Over the course of his career, singer/songwriter Tom Freund has released more than a dozen records, collaborated with legends such as Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne, and his long time collaborator Ben Harper, with whom he’s made numerous albums and toured the world. Tom has also recorded and toured with rock legend Graham Parker, as well as appearing with him in Judd Apatow’s “This Is 40.” Tom has spent much of his career traversing genres, melding whatever sounds that have happened to catch his whimsy. His songs have been featured on TV shows including Better Things, Parenthood, and One Tree Hill. For his latest television project, the Amazon show Pete The Cat, Freund has co-written, sung, and played songs with Elvis Costello, KT Tunstall, Dave Matthews, and Diana Krall. Tom is also well known as a multi-instrumentalist, performing on guitar, upright bass, mandolin, ukulele, piano or whatever else is in the room!
Fans of roots-oriented artists such as Tom Petty, Townes Van Zandt and Lucinda Williams will find much to explore on East of Lincoln
LA TIMES
Every year the mounting landfill of new releases that threatens to bury the working music journalists yields a few unexpected gems, and Tom Freund is one of them.
NEW YORK TIMES
Freund clearly delights in enigma. His vocals could go from laconic to impassioned without such obvious trickery as cranking up the volume. His lyrics are full of curve balls.
WASHINGTON POST