Tuesday Music Guide - September 28, 2010 |
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| Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:19 |
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 ERIC CLAPTONClapton www.ericclapton.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Co-produced by guitarist and long-time collaborator Doyle Bramhall II, Clapton features an all star cast of musical collaborations started with the legendary JJ Cale, drummer Jim Keltner, bassist Willie Weeks, and keyboardist Walt Richmond and the sessions later added guests including Steve Winwood, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Allen Toussaint, and Derek Trucks. Clapton created a collection that touches on everything from century-old traditional brass bands to little-known country blues to brand-new originals. The result is both relaxed and revelatory, and unlike anything the guitarist has done in his legendary career. "This album wasn't what it was intended to be at all," says Eric Clapton. "It's actually better than it was meant to be because, in a way, I just let it happen. It's an eclectic collection of songs that weren't really on the map-and I like it so much because if it's a surprise to the fans, that's only because it's a surprise to me, as well."  PHIL COLLINSGoing Back www.philcollins.co.uk/us Dist: Warner Music Canada Atlantic recording artist Phil Collins has announced the forthcoming release of Going Back, a deeply personal labor of love that finds the eight-time Grammy® winner faithfully recreating the Motown and soul music that played such an influential role in his creative life. Going Back marks the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's first new studio album in eight years. While in the past Collins has paid tribute to his roots by covering some of his favorite songs - including "You Can't Hurry Love," "A Groovy Kind Of Love," "Tomorrow Never Knows," "True Colours," and others - this marks the first time in his 30-year solo career that he has devoted an entire project to the work of other songwriters and performers.  SEAL6: Commitment www.seal.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Internationally acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Seal will release his sixth studio album, Seal 6: Commitment, on September 28th on Reprise Records. The first single is "Secret," a deeply moving, string-laden ballad that ranks among Seal's finest love songs. Commitment finds the London-born, three-time Grammy® Award winner re-teaming with renowned music maestro David Foster, who also produced 2008's Soul, Seal's stunning covers collection of soul classics. While showcasing Seal's one-of-a-kind husky baritone, ear for unforgettable melodies, and unique lyrical point of view, songs such as "Secret," "The Weight of My Mistakes," "Best of Me," and "If I'm Any Closer," delve into the emotions surrounding love, family, and commitment, hence the title. "Everything about my life is fully committed," he says. "I've never felt more focused on the matter at hand: My wife, my children, the family in general, my own well-being, and of course music and my career. Each one of these songs has personal meaning for me. I dug very deep and all I can hope for is that the music strikes a chord with people."  KENNY CHESNEY Hemingway’s Whiskey www.kennychesney.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Kenny Chesney’s Hemingway’s Whiskey releases today and its debut single, "The Boys of Fall," is already Top 15 at country radio, ranking among the fastest-rising singles of Chesney’s career. Co-produced by Chesney, the touching full-length eight-minute video for the song featuring football superstars including Peyton Manning and Brett Favre can now be seen on video outlets, including VEVO, CMT and GAC. Other standout tracks on the album include the haunting "Somewhere With You," a song about getting over a relationship, which Chesney says "is really tough - there’s always something to remind you of a time, a place, a memory, a feeling". "You and Tequila," written by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter, is a duet with big-voiced rocker Grace Potter (says Chesney, "I just fell in love with her voice"); and "Coastal" is a celebration of low-key vacationing.  STEVEN PAGE Page One www.stevenpage.com Dist: Universal Music Canada  Steven Page will tell you that the themes explored in Page One are those of love, loss, and new beginnings. These are universally felt, and no less so for Page. Steven Page’s distinctive voice is among the most instantly recognizable in Canadian music and Page One is immediately familiar but undeniably fresh as he captains the ship in the album’s opener, “A New Shore”. To navigate this sea, Page assembled a stellar crew, beginning with co-writing the songs with Stephen Duffy and Craig Northey (The Odds). The album is co-produced by Page and John Fields; the two playing most instruments, along with guests Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello); Esthero; Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket); Kevin Fox; Prince’s NPG brass section, The Hornheads; Bryden, Jesse and Jay Baird (Feist); and the late Will Owsley in one of his last recordings. PETE YORN Pete Yorn www.peteyorn.com Dist: Universal Music Canada With 10 years and 5 studio albums under his belt, Pete Yorn is a stalwart in the singer/songwriter world. He is now releasing his 6th studio and self titled album and produced it with Frank Black (The Pixies). The 11-song collection is comprised of raw tracks, a plain black cover and Yorn’s most introspective work to date, as this album explores relationships, ambivalence and our natural fear of the future and unknown. The first Single is “Precious Stone”.  BEN FOLDS / NICK HORNBYLonely Avenue www.benfolds.com Dist: Warner Music Canada “It has its own voice, which comes from some place between the two of us,” says author, Oscar-nominated screenwriter and now lyricist Nick Hornby of Lonely Avenue, his unique, words-and-music collaboration with Ben Folds. Hornby first attracted the attention of music fans - and artists like Folds -- with his brilliant, bittersweet 1995 novel High Fidelity, about an obsessive record collector's crumbling personal life that was translated into a cult classic film starring John Cusack and even a stage musical. The London-based Hornby supplied the words for Lonely Avenue, a project sparked by the long-distance friendship that developed after Hornby published Songbook. Nashville resident Folds then set Hornby's lyrics to music in the vintage, orchestra-sized studio he'd rescued from oblivion and has been working in for the last ten years. Folds conceived the album as a vinyl release and recorded everything live in analog to two-inch tape, finally mastering the disc at Abbey Road.  ICE CUBEI Am The West www.icecube.com Dist: EMI Music Canada As his popularity continues to grow through movies and television, Ice Cube remains committed to the foundation of his career: Hip-Hop music. Quick to emphasize that he is and always will be a B-Boy, dedicated to writing vivid rhymes, delivering stellar stage performances and making dope hip-hop records. Very few can make as bold a statement as I Am The West and even fewer can dispute Ice Cube’s right to stake the claim. His hall of fame resume alone would be enough to own the title, but this album is an opportunity to raise the bar even higher. The hallmark of Ice Cube’s best know work is ever present on I Am The West: Lyrics from a realistic perspective, giving voice to those usually ignored or shunned by the power base, rhymes that make you think and songs that set the party off. All supported with outstanding production that makes your head nod. And Ice Cube accomplishes this while thoroughly representing his unwavering commitment to the west coast hip-hop movement that he helped to start over twenty years ago.  BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH Light The Horizon www.bedouinsoundclash.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Summoning the spirit of the May season in which it was recorded, Light the Horizon charts a new course for Bedouin Soundclash in 2010 — one that is awash with optimism, shimmering with possibilities and heralds the beginning of what could be the most defining chapter in the life of one of Canada’s finest and freshest musical entities. But, as with much in this life, before you know where you are and where you’re going it’s important to know the journey you’ve traveled.“This record is really looking forward,” says vocalist Jay Malinowski. “It’s from the point where we don’t have any baggage from the past. We’re just genuinely in the moment with this record, for the first time in a long time.”  MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS INTL Record Collection www.markronson.co.uk Dist: Sony Music Canada Helmed by multiple Grammy award winner Mark Ronson and including the disparate talents of over 30 musicians and singers from both sides of the Atlantic, The Business Intl includes D’Angelo, Boy George, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Alex Greenwald, Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs), Ghostface, MNDR, Dap Kings, Spank Rock, Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow), Rose Eleanor Dou-gall, Wiley and MC Pill. Recorded primarily in Brooklyn, the first offering comes in the shape of Bang Bang Bang, a 3am Cote d’Azur disco beat featuring Q-Tip and MNDR that takes the French nursery rhyme Alouette and turns it into a Jean Michel Jarre meets NYC hip-pop sing-along  SOUNDGARDENTelephantasm - The Best Of www.soundgarden.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Soundgarden redefined rock music for a whole generation and had a revolutionary impact in music history. This career-spanning retrospective album includes Soundgarden’s biggest hits, deep back catalogue cuts, never before seen videos and the new unreleased rock radio hit single “Black Rain”. KEY TRACKS on the album include: Black Rain, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, Rusty Cage, Fell On Black Days.  PAPER LIONS Trophies http://www.myspace.com/paperlionsmusic Dist: EMI Music Canada Paper Lions call the small town of Belfast, Prince Edward Island home but what they’ve already managed to accomplish is anything but small. For the first 4 years of the bands career, they were know as Chucky Danger Band and during that time they toured extensively all over Canada. Paper Lions have honed their live show by touring with some of North America’s finest acts such as Cake, The Rheostatics, Joel Plaskett, The Golden Dogs, and Hey Rosetta! They have also been nominated for 10 East Coast Music awards, taking home Pop Recording of the Year (2006), been awarded the National Touring Group of the Year (2007, CAPACOA) and have received critical acclaim from writers all across the country. The Trophies EP was produced by Dan Weston (Attack in Black, Classified) and captures the unbridled energy of Paper Lions live. JIMMY EAT WORLDInvented www.jimmyeatworld.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Invented, the sixth full-length album by Jimmy Eat World, contains the signature big hooks and sing-along melodies for which the band has become famous. Fans of the band’s older hits like “The Middle,” “Sweetness,” and “Pain” will find lots to grab onto…and those same fans will be happy to learn that Mark Trombino, who served as a producer on the band’s first three albums Static Prevails, Clarity and Bleed American, is again at the helm for Invented. While the music is “classic Jimmy Eat World,” the lyrics come from a completely different place than ever before.  THE DREADNOUGHTSPolka’s Not Dead www.thedreadnoughts.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Formed in 2006 over pints of cheap beer at East Vancouver’s notoriously violent Ivanhoe Hotel, The Dreadnoughts cut their teeth in the roughest dive bars in the city. They started by opening for (and earning the praise of) Celtic-punk grandfathers The Real McKenzies, and since then have never looked back.Musically, The Dreadnoughts travel where many fear to tread,embracing a huge range of European folk traditions. For proof, look no further than their upcoming release, "Polka's Not Dead". This recording is strewn with polkas, gypsy dances and sea shanties, each infused with the raw energy of street punk. The Dreadnoughts take folk tradition seriously, and they take punk music seriously, and "Polka's Not Dead" is their definitive statement.  GOOD LOVELIESGood Lovelies www.goodlovelies.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Sharp, sassy, funny and building a following across North America, the Good Lovelies are not your run-of-the-mill "all girl" band. At a time when too many of us are affected by gloom, doom and recovering from recession, these three women are the perfect antidote. Winners of the 2010 Juno - Roots Album of the Year (Group) and New Emerging Artist Award from the Canadian Folk Music Awards - the Good Lovelies are making waves across Canada.The aptly named Good Lovelies are Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore, all of them best friends and refugees from solo careers. Described as folk-roots and western swing, the Toronto-based trio relies on unerring three-part vocal harmonies, clever songs and, onstage, convulsively funny repartee.  RONNIE WOOD I Feel Like Playing www.ronniewood.com Dist: Universal Music Canada As one of the premier guitarists in the world, Ronnie Wood has been featured over the years in bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Faces & The Jeff Beck Group. “I Feel Like Playing” is the 7th studio album for Wood, his first since 2001’s “Not For Beginners”. The album features guest appearances from Slash, Flea, Billy Gibbons, Kris Kristofferson, Eddie Vedder, Bernard Fowler, Daryl Jones & Jim Keltner  KNUCKLEHEAD Hearts On Fire www.knucklehead.ca Dist: Universal Music Canada Over the past 15 years, Calgary's Knucklehead has toured most of North America and issued multiple releases on various independent record labels in Canada, the USA and Europe. Aging like fine whiskey, Knucklehead started out as a 3 piece in the mid 1990's by 3 high-school friends, and they continued to pick up strays along the way. Since 2003 the band has kept a stable line up with 5 members and white Dodge 1 ton cargo van. Their latest release, "Hearts on Fire", is clearly cask strength and fans of the band, or those with an ear for good punk rock, will not be disappointed.
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