Austin songwriter Greg Engle released Take It Personally in 2010.  It contains songs of life, love and Africa...

All songs by Greg Engle (Dip Note Music, BMI)
Songs and lyrics at englemusic.com

Produced by Stephen Doster

Greg Engle – vocals, acoustic guitar & harmonica
Stephen Doster – acoustic & electric guitars
Chris Maresh – bass
Donny Wynn – drums & percussion
Rolf Ordahl – piano & keyboards
Brian Standefer – cello
Joel Laviolette – marimba & mbira
Background vocals – Devon Guliford, Erin Ivey, Donna Lipman, Stephen Doster, and James Stevens
Nick Classen – bagpipes

Recorded and Mixed by James Stevens at EAR in Austin, Texas
Assisted by Kyle Ratcliff
Mastered by Jim Wilson at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado

Art, photography and art direction – Jessica Engle (wasabipear.com)


Make Up Your Mind

Austin singer-songwriter Greg Engle, a career diplomat, has led a life of constant travel.  He’s witnessed attempted coups, had lunch with Nelson Mandela, and seen two African dictators fall.  Four songs on his debut album, Take It Personally (2010), provide colorful accounts of his many years in Africa.  He won first prize in the 2011 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Competition.

Engle is a founding member of the East Coast-based Duke Street Liberation Army Band, which released its debut album, Arsenal of Love, in 2014.

In partnership with veteran Austin musician and producer Stephen Doster, Engle has performed and conducted songwriting workshops in Swaziland (2012) and Lesotho (2015) as part of the U.S. State Department's Arts Envoy program.

Engle's songs have played on radio shows around the U.S.
