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JJ CALE
Country / Blues / Classic Rock
JJ Cale adds new dimensions to his timeless sound on his first solo album in nearly five years, following
his Grammy-winning collaboration with Eric Clapton on 'Road To Escondido'
On 9th March, Because Music will release JJ Cale’s ‘Roll On’, the legendary songwriter and guitarist’s first solo album in nearly five years and his debut for the label. ‘Roll On’ follows Cale’s Grammy-winning, gold-certified 2006 album with Eric Clapton entitled 'The Road to Escondido.'
The title track, ‘Roll On’, is a previously unreleased collaboration with Eric Clapton and further evidence of the pair’s incredibly fruitful, simpatico creative partnership. “He's a superior musician,†says Clapton, “One of the masters."
Eric Clapton recognized Cale’s unique talents a long time ago. Two of his biggest hits as a solo artist - “After Midnight†and “Cocaine†- are Cale-penned songs. The broad range of artists who have covered Cale include Johnny Cash, The Band, Captain Beefheart, Santana, Spiritualized, Beck and Band Of Horses; while Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, and Bryan Ferry have all cited his influence.
The new album is full of timeless grooves and the meticulously understated production that he is known for, but it also adds new dimensions to the "classic Cale sound."
Just press play on the new record and all of a sudden there's JJ Cale jazz-scatting for the first time on disc opener "Who Knew," and later he's loping along behind a restrained jazz piano on "Former Me." Cale even adds an element of humor to the lyrics of the laid-back jam "Where The Sun Don't Shine."
JJ Cale's 'Roll On' released on March 9th.
Check JJ Cale's Myspace and Official Site
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KRYSTLE WARREN
Folk / Blues / Rythm & Blues
Seeing Krystle Warren perform for the first time is a striking experience. First, there is the utter improbability of it all: she shuffles onstage with little more than a low-key hello, and proceeds to sing with an effortless power that completely belies her tiny frame. Hearing her fill a crowded club without using a microphone … that’s a Voice. And then there are her vocal stylings, which feature a melisma as rich as that of Wonder or Hathaway, but put all of that technique at the service of music that has never heard such a thing – folk and country, songs influenced by everyone from Nick Drake to Joni Mitchell to Willie Nelson. But when you’ve gotten past the incongruities, you quickly begin enjoy her for what she is – a wholly original singer-songwriter-poet in an age of few
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Krystle's Album "Circles" is out on April 6th !
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