Daniel Tortoledo Is Caught In The "Restless Days"
Livening our days with his latest single, "Restless Days," Daniel Tortoledo sings a relatable tale of the many sleepless nights he endures when overthinking and spiraling into a rut of self-deprecation. Although Tortoledo sings a rather anxiety-ridden message, the song's instrumentals beam and screams with the utmost soul, vibrance, and energy.
Making our way into the new single, "Restless Days," the track opens with an energetic and nostalgic folk/rock instrumental that sets the song's exciting and soulful tone. Once Daniel Tortoledo makes his charismatic vocal appearance, we can't help but compare him to names like David Bowie and John Lennon through his natural allure and tonality. While moving his way into the hook, Daniel Tortoledo reminds us of the many restless days and sleepless nights that burden him.
This track's instrumentation is food for the soul…
A Masterpiece For The Ages: Through out These Years by Daniel Tortoledo
Based out of New York City, the beloved charms of Venezuelan-American singer and songwriter Daniel Tortoledo shine through his amazing album titled Through out These Years. Tortoledo’s organic creative guise breeds a captive 9-track offering that is highly contagious and filled with real-life imagery. As a veteran musician, Tortoledo has cultivated a unique folk-rock that traditionalists of the genre will find both entertaining and innovative.
Through out These Years is a brilliant soundscape that beckons the listener to look inside themselves and learn how to travel through the world based on their inner experiences. Beginning with the cynical and openness of Dark Times (Brothers and Sisters), Through out These Years displays a rich aroma of exceptional instrumentation and vocal prowess. The album’s pillars of continuity are quite impressive as seen in tracks like You Can’t Have It All and the free-spirited Bottles of Wine. Through out These Years by Daniel Tortoledo is a true melodic masterpiece for the post-modern era.
REVIEW: Daniel Tortoledo doesn’t hold back via new Release
‘‘With a vibrant strut in his groove and a gilded poetic bend to his words, Daniel Tortoledo doesn’t hold back from giving us a mountain of a melodic performance in “Spare Time,” one of my favorite songs from his album Through out These Years. Released last year to relative acclaim from critics and longtime indie followers alike, this rookie release from Tortoledo sees the singer/songwriter melding the wry wit of indie rock with the easygoing folk stylings of a young Cat Stevens in tracks like “Bottle of Wine,” the title cut and “Give Me Soul.” Through out These Years is indeed quite the multilayered affair, but for all it boasts in grandiose compositional charm, it also offers us just as much of a simplistic, harmony-centric approach to songcraft…’’
Daniel Tortoledo: Through Out These Years Album Review: A Rock & Roll Ride
Rock is the perfect music to create an exciting mood. The wide array of instrumentals used to create a pulse-pounding rock beat can create tunes that make you bob your head to bang it, making the genre one full of life. Daniel Tortoledo proves this in “Through Out These Years,” an album that will take you on a wild ride all on its own. From the top, Tortoledo commands your attention with his intro track “Dark Times (Brothers and Sisters.)”
The raspy vocals are complimented well by the creeping bassline behind them at the start of the track. It creates the perfect mood for the groovy aesthetic the track falls into, full of instrumental surprises hidden within the bass groove and wild guitar riffs. “I’ve seen people livin, I’ve seen a whole lot of people die, and all I will remember is how many times they smiled” is just one of the catchy lines outside of the lively chorus in this track. The upbeat and lively aesthetic is carried all the way through to “You Can’t Have It All,” another stand-out track.
Through Out These Years – Daniel Tortoledo (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Daniel Tortoledo’s debut, solo album takes inspiration from a range of music all of which seems to fall into what you would call “classic.” Such music, encompassing everything from Neil Young to George Harrison, Bob Dylan to Devendra Banhart, not so much avoids generic labels but rather rise above such unnecessary limitations. And so does Through Out These Years. Sure, it wanders through rootsy rock, folk flavours, Americana vibes and singer-songwriter tastefulness but the end result has that perfect combination of integrity and accessibility and it is that balancing act which elevates such music.
Eloise is a gorgeously tasteful blend of alternative country and folk rock, an immediate candidate for world-wide radio play right there, Bottle of Wine is a 60’s infused pop-rocker and Spare Time is a lilting and likeable slice of textured and chiming, pop perfection…
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Through Out These Years
Daniel Tortoledo is a musician from New York who recently released his first solo album entitled Through Out These Years. Before his solo endeavor he was involved first with his original band The Highway with whom he performed and toured continuously for over a decade.Through Out These Years is an album that I think will have a lot of appeal. There were times I heard Americana based rock not far from bands like Wilco or War on Drugs. That being said you can easily make an argument for legends such as Bowie and The Beatles in places.
This is an exceptionally produced and recorded album. That fact really makes these performances shine through. The album is just a little over half an hour and it felt seamless and cohesive. I suggest playing this from beginning to end. Highly recommended.
DANIEL TORTOLEDO – “Through out These Years” Exclusive Review!
True artists invent themselves every day, discovering new emotions, living new experiences, and exploring their talents without restrictions. Daniel Tortoledo is one of those artists that let their artistry change, evolve, and expand, finding new ways to express their emotions. Today, at Planet Singer, we have the big pleasure of listening to his debut album “Through out These Years”, an intense and engaging journey through his musical instincts
Daniel Tortoledo’s drops new LP
…”Divinely decadent but somehow comprised of only a guitar, piano and vocal, the harmony that shapes the narrative in Daniel Tortoledo’s “You Can’t Have It All” is the bread and butter of the track, but more importantly, it’s a pretty strong taste of what you can expect to find out of all nine songs included on Tortoledo’s Through out These Years LP. Released last year and finding a second life in 2020, Through out These Years has the feel of a retrospective anthology disc more than it does a debut from an ambitious rookie singer/songwriter, but it’s qualities this like this one that allude to the skill of its creator. He’s got a lot of unexploited talent here, and it’s being put to use in ways that the Americana revival in the underground could really benefit from…”
While I just found out about Daniel Tortoledo this August, I haven’t any doubt that he’s going to be reappearing in the headlines a lot more often as long as he keeps producing music as engrossing as Through out These Years is. It might have taken a minute for this LP to find a home with alternative fans around the globe, but now that it’s starting to build up a little momentum for its leading man
DANIEL TORTOLEDO’S “DARK TIMES (BROTHERS AND SISTERS)”
Playing out like an old nickelodeon picture, the music video for Daniel Tortoledo’s “Dark Times (Brothers and Sisters)” is perhaps the single best way of getting a close look inside the mind behind Through out These Years, his debut album.
As spellbinding as some of the psychedelic-tinged imagery is, it’s got nothing on what the music is doing for us with its wispy rhythm and moaning melody, the latter being the strongest force any listener would be able to tangle with in this mix. There’s nothing particularly brutish about this track, nor “Bottle of Wine” or “You Can’t Have It All,” but that doesn’t make them any less dangerous in tone or spirit. Like strolling down a dark alley just past midnight, there’s no telling what’s waiting to creep out of the shadows and start imparting its sinful soul to us in Through out These Years; we’re given one choice and one choice only here, and that is to sit back, relax, and let the poetry of one Daniel Tortoledo serve as our lantern through the darkness.
VIDEO PREMIERE: DANIEL TORTOLEDO AND LILL MARTINEZ – “DARK TIMES”
Brooklyn-based Daniel Tortoledo hopes to find a light in “Dark Times,” the latest folk rock effort from the American-Venezuelan songwriter. The song premieres today accompanied by a mesmerizing music video created by illustrator and printmaker Lill Martinez, and serves as the first single off of Tortoledo’s upcoming LP, Throughout the Years.
But the audio is truly just half of the story. For this release, Martinez created a moving, hand-drawn panorama that absolutely brings the Tortoledo’s song to life. The work gives some of the seemingly aimless sounds— perhaps piano keys— a visual direction, with both experimental and literal interpretations made from mixed media. The artist uses delicate but bold lines and psychedelic imagery, along with the pace of an extensive frame-by-frame panorama. It’s completely hypnotizing.
SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: DANIEL TORTOLEDO – “DARK TIMES (BROTHERS AND SISTERS)”
DANIEL TORTOLEDO – “DARK TIMES (BROTHERS AND SISTERS)”
A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere
Brooklyn-based Folk/Rock American-Venezuelan songwriter Daniel Tortoledo drops new single “Dark Times”, first cut of his upcoming album “Throughout These Years” – due this Summer. The video is an audiovisual art piece hand-drawn frame by frame. Through a moving panorama technique, artist Lill Martinez conveys a kaleidoscopic sea of elements that match the music both in a unique and experimental manner. Often compared to artists such as Neil Young, George Harrison and more contemporary ones like Devendra Banhart, Tortoledo will be performing March 24th in Vancouver and March 26th in San Francisco.
Daniel Tortoledo – Dark Times
I’m always amazed by a person’s songwriting ability. It doesn’t matter the genre. To me, songwriting is an astounding and baffling talent that’s ten times more amazing than any technology humans have developed. I’ve been trying to figure out how to piece together a complete song for years and I’ve always wondered where the ideas for the collective sounds come from. What’s even more surprising to learn is that the strongest inspiration can come from the simplest things.
A chief example of this is coming up with the idea for a song while cleaning an old piano. That’s how Daniel Tortoledo’s Dark Times came about. “The random sound of the keys served as original sound bites for the groove to start taking place,” he says in a press release. “That’s the beautiful thing about art, it may come from where you least expect it.”
Video Premiere: “Dark Times”, nuevo single de Daniel Tortoledo
NUEVA YORK: Daniel Tortoledo, cantautor Americano-Venezolano de Folk/Rock basado en Brooklyn, lanza el nuevo single “Dark Times” en colaboración con la artista visual Lill Martinez.
“Dark Times” es el primer corte del próximo disco de Tortoledo “Throughout These Years”, a editarse en el mes de Julio. “La inspiración para esta canción me vino mientras limpiaba un piano viejo”, dice el cantautor. “El sonido aleatorio de las teclas sirvió como puntapié inicial para que el groove comenzase a tomar forma. Eso es lo lindo del arte, puede venir de donde uno menos lo espera.”