William Fitzsimmons

This is so exciting!
I just found the first official video for one of my favorite new artists of this past year - William Fitzsimmons!



I found him while surfing through MySpace (the few times that I did, this past year) and I think he was Myspace friends with Ingrid Michaelson.

I'm not going to lie, I clicked on his profile because of his beard. I thought, "who is this man with this old fashioned beard!?" and then as soon as I entered his profile, I was blown away.

The beard suggests a sort of folk-rock, almost Simon-Garfunkle-esque old-school rocker. Instead, I was hearing a beautiful riff on an acoustic, a soft-male voice, and unique percussion sound that was completely different from what I expected.

Sure, he was friends with the likes of Ingrid Michaelson, Priscilla Ahn, Carey Brothers, Iron & Wine, and Zach Braff. I wasn't expecting, however, that. I guess it was more like, I wasn't expecting much.

He has this - hm - Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Jose Gonzales, The Postal service feel. Zach Braff is a fan as well as the music selectors of Grey's Anatomy (which btw, I think I could be one of them).

This guys is just incredible. I'm hoping I'll be able to see a show someday. In the mean time, I think I might order a T-shirt.

If you want to know more about him -->MySpace<-- By the way, my favorite song of his is "Funeral Dress" - Check it out! I highly, highly recommend him. Here's his first (that I know of) official music video - "It's Not True"