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Twenty years after their debut ‘Word Gets Around,’ Stereophonics are set to release new album 'Scream Above The Sounds' on Oct. 27 through Parlophone Records.
Their 10th studio release, ‘Scream Above The Sounds’ follows ‘Keep The Village Alive’ which went to #1 in 2015 – their sixth UK chart-topper after ‘Performance and Cocktails’ (1999), ‘Just Enough Education To Perform’ (2001) ‘You Gotta Go There To Come Back’ (2003), ‘Language. Sex. Violence. Other?’ (2005) and ‘Pull The Pin’ (2007).
Stereophonics consists of founding members Kelly Jones (vocals/guitar) and Richard Jones (bass) along with Adam Zindani (guitar) and Jamie Morrison (drums). Long-term keyboardist Tony Kirkham joins the band for live shows.
Kelly said of the songwriting process that he began to write “big, anthemic songs that are rallying against those anxious feelings that have flooded through cities. Every song offers a sense of release,” he says. “Even when there’s nostalgia, fear or anxiety, they’re still all offering hope and room to manoeuvre.”
First single ‘All In One Night’ represents the band’s affection for the melancholy. It finds the narrator’s life taking a dramatic turn as night brightens to day. Influenced by the Sebastian Schipper film ‘Victoria,’ it’s a song that had an unusual genesis – Kelly started it when the band had an unscheduled day’s stay in China before he finished it back home in London. Even the atmospheric call of the chorus was fortuitous, being an adaptation of a vocal exercise he was using.
‘Scream Above The Sounds’ was primarily recorded in the band’s HQ in west London with a further session at RAK Studios and created with the help of regular collaborator Jim Lowe.
It will be released on digital (standard and deluxe), CD (standard and deluxe) and vinyl formats. It’s available to pre-order from http://www.stereophonics.com with ‘All In One Night’ provided as an instant download.
‘Caught By the Wind’ made its television debut on TODAY with a performance in the New York studio – watch here. Its performance video was directed by Joe Connor (Coldplay, The Maccabees, Elbow).
‘All In One Night’: https://wbr.ec/allinonenight
Watch the 'Caught By the Wind' video: http://stereophonics.co/CBTWVideo
Stream: http://stereophonics.co/SATSDigi
Track listing:
1. ‘Caught By The Wind’
2. ‘Taking A Tumble’
3. ‘What’s All The Fuss About?’
4. ‘Geronimo’
5. ‘All In One Night’
6. ‘Chances Are’
7. ‘Before Anyone Knew Our Name’
8. ‘Would You Believe?’
9. ‘Cryin’ In Your Beer’
10. ‘Boy On A Bike’
11. ‘Elevators’
Bonus tracks on the deluxe edition:
12. ‘Never Going Down’ (live at RAK Studios)
13. ‘Drive A Thousand Miles’ (‘Graffiti…’ sessions)
14. ‘Breaking Dawn’ (written for ‘Twilight’)
15. ‘All In One Night’ (unplugged)
16. ‘Caught By The Wind’ (unplugged)
With over 14 million albums sold, multiple Juno Awards and Grammy nominations, rockers Barenaked Ladies announce the release of 15th studio album, Fake Nudes, on Nov. 17 via Vanguard Records.
The new album features lead single “Lookin’ Up” written by BNL frontman Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra) and Sam Hollander (who has co-written with Weezer, Fitz & The Tantrums and Train).
States Ed Robertson, “I'm incredibly proud of this collection of songs. This is a record where all band members shine. It's incredible to feel so excited about something 29 years into our career. I'm excited to get out and play these songs live.”
Fake Nudes finds the long-standing partnership of Robertson (guitar, vocals), Jim Creeggan (bass, vocals), Kevin Hearn (keyboard, guitar, vocals) and Tyler Stewart (drums, vocals) back with producer Gavin Brown, who helmed the band’s Grinning Streak (2013), Silverball (2015), and Ladies And Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies And The Persuasions (2017). Fake Nudes features songs written by Robertson, Hearn and Creeggan.
To coincide with the new release, the band will kick off a Canadian major market tour in November, followed by a U.S. national tour in 2018. The Ladies will be making a special appearance at this year’s KAABOO Festival on Thursday, September 14th in Del Mar, CA.
Track Listing:
01. Canada Dry
02. Bringing It Home
03. Invisible Fence
04. Lookin’ Up
05. Sunshine
06. Dusty Rooms
07. We Took The Night
08. Navigate
09. Flying Dreams
10. Nobody Better
11. Bag of Bones
12. You and Me
13. 20/20 Hindsight
14. The Township of King
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Following the recent release of his internationally acclaimed album A Kind Revolution, Paul Weller has recorded a brand new track entitled "Mother Ethiopia," which consists of three parts.
Click here to pre-order Mother Ethiopia.
"Mother Ethiopia" sees Weller exploring new musical avenues and this release takes a very different sonic direction from the sound of his latest album.
"Part 1" enlists the help of modern soul band, Stone Foundation - Weller has been a fan of theirs for some time, producing and appearing on their latest album Street Rituals, which was also released earlier this year.
Alongside the collaboration with Stone Foundation, there are two alternate versions of "Mother Ethiopia" - one with Bongo Bob, and the other a vocal version featuring London-based Ethiopian 3-piece Krar Collective with the lead vocals (in Amharic) by Krar's Genet Assefa.
The track is available to download/stream now, with a limited edition 12" vinyl available Sept. 29. Listen to Part 3 here.
Mother Ethiopia track-listing:
1. Mother Ethiopia Part 1 (Paul Weller Vs. Stone Foundation)
2. Mother Ethiopia Part 2 (feat. Bongo Bob)
3. Mother Ethiopia Part 3 (No Tribe No Colour) [feat. Krar Collective]
As previously announced, a limited edition 7" single of "Woo Sé Mama" from A Kind Revolution will be released on Aug. 25. The single B-side is a cover of Eddie Floyd's "I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)," which was recorded live at Black Barn Studios during rehearsals for a recent radio session. Watch the video of a live version of "Woo Sé Mama," which was shot at Paul's recent sold out show at Watford Colosseum, here.
Tour dates:
Oct 1 Huntington, NY The Paramount
Oct 2 NYC Irving Plaza
Oct 3 NYC Irving Plaza
Oct 4 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts
Oct 6 Boston, MA House Of Blues
Oct 7 Washington DC Lincoln Theatre
Oct 8 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Oct 10 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
Oct 11 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall
Oct 12 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Oct 13 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre
Oct 16 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Oct 17 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom
Oct 18 Seattle, WA The Neptune Theatre
Oct 20 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades
Oct 21 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre
Oct 22 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Oct 24 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
Oct 25 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
Oct 27 Los Angeles CA The Wiltern Theatre
Taken from Blake Shelton's pop-up show during CMA Music Festival in Nashville earlier this summer, his new six-song Live EP will be available to stream on Aug. 25.
The 2017 Billboard Music Awards Top Country Artist recently notched his 24th No. 1 single with “Every Time I Heart That Song” reaching the top of the airplay charts in July.
The last album, If I'm Honest, spawned two additional smash hits and was the best-selling album in U.S. the week of release, ending 2016 as the best-selling country release of the year. Shelton is currently preparing for his 13th season as a coach on NBC’s The Voice.
Track listing:
1. All About Tonight (Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip)
2. Honey Bee (Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip)
3. Ol’ Red (James Bohan, Don Goodman, Mark Sherrill)
4. Home (Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies)
5. Boys ‘Round Here (Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Craig Wiseman)
6. A Guy With A Girl (Ashley Gorley, Bryan Simpson)
Beck’s 13th album Colors has been confirmed for an Oct. 13 release on Capitol Records.
The piano-driven “Dear Life” is available instantly with pre-orders placed at http://beck.to/colors and is the subject of a lyric video directed by Jimmy Turrell, Laura Gorun and Brook Linder and featuring animation by Drew Tyndell and Rhiannon Tyndell - live now at http://beck.to/dearlifelyric.
Colors is Beck’s first full length offering of new material since 2014’s Morning Phase took Album of the Year top honors at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, as well as Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) category.
In addition to the newly unveiled “Dear Life,” Colors includes both Beck singles that preceded it: a new mix of “Dreams,” his second #1 single at AAA radio (the first being Morning Phase’s “Blue Moon”), and “Wow.”
Colors is also available for pre-order at Beck.com in a limited edition deluxe vinyl format featuring two 180g 45rpm red vinyl LPs in a special die-cut gatefold package, with a customizable color transparency cover and 24-page booklet. Digitally, Colors can be pre-ordered through Apple Music, pre-saved via Spotify, and more.
Track listing:
Colors
7th Heaven
I’m So Free
Dear Life
No Distraction
Dreams
Wow
Up All Night
Square One
Fix Me
Colors was produced by Greg Kurstin and Beck, with the exception of “Wow" produced by Beck and Cole M.G.N., and “Fix Me" produced by Beck. The album was mixed by Serban Ghenea, except “Dreams” and "Up All Night,” which were mixed by Greg Kurstin and Beck.
Beck is finishing up a headlining concert tour. Following an August 27 headline engagement at MusicFest NW in Portland OR, Beck will join U2 as special guest on The Joshua Tree Tour 2017. Beck will support U2 on a series of stadium dates next month.
Tour Dates:
8/25/17 – Redmond WA – Marymoor Park
8/27/17 – Portland, OR – Musicfest NW
9/03/17- Detroit, MI – Ford Field *
9/05/17 – Buffalo, NY – New Era Field *
9/08/17 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium *
9/09/17 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove
9/10/17 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium *
9/12/17 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium *
9/14/17 – New Orleans, LA – Mercedez-Benz Superdome*
9/16/17 – St. Louis, MO – Dome at America’s Center *
9/19/17 – Glendale, AZ – University of Phoenix Stadium*
9/22/17 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium *
* Special Guest on U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour 2017
I always look forward to a new Peter Case release - even more so when it's something from the vaults. Read on below for details from the press release...
Peter Case has genre-tripped through punk with the Nerves (“Hangin’ on the Telephone”), new wave/power pop with the Plimsouls (“A Million Miles Away”) and Americana with his Grammy-nominated, self-titled solo debut. It is a career that is still going strong over 40 years later on the strength of his exceptional songwriting.
On the Way Downtown: Recorded Live on FolkScene, due out Oct. 27 on Omnivore Recordings, is a snapshot from nearly 20 years ago when Case sat still long enough for the airwaves to catch up to him.
This new album captures material from two live radio performances on the highly influential KPFK-FM Los Angeles syndicated radio program in 1998 and 2000. The first half features material from his then, newly released Full Service, No Waiting.
The latter half contains material from 2000’s Flying Saucer Blues, as well as songs from his earlier releases. Plus, some choice covers appear as well. Both intimate acoustic sets have remained unheard since their original broadcasts. The 2000 set features Peter with violinist extraordinaire David Perales.
In the liner notes, written by Case himself: “It felt like such an honor to play Howard and Roz Larman’s FolkScene. All the great people were on it, a Who’s Who of folk music. I’d loved the program for years. I listened in every week. Roz spun the coolest records, Howard deftly handled the interviews, and a key member of the team was Peter Cutler, their sound engineer. He tuned in great sound for each session. Live six-piece band with an hour soundcheck? No problem for Cutler.”
“I'm so happy these sessions are available now for all of us to hear. Thanks Allen Larman and thanks Omnivore. Now if I just knew why that photo of downtown L.A. from the early ’50s is on the back cover everything would be fine!”
Case continues to receive accolades for his recorded work (including 2015’s HWY 62) and still packs venues when he plays live.
Track Listing:
1. Spell of Wheels
2. On the Way Downtown
3. Let Me Fall
4. Green Blanket (Part 1)
5. Honey Child
6. Crooked Mile
7. Still Playin’
8. See Through Eyes
9. Until the Next Time
10. Something Happens
11. Pay Day
12. Blue Distance
13. Walking Home Late
14. Icewater
15. Beyond the Blues
16. Coulda Shoulda Woulda
17. Paradise Etc.
18. Leaving Home
Tour dates:
Thurs., Sept. 14 SAN DIEGO, CA Grassroots Oasis
Fri., Sept 15 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA Don the Beachcomber
Sat., Sept 16 SANTA BARBARA, CA Lobero Theater
Thurs., Oct 12 HARRISBURG, PA Note Bistro & Wine
Fri., Oct 13 BALTIMORE, MD Club 603
Sat., Oct 14 NEW YORK, NY Rockwood Music Hall
Sun., Oct 15 BOSTON, MA Atwood’s Tavern
Tues., Oct 17 FALL RIVER, MA Narrows Center for the Arts
Thurs., Oct 19 COLUMBUS, OH Natalie’s
Fri., Oct 20 LIVONIA, MI Trinity House Theatre
Sat., Oct 21 CHICAGO, IL FitzGerald’s
Sun., Oct 22 MADISON, WI Kiki’s House of Righteous Music
Tues., Oct 24 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA CSPS Hall
Thurs., Oct 26 MINNEAPOLIS, MN Lee’s Liquor Lounge
Fri., Oct 27 CHAMPAIGN, IL Sandwich Life
Sat., Oct 28 ANN ARBOR, MI Johnny’s Speakeasy
Sun., Oct 29 BUFFALO, NY 9th Ward at Babeville
Thurs., Nov 9 LITTLE ROCK, AR White Water Tavern
Fri., Nov 10 TULSA, OK Woody Guthrie Center
Sat., Nov 11 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Blue Door
Tues., Nov 14 HOUSTON, TX Mucky Duck
Thurs., Nov 16 FORT WORTH, TX Fort Worth Live
Fri., Nov 17 AUSTIN, TX Cactus Cafe
Hear a track from Peter Case's On The Way Downtown: http://bit.ly/2hXdrmF
Fans of folk/rock from the Great White North take note of the press release below:
Bruce Cockburn has announced the Sept. 15 release of his first full-length album in seven years, Bone On Bone (True North Records). It coincides with his induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame, and the launch of his longest touring schedule in decades.
Few recording artists are as creative and prolific as Bruce Cockburn. Since his self-titled debut in 1970, the Canadian singer-songwriter has issued acclaimed albums every couple of years. But that output suddenly ran dry in 2011 following the release of Small Source of Comfort. There were good reasons for the drought. For one thing, Cockburn became a father again with the birth of his daughter Iona. Then there was the publication of his 2014 memoir Rumours of Glory.
“I didn’t write any songs until after the book was published because all my creative energy had gone into three years of writing it,” Cockburn explains, from his home in San Francisco. “There was simply nothing left to write songs with. As soon as the book was put to bed, I started asking myself whether I was ever going to be a songwriter again.”
Such doubt was new to the man who’s rarely been at a loss for words as he’s distilled political views, spiritual revelations and personal experiences into some of popular music’s most compelling songs. What spurred Cockburn back into songwriting was an invitation to contribute a song to a documentary film about the late, seminal Canadian poet Al Purdy and he was off to the races.
Bone On Bone, Cockburn’s 33rd album, arrives with 11 new songs and there’s a prevalent urgency and anxious tone to much of the album, which Cockburn attributes to living in America during the Trump era. But, more than anything, Bone on Bone amounts to the deepest expression of Cockburn’s spiritual concerns to date. The 12-time Juno winner and Canadian Music Hall of Famer’s “Forty Years in the Wilderness” ranks alongside “Pacing the Cage” or “All the Diamonds” as one of Cockburn’s most starkly beautiful folk songs. “There have been so many times in my life when an invitation has come from somewhere… the cosmos… the divine… to step out of the familiar into something new. I’ve found it’s best to listen for, and follow these promptings.”
“Forty Years in the Wilderness” is one of several songs that feature a number of singers from the church Cockburn frequents, for the sake of convenience referred to in the album credits as the San Francisco Lighthouse “Chorus.” “Among other songs, they contribute call-and-response vocals to the stirring “Stab at Matter.” Other guests on the album include singer-songwriters Ruby Amanfu, Mary Gauthier, and Brandon Robert Young, along with bassist Roberto Occhipinti, and Julie Wolf, who plays accordion on “3 Al Purdys” and sings with the folks from Lighthouse, together with LA songwriter Tamara Silvera.
Produced by Colin Linden, Cockburn’s longtime collaborator, the album is built around the musicianship of Cockburn on guitar and the core accompaniment of bassist John Dymond and drummer Gary Craig. Also very much part of the sound is the accordion playing of Cockburn’s nephew John Aaron Cockburnand the solos of noted fluegelhorn player Ron Miles (check out his stunning work on the cascading “Mon Chemin,” for example).
Cockburn, who won the inaugural People’s Voice Award at the Folk Alliance International conferencein February and will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in September, continues to find inspiration in the world around him and channel those ideas into songs. “My job is to try and trap the spirits of things in the scratches of pen on paper and the pulling of notes out of metal,” he once noted. More than forty years after embarking on his singer-songwriting career, Cockburn keeps kicking at the darkness so that it might bleed daylight.
Track Listing:
1. States I’m In
2. Stab At Matter
3. Forty Years In The Wilderness
4. Café Society
5. 3 Al Purdys
6. Looking And Waiting
7. Bone On Bone
8. Mon Chemin
9. False River
10. Jesus Train
11. Twelve Gates To The City
