Eric Burton

Eric Burton (born October 7, 1990) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Black Pumas,[1] a psychedelic soul band from Austin, Texas.

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Early life

Burton was born in the San Fernando Valley, He grew up in church and then got heavily involved in musical theater. He started busking at the Santa Monica pier, where he brought in a few hundred dollars a day and developed his performance skills. Burton traveled through the Western states before deciding to settle down in Austin in 2017—setting up his busking spot on a downtown street corner, at 6th Street and Congress, for maximum exposure.[1][2]

Black Pumas

A mutual friend introduced Burton to Adrian Quesada, a Grammy Award-winning guitarist/producer. Burton and Quesda worked on a studio project that would eventually become Black Pumas.[3][4][5]

The duo released their debut album, Black Pumas, on June 21, 2019. They performed at South by Southwest in 2019 and won a best new band trophy at the 2019 Austin Music Awards. On November 20, 2019, they were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.[6][7]

The album received acclaim from Rolling Stone,[8] Pitchfork,[9] NPR,[1] The Fader,[10] The Guardian,[11] Billboard, [12]and Essence, among others.

Black Pumas made their network TV debut on CBS This Morning and performed "Colors" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! along with a taping on season 45 of Austin City Limits. The band's single "Colors" later reached number one on AAA radio.[12][13]

In 2020, the band performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert who premiered their live cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,”.[14]

On May 7, 2020, Austin mayor Steve Adler proclaimed the date as Black Pumas Day.[15] On November 24, 2020, Colors received Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best American Roots Performance, while the deluxe edition of their self-titled album received a nomination for Album of the Year, at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[16]

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2020)

“Record of the Year” (Colors) - Nominated

“Album of the Year” (Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)) - Nominated

“Best American Roots Performance” (Colors) - Nominated[17]

62ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2019)

“Best New Artist” - Nominated[18]

Americana Music Association

2020 Emerging Act of the Year (Black Pumas) - Winner[19]

Instruments

Eric Burton - lead vocals, guitar

References
  1. "Lead Singer Eric Burton On Black Pumas' Psychedelic Soul Sound : 1A". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  2. Stone, Rolling; Stone, Rolling (2020-12-27). "Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Black Pumas?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  3. "Black Pumas: 5 Things to Know About the 2020 Best New Artist Grammy Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. Browne, David; Browne, David (2020-01-21). "Black Pumas: Rise of a Psychedelic-Soul Force". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  5. "Black Pumas: 'We're not trying to make a political statement'". The Independent. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. Browne, David; Browne, David (2020-01-21). "Black Pumas: Rise of a Psychedelic-Soul Force". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. "Black Pumas: 'We're not trying to make a political statement'". The Independent. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  8. Browne, David; Browne, David (2020-01-21). "Black Pumas: Rise of a Psychedelic-Soul Force". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  9. "Black Pumas: Black Pumas". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  10. "Black Pumas are in their element perfoming "Colors"". The FADER. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  11. "Ones to watch: Black Pumas". the Guardian. 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  12. "Billboard Magazine".
  13. "Black Pumas Perform On 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' (Watch Now)". Headline Planet. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  14. Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Black Pumas, retrieved 2021-01-13
  15. "Austin's Black Pumas claim 3 Grammy nominations". austonia. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  16. "Grammy Nominations 2021: See the List". The New York Times. 2020-11-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  17. "Grammy Nominations 2021: See the List". The New York Times. 2020-11-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  18. "Here Are the Nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards". Time. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  19. Smith, Sophie (2020-12-15). "Black Pumas, The Highwomen Among Winners At 2020 Americana Awards". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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