Conor Oberst

Summary: Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter born February 15, 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his recording career in 1993 at the age of 13 and has since produced an enormous amount of material. Conor was deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner . His first two albums ", Water", and ", Here's to Special Treatment", were both released in 1994. Rolling Stone has referred to him as ", rock 's boy genius.

Filed under: folk, indie, indie rock, Saddle Creek, singer-songwriter

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Photos: Monsters of Folk at Orpheum Theatre
Published 11/6/2009 by BRAD MINTZ
Monsters of Folk, live at the Orpheum Theatre, November 3, 2009

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Taking care of business
Published 9/18/2009 by TED DROZDOWSKI
Digging for gold in the roots and world-music scene

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Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band | Outer South
Published 5/12/2009 by MIKAEL WOOD
Merge (2009)

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Make it new!
Published 3/16/2009 by MICHAEL BRODEUR
A refresher course from the indies

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2008 Listravaganza!
Published 12/24/2008 by BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
An absolute glut of cruelly reductive Top 10 lists from our dedicated staff