Diamond Carter is a
Nashville
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-based singer/songwriter from
Southern California. Originally formed as a band in 2011, Carter relocated to Nashville in 2013, with a sound straddling the border between blues, jazz and indie-pop.
The band's first album, Pink Balloon, was released in September 2012 and debuted their radio single “Let Yourself be Loved,” co-written by Tyler Tuohy,
Michael Gigante
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, and
John Stamos
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.
In March 2014, John Stamos directed the “
Let Yourself be Loved
“Let Yourself be Loved” is a song by indie rock band Diamond Carter. The song was featured on the band’s first album entitled ''Pink Balloon,'' released in September 2012. It was co-written by Diamond Carter’s front man, Tyler Tuohy, t ...
” music video starring Tuohy alongside actress
Nicky Whelan
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Career
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. The video was released as a feature music video on
Yahoo Music May 14, 2014 and received Twitter recognition from artists such as
Howard Stern,
Lori Loughlin
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,
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, and
Matt Sorum.
In 2016, Diamond Carter recorded his first solo album with
Jars Of Clay guitarist and producer
Matt Odmark at
Gray Matters Studio in Nashville; as yet unreleased, the album contains the singles "Santa Cruz" and "Women & Booze". He has had multiple songs in regular rotation on Nashville based radio station,
Lightning 100, who have also made him their "Artist of the Week" on four separate occasions, more than any other artist in the station's history.
The Recording Academy asked Diamond Carter to perform as the sole act at their
Producers and Engineers Wing
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,
NAMM Show reception at
Third Man Records in Nashville in July 2017.
Carter is currently working on releasing his third full length album "Moon Paradise." The single "I Believe In Too (Things)" is set for release on January 12, 2018.
Discography
* ''Pink Balloon'' (2013)
* ''Flowers of Evil; Searching for a Sound'' (2013)
* ''Fuzzy Holly and the Mistletoe Mishap'' (2013)
* "Legend" (Single) (2013)
* "Evil is a Young Man's Game" (Single) (2013)
* ''Duende'' (2014)
References
* {{cite web, last1=Geller, first1=Wendy, title=John Stamos, url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/john-stamos--actor--musician--songwriter--hear-his-new-composition---let-yourself-be-loved--150642174.html?soc_src=copy, website=Yahoo Music, date=14 May 2014 , publisher=Yahoo, accessdate=5 August 2014
Indie rock musical groups from California
Musical groups established in 2011
2011 establishments in California