Posted on Friday 13 February 2009
Since the founding of wollenberg records in the fall of 2004, richard cortez has been taking the queer music scene by the balls and paving the way for a new anti-folk generation one busted guitar string at a time.
He is known mostly for his infamous first single, “craving something beautiful,” (or, “the ’smoking pot and watching cartoons’ song”), which appeared on cortez’s first full-length studio album, it was clear from the get-go that richard cortez was not your average recording artist.
The record, appropriately entitled craving something beautiful, started appearing for sale online and in small gay retail shops in the summer of ‘05, and has become somewhat of a gay folk cult classic. lyrically raw and uncensored, the album showcases the voice of a heartbroken but determined cortez striving to find meaning in the crowded streets of new york city as he leaves the only love he has ever known.
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