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Chuck Brodsky
Background information
Born	May 20, 1960 (1960-05-20) (age 49); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Folk music
Occupations	Songwriter, musician
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Waterbug Records, Red House Records
Website	Chuck Brodsky

Chuck Brodsky (born May 20, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and singer-songwriter currently living in North Carolina. He is particularly known for his often humorous and political lyrics, as well as his songs about baseball, such as "The Ballad of Eddie Klepp" and "Moe Berg: The Song". On his 2004 album Color Came One Day, he took on pollution in "Seven Miles Upwind", the destruction of independent business and regional culture by multinational corporations in "Trees Falling", and the abridgement of civil liberties associated with Bush administration policies in "Dangerous Times".

His song "Radio" was featured in the film Radio.^[1] His most recent release, Two Sets (2008), was a double live CD recorded at concerts in North Carolina, Georgia and Ireland.^[2]

Discography

• A Fingerpainter's Murals (1995)
• Letters in the Dirt (1996)
• Radio (1998)
• Last of the Old Time (2000)
• The Baseball Ballads (2002)
• Color Came One Day (2004)
• Tulips For Lunch (2006)
• Two Sets (2008)

Notes and references

Two Sets (2008)

External links

• Official Website
• Interview on Elysian Fields Quarterly - The Baseball Review, from EFQ 19:4 - Fall, 2002
• Chuck Brodsky on Whole Wheat Radio