Stream some new tunes:
Steve Wynn - “Manhattan Fault Line”
Steve Wynn – “Love Me Anyway”
From the Artist:
The days during my three weeks in Ljubljana were pretty simple. I would wake up early and leave my apartment on Trubarjeva Street and cross Dragon Bridge in search of a good cup of coffee which I would sip as I watched the vendors in the open market as they sold cabbage, purses, cheap watches and anything else that might be worth a Euro or two. I’d watch this panorama of commerce and barter and think about which song I would drag into the daily laboratory that was Chris Eckman’s home studio.
I had never made a record like this before. I was in Slovenia, far from my New York City apartment and in a musical world that had shrunk down to just two people—me and Chris, the multi-talented producer (Midnight Choir) and bandleader (Walkabouts, Chris & Carla). He had been wanting to make a record with me for many years and seemed particularly intent on stripping things down to my voice and my acoustic guitar and then building up another universe from there.
No band. No session players (until later). No passing of the baton in this relay race. Even Chris would hesitate when I tried to get him to play something. Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals—if I could do it, I had to do it. And that’s why “Crossing Dragon Bridge” sounds different from other records I’ve done before but also more like the sound inside my head than anything I’ve done before.
But it’s not a record I would have made in New York. Or in Tucson. Or in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Moscow or Mali, It’s not like a record I would make on the moon or on Mars or in New Jersey. It has the sound and the mood and the sights and the overall vibe of Ljubljana. I swallowed the city whole and then waited for the meal to work itself into a digestive hallucination before spitting it out again each day at Chris’ place. And then it was back for a pint of Union beer by the river before starting all over again.
When I left Slovenia a few weeks later both of us knew we had something special. And then we proceeded to add the extra bits that would take the experience further. An eight-piece orchestra was added in Prague to a bunch of the songs and a woman’s choir in Ljubljana was added to others. Linda Pitmon, Kirk Swan, Chris Cacavas and Tim Adams (Teenage Prayers) chimed in from New York, Los Angeles and Germany bringing in elements of familiarity from my past and present.
Finally the whole thing was filtered through the creative and impressionistic mixing skills of Tucker Martine (Decemberists, Laura Veirs) and turned into the record that you hold in your hands. It’s a snapshot, a dream, an acid flashback, a tourist guide, a midnight snack, a morning cup of coffee—it’s the other world that happened around me and inside my head for three weeks last September. I hope you enjoy taking the trip back there with me.
- STEVE WYNN
TRACK LISTING:
1. Slovenian Rhapsody I
2. Manhattan Fault Line
3. Love Me Anyway
4. She Came
5. When We Talk About Forever.
6. Annie & Me
7. Wait Until You Get To Know Me
8. Punching Holes In The Sky
9. Bring The Magic
10 God Doesn’t Like It
11. Believe In Yourself
12. I Don’t Deserve This
13. Slovenian Rhapsody II
The psychedelic sound of The Black Hollies can now be heard for the next three months in Dell’s latest commercial. Originally a 7”-only track, the Dell-adored “Tell Me What You Want,” will now be available as a bonus track on their upcoming March 11th release Casting Shadows. Not only can you catch the sounds of The Black Hollies in the nationwide TV ads, but they have also announced more tour dates and leaked a second track, “Bruised Tangerines,” from the follow up to their critically-admired debut, Crimson Reflections.
The Black Hollies’ sophomore effort brings more psychadelia to a sound that Rolling Stone believed “…would bring a smile to Brian Jones’ face”. Watch the Dell ad, or listening to “Bruised Tangerines,” and you’ll likely be smiling too.
Watch Dell’s new TV ad featuring The Black Hollies’ “Tell Me What You Want”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD9dA-MY_MY
Download and Share “Bruised Tangerines” From Casting Shadows
In Hollies tour news, more dates have been added in support of their sophomore release:
02-15 Brooklyn, NY Magnetic Field - Record Release!
02-16 New York, NY Midway w/ Lyres
02-17 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s - Record Release 2!
02-22 Baltimore, MD The Talking Head
02-29 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
03-01 Somerville, MA Abbey Lounge
03-02 Philadelphia, PA The Fire
03-03 Charlotte, NC The Tremont Music Hall
03-04 Norfolk, VA The Boot
03-05 Chattanooga, TN JJ’s Bohemia
03-06 Nashville, TN Springwater
03-07 New Orleans, LA Saturn Bar
03-08 Dallas, TX Club Dada
03-09 Houston, TX RudyardÕs
03-10 Ft. Worth, TX Lola’s
03-12- 03-16 Austin, TX SXSW
03-18 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
03-19 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
03-20 Chicago, IL TBA
03-21 Detroit, MI Lager House
03-22 Cleveland, OH TBA
04-04 Brooklyn, NY Luna Lounge w/ Steve Wynn And The Miracle 3
What the Press is saying about The Black Hollies:
“A mash up of British Invasion blues, guitar heroics and psychedelia that would bring a smile to Brian Jones’ face” - Rolling Stone
“The Black Hollies are not throw-backs; rather they’ve traced these musical pedigrees to their source, and are now fostering a natural evolution of those soulful sounds - what should have happened - had the 80’s not.” - The Deli Magazine
“The best band currently making the rounds in NYC” – The L
‘Casting Shadows’ Track List:
01 Whispers Beneath The Willows
02 Paisley Pattern Ground
03 Under A Winter’s Spell
04 The Autumn Chateau
05 Hamilton Park Ballerina
06 Bruised Tangerines
07 That Little Girl
08 If You Won’t Let Go
09 Running Through My Mind
10 Patient Sparrow
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www.ernestjenning.com
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