The second single from Evan's debut album, Happy To Be Here, features Jason Heath (guitars) and Jason Federici (organ, accordion) from Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls. Produced by Impression Recording Studio in Niagara Falls

Evan Rotella - When I Was A Kid

The title track from Evan's debut album, Happy To Be Here. Niagara's Frankie Pietrangelo channels his very best Roy Bittan on the opening to the song with Myles Rogers (bass, backing vocals), Mark Rogers (drums), Nicole Cerminera (electric guitar), and Evan on vocals and acoustic guitars.

EvanRotella - Happy To Be Here

The first single from Evan's debut album "Happy To Be Here".

Gotta Get Better

“Happy To Be Here” was recorded at local recording studio, Impression Recording Studio, in Niagara Falls owned by Niagara area musicians Mark Rogers (LMT Connection) and Myles Rogers (JIN the Band) who both play on all tracks on the album. The record consists of 10 original songs by Evan Rotella who penned most of these songs from 15 to 17 years of age.

The album includes guest appearances by Dave Rave (Teenage Head), , Joe Grushecky, Danny Gochnour & Joffo Simmons (Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers), Joe D’Urso (Joe D’Urso and Stone Caravan), Stephen Stanley (Lowest of the Low), Jason Heath & Jason Federici (Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls), Nicole Cerminara (JIN The Band), Alistair Robertson (Soul Jam), Frankie Pietrangelo (The Maddhatters), and one of his rock and roll heroes, New Jersey’s Bobby Mahoney (Bobby Mahoney & The Seventh Son).

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08 Pages In Between

In 2023 Evan utilized his Happy To Be Here band to record a band version of the song he originally released as an acoustic/piano version in 2019

Christmas Time Again 2023

“Last Train Home” is a 7-song acoustic reflection on trans rights, lost love and nostalgia for small-town, hometown kindness. Rotella, who grew up listening to his dad’s Springsteen and Jackson Browne records has taken those influences and melded them with the best and brightest of the Gen X and Z songwriters. “Early in the summer, I listened to Zach Bryan’s “The Great American Bar Scene” from beginning to end,” recalls Rotella. “It felt like a bat signal to any other artist who prided themselves on writing lyrics for people to hear, not just to listen to. It felt big; like for the first time in a long time, people cared about what an artist had to say.”

Rotella turned his focus to doing something similar but on a smaller scale, maybe a three or four song acoustic E.P., but the songs kept coming. The resulting album came about quite naturally. “At the end of the summer, we talked about it with Mark Rogers at Impression Recording Studio,” said Rotella. “A week later I was in studio. We recorded the whole album in one session.” 

The new songs have already turned the head of Canadian song writing legend Dave Rave of Teenage Head. “Evan Rotella is one of the finest new songwriters in the music scene today,” said Rave. “He puts more into one song than most do a whole album. This new record is testament to that power and strength. “


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The brand new song by Evan Rotella, produced by John Angus MacDonald and co-written with Colin and John Angus MacDonald. LMT's 'Hard Htting' Mark Rogers on drums!

Cut The Music

Evan began playing in front of a live audience when he was 11 and began writing songs at age 12. He has played theatres, bars, patios, churches, backyards, and has shared the stage with Joe Grushecky, Steve Earle, Bobby Mahoney, Willie Nile, Joe D'Urso and more! 

He is currently working on his debut album, Happy To Be Here, with Myles and Mark Rogers of Impression Recording Studios.

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