Joshua Bartholomew is a Canadian singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

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, and producer

Record producer

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.

Bartholomew was born in Pembroke, Ontario

Pembroke, Ontario

Pembroke is a city in the province of Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley...

, and raised on military bases throughout Canada including CFB Petawawa

CFB Petawawa

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, CFB Valcartier

CFB Valcartier

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 and CFB Borden

CFB Borden

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. Bartholomew began singing at the age of three and cites his parent’s extensive record collection as an early influence.

While attending Banting Memorial High School

Banting Memorial High School

Banting Memorial High School is the only secondary school located in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Simcoe County District School Board and as of 2005 has a student population of approximately 1,800...

 he was given permission to take co-op classes in his home studio where he began recording demos of his songs for school credit, playing all instruments himself. This role remains on most of Bartholomew’s studio recordings, though on occasion, he has involved other musicians and producers including: Chad Cromwell

Chad Cromwell

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 (Neil Young

Neil Young

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, Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

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), Greg Morrow (Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks

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, Warren Haynes

Warren Haynes

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), Scott Baggett (Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss

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, John Waite

John Waite

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), Glenn Rosenstein (U2

U2

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, David Bowie

David Bowie

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), Joe Mardin

Joe Mardin

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 (Raul Midon

Raul Midón

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).

Music career

Bartholomew’s self-titled debut EP was released in 2005. Two songs “What Happened To Our Love” and "IT" gained nationwide radio play on CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

.
CBC Radio One producer Kai Black, CBC host Brent Bambury

Brent Bambury

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, singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith

Ron Sexsmith

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 and Relient K

Relient K

Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...

's Matt Thiessen

Matt Thiessen

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 were among early supporters. In 2006, Bartholomew won
the songwriting contest held by Toronto

Toronto

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's #1 Pop/AC radio station MIX 99.9 FM (CKFM-FM

CKFM-FM

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) and toured with Randy Bachman

Randy Bachman

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 and Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings

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. Several labels responded favourably to his debut, but Bartholomew opted to forego a major label deal.

Bartholomew travelled extensively throughout 2006-2008 spending extended periods of time in New York City, Los Angeles and Nashville. Most of 2009-2010 was spent living in his Airstream

Airstream

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 trailer in Nashville, writing songs with pop and country artists including Grammy nominated country band Emerson Drive.

In 2008 Bartholomew self-released his first full length record, And So It Begins, a double album with 20 songs to critical acclaim, followed by Heart Headed, a 4 song EP released as a digital download in 2009.

Towards the end of 2010 Bartholomew began recording songs for a new album. In January 2011 he stated his new record "is a little heavier than what you're used to hearing" and announced he was shortening his name from Joshua Bartholomew to Bartholomew in a video update posted on his official website. On January 25, 2011 the Joshua Bartholomew Facebook fan page changed to Bartholomew.

Currently in Los Angeles, Bartholomew is working on his new album with several collaborators including: Dave Kushner

Dave Kushner

David "Dave" Kushner is an American musician perhaps best known as the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver...

 (Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver

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), Chris Thorn (Blind Melon

Blind Melon

Blind Melon is an American rock band active from 1989 to 1999, and from 2006 onward.Best remembered for their 1993 single "No Rain", the group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock...

), Warren Huart

Warren Huart

Warren Huart is an English record producer/musician/composer and recording engineer based in Los Angeles, California. He currently lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California with his wife and son.- Biography :...

 (Augustana

Augustana (band)

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, The Fray

The Fray

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) and Billy Mohler

Billy Mohler

Billy Mohler is an L.A-based songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was raised in South Orange County and is Bill Medley's godson. He attended and graduated from Berklee College of Music where he studied electric and acoustic bass...

 (The Calling

The Calling

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, Smashing Pumpkins).

Musical style and influence

Bartholomew is a self-professed Beatles and Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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 fanatic and has cited Magical Mystery Tour and Led Zeppelin I as his favorite albums. In 2006, Bartholomew opened for two of his musical heroes Ron Sexsmith and Bachman-Cummings.

Bartholomew states that The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 played a major part in his childhood and considers them to be "the greatest band of all time." Bartholomew has also named producer, Dave Sardy

Dave Sardy

David Sardy is a Brooklyn born-and-raised composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer- Biography :...

 as his most important modern production influence.

Discography

Year	Artist	Album	Song(s)	Notes
2005	Joshua Bartholomew	Self-titled	All songs	Musician, songwriter, producer
2008	Joshua Bartholomew	And So It Begins	All songs	Musician, songwriter, producer
2009	Joshua Bartholomew	Heart Headed	All songs	Musician, songwriter, producer
2009	Delaney Gibson Delaney Gibson Delaney Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, who has recorded two solo albums, The Worst Kind of Way and her more recent Hurricanes and Forget Me Nots, the latter of which had a song placement in the long running MTV show The Real World D.C. and also the Oxygen Network's The Bad Girls Club...	Hurricanes & Forget Me Nots	Rain Or Shine	Songwriter vocals
2011	Emerson Drive Emerson Drive Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...	Decade of Drive Decade of Drive Decade of Drive is the first greatest hits album by Canadian country music group Emerson Drive. The album was released in Canada on February 8, 2011 via Open Road Recordings. The album features 13 of the band's hits and three new songs...	Let Your Love Speak	Songwriter

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