876246&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Bay Area musician Etienne De Rocher's story is one of epic starts and stops. The son of two French professors (hence the name) moved to Berkeley from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to pursue a degree in honors physics at UC Berkeley -- and dropped out three semesters later to pursue music. A longtime musician who bought his first guitar with his earnings from a summer's worth of lawn-mowing, he recorded a four-track demo in the secret studio he'd built in a basement storage room of the Oakland apartment building he was managing, and then got himself a record deal from Capital as a result - which he backed out of at the last minute. So he formed a band, and began building acclaim for himself by gigging around the Bay -- then watched his band fall apart when his drummer was wooed away by Tom Waits and, later, Norah Jones. Taking yet another stab at realizing his musical vision, he began an odd but fertile partnership with Dan Prothero of Fog City Records, who had previously focused on jam bands and acid-funk -- then took five years to finish recording his first album, finally releasing it in 2006. More than a decade after he first began it, Etienne De Rocher's career finally seems to be moving forward. His eponymous debut is a marriage of lilting poetry, gauzy vocals and thoughtful, soulful indie folk-rock. - Rachel Devitt http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.29482998&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:41:19 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 29482998 ply.29482998 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.29482998&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.29343906&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:41:57 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 29343906 ply.29343906 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.29343906&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28461449&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:14:41 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 28461449 ply.28461449 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28461449&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28417999&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:04:46 -0800 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 28417999 ply.28417999 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28417999&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26904543&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:56:20 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 26904543 ply.26904543 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26904543&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25361053&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:14:42 -0800 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 25361053 ply.25361053 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25361053&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.24040805&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:14:39 -0800 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 24040805 ply.24040805 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.24040805&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.21124744&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:14:32 -0800 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 21124744 ply.21124744 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.21124744&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.17920038&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:31:30 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 17920038 ply.17920038 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.17920038&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.17859902&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:55:29 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 17859902 ply.17859902 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.17859902&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13451327&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:59 -0800 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 13451327 ply.13451327 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13451327&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13058488&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:36:26 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 13058488 ply.13058488 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13058488&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10818741&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:01:00 -0700 Playlists Featuring Etienne De Rocher on Rhapsody Online 10818741 ply.10818741 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10818741&variant=play&rws=%2Fetienne-de-rocher%2Fplaylists.rss