Feels Like Home builds on the jazzy-pop sounds that made Jones’ debut album, Come Away With Me, such a huge success, but broadens the playing field a little wider by also venturing into the styles of bluegrass and country. Norah’s gentle voice and subtle piano playing is somehow both relaxing and energizing at the same time, and the album opener and first single, “Sunrise,” pulls you in from the get go with her soulful vocals.
Bluegrass legend Del McCoury pipes a
Former Blind Melon guitarist Christopher Thorn recently stumbled across some lost gems while going through the Capitol Records vaults, and he’s planning another rarities set. “I got turned onto stuff that I just completely forgot about,” he says. “Shannon playing by himself — acoustic versions of ‘Galaxie’ and ‘Vernie’ — really cool songs that I’d never heard before acoustic.”
As well as unheard versions of previously released songs, Thorn found several previously unissued full-band songs, including “Frosting a Cake” and “Ever Had the Feeling.” “It’s a really dark song,” Thorn says of the latter. “It’s about killing yourself. It’s sung in — which only Shannon could do — this tongue-in-cheek voice. I think maybe it scared people. I don’t know, maybe it’s something that we still don’t release.”
While Thorn would like to get the other surviving Blind Melon members involved in the song-selection process and maybe even add a missing part or two if needed, he’s not looking to stray too far from the songs’ current state. “There’s just nothing like hearing songs stripped down,” he says. “You really get a sense of the band and the songs, and you really hear Shannon’s voice. It’s going to be raw. For me now, it’s kinda charming — I hear it and I can smell the room from hearing the recordings.”
Thorn would also like to assemble an accompanying live disc. “I was given a box of A-DATs,” he says. “For a while, we were recording every live show — right around the time that ‘No Rain’ hit, when we were playing bigger places. I’d like to have the stuff get out. I don’t feel good about it just being in a box somewhere.”
Source Rollingstone.com.
Selma Litowitz, a retired high school English teacher in Lawrence, NJ, has battled Parkinson’s Disease for over 10 years. Inspired by her courage, her son and two daughters present ParkinSong, Volume One: 38 Songs of Hope — a two-CD Who’s Who of contemporary singer-songwriters
The Dave Matthews Band has announced an extensive summer tour following the Dave Matthews and Friends appearance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival June 11th-13th. The two-and-a-half month-long tour will kick of on June 17th at the UMB Bank Pavillion in Maryland Heights, MO. Complete dates are listed below:
Thu 6/17 UMB Bank Pavilion Maryland Heights, MO
Fri 6/18 Tweeter Center Chicago Tinley Park, IL
Sun 6/20 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Mon 6/21 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Wed 6/23 Germain Amphitheater Columbus, OH
Thu 6/24 Germain Amphitheater Columbus, OH
Sat 6/26 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown, PA
Sun 6/27 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown, PA
Tue 6/29 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Wed 6/30 Ontario Place – Molson Amphitheatre Toronto, ON Canada
Tue 7/6 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, MA
Wed 7/7 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, MA
Sat 7/10 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA
Sun 7/11 Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge Bristow, VA
Tue 7/13 Six Flags Darien Lake – Performing Arts Centre Darien Center, NY
Wed 7/14 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD
Fri 7/16 ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre Hartford, CT
Sat 7/17 ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre Hartford, CT
Tue 7/20 Tweeter Center at the Waterfront Camden, NJ
Wed 7/21 Tweeter Center at the Waterfront Camden, NJ
Fri 7/23 Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA
Sat 7/24 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC
Mon 7/26 Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
Tue 7/27 HiFi Buys Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA
Thu 7/29 Tampa Bay Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
Sat 7/31 Sound Advice Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
Sun 8/1 Sound Advice Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
Wed 8/4 Starwood Amphitheatre Antioch, TN
Thu 8/5 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
Sat 8/7 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
Sun 8/8 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
Mon 8/16 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Bonner Springs, KS
Wed 8/18 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Selma, TX
Fri 8/20 The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, TX
Sat 8/21 The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, TX
Mon 8/23 Journal Pavilion Albuquerque, NM
Tue 8/24 Cricket Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
Thu 8/26 Coors Amphitheatre Chula Vista, CA
Sat 8/28 Home Depot Center Carson, CA
Sun 8/29 Home Depot Center Carson, CA
Tue 8/31 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Marysville, CA
Sat 9/4 Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA
Sun 9/5 Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA
