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| Tom Russell Blood And Candle Smoke | | | |
| Written by Official Press Release |
| Wednesday, 09 September 2009 11:12 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2009 Tom Russell To Release Career-Defining New Album On Shout! Factory Blood And Candle Smoke In Stores September 15 National Tour To Follow New York, NY - With a career stretching back nearly four decades, and a catalog of more than 20 albums, Tom Russell is already considered one of the great singer/songwriters of our time. Nevertheless, his newest album, Blood and Candle Smoke, a collection of powerful observations and deliberations, takes his work to another level entirely with tremendous songwriting and a new, contemporary spark. Set for a September 15 release on Shout! Factory, Russell will promote the album with a national tour throughout the U.S. beginning in September. For the new set, featuring some of his most intimate, insightful material, Russell ventured from his home in El Paso, Tex. (where he moved from New York 10 years ago), to Tucson' s Wave Lab Studios. Studio owner Craig Schumacher (Neko Case, Iron & Wine, Calexico) co-produced the album with Russell and Joey Burns, John Convertino, Jacob Valenzuela of local heroes Calexico provided the bulk of the instrumental support. The Tucson connection came about after Russell heard the soundtrack to the Bob Dylan film I' m Not There, which featured several younger artists interpreting Dylan songs. "The ones that really stood out to me were the ones backed by Calexico," says Russell. "I thought, how great is that--you' ve got a new kind of world/mariachi sound but the great writing of Bob Dylan....So I did more research and I found that a lot of the records Calexico, Neko Case and others were making came out of this one studio in Tucson called Wave Lab. I went in there for two weeks and sat on a stool and sang everything live with my guitar, and they built it around that," says Russell about recording with members of Calexico, Craig Schumacher and the other talented musicians who joined them in the studio. The consummate storyteller, Russell has amassed a devoted following that cherishes his vivid, novelistic tales evoking the spirit of the American experience in tightly constructed, panoramic vignettes. Among his most ardent fans are fellow artists; Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, k.d. lang, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Iris Dement, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, and Guy Clark have all recorded Tom' s songs. But all of that work has been a first act. The dozen new songs comprising Blood and Candle Smoke "start the second half of the story, reaching out toward wider realms," he says, 25 years after the release of his debut solo album, Heart on a Sleeve. The songs on Blood and Candle Smoke, which follows the 2008 Shout! Factory career retrospective Veteran' s Day: The Tom Russell Anthology, were all written by Russell about his life experiences. In a lived-in, tenacious voice, Russell recalls his time spent teaching in Africa in the late 60' s in "East of Woodstock, West of Viet Nam," and "Criminology," which has a West African/reggae feel to it. "Santa Ana Wind," a ballad influenced by the author Joan Didion which features Gretchen Peters and Nick Luca on steel guitar, brings to mind the duets of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. "Nina Simone" recounts Russell' s first exposure to the legendary vocalist, hearing her interpretation of Dylan' s "Just Like a Woman" while in Mexico, and "Crosses of San Carlos" broaches the subject of the Native American experience. "Finding You" is a simple love ballad to Russell' s wife, and "Mississippi River Runnin' Backwards" touches on Hurricane Katrina, and evokes an America that' s all but disappeared, one of "old ladies gamblin' in riverboat casinos, whirlpools swallowed ' em down, insurance executives and Fuller Brush salesmen, bushwhacked tryin' to leave town." The movie-esque "The Most Dangerous Woman in America" is a tribute to Mother Jones that is also a story about a man coming home from prison, and is a song which Russell likens to something that Bruce Springsteen might have written for his Nebraska album. The dark side of a musician' s life on the road in "Don' t Look Down," and "Guadalupe"--which Russell calls "probably my favorite song that I' ve written" and from whose lyrics the album title Blood and Candle Smoke is taken, is about witnessing the passionate spirit and faith of the Indians in Mexico City. "American Rivers" again references the American Indian, with an ecological message to the story. The album ends with "Darkness Visible," another snapshot of an America that never makes the headlines, its title drawn from a William Styron book. "It' s kind of a carnival song," says Russell. "The carnival is over, the circus has left town, and this poor loveless guy is putting up posters for the next show." With its top notch songwriting and beautiful production, Blood and Candle Smoke is sure to be a career defining album for Tom Russell. "I' ve finally arrived at a newer sound that I like, and 12 new songs that I really like," he says. "I think I' m really stepping forward into a bigger, broader world with this album." Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and revitalizing the very best of pop culture - The Stuff You Grew Up On But Never Outgrew. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their careers sharing their music, television and film faves with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory' s DVD offerings serve up classic, contemporary and cult TV series, riveting sports programs, live music, animation and documentaries in lavish packages crammed with extras. The company' s audio catalogue boasts Grammy®-nominated boxed sets, new releases from storied artists and lovingly assembled album reissues. These riches are the result of a creative acquisitions mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. For more on Shout! Factory, visit www.shoutfactory.com. Tom Russell Blood And Candle Smoke Distributed by Sony BMG Release Date: September 15, 2009 Selection No.: 826663-114713 Suggested List Price: $15.98 Track Listing: 1. East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam 2. Santa Ana Wind 3. Nina Simone 4. Criminology 5. Crosses Of San Carlos 6. Finding You 7. Mississippi River Runnin' Backwards 8. The Most Dangerous Woman In America 9. Don' t Look Down 10. Guadalupe 11. American Rivers 12. Darkness Visible Tom Russell 2009 Tour Dates Sept 18 Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theater Sept 19 Durango, CO - Henry Strater Theatre Sept 30 Cambridge, MA - Club Passims Oct 2 Piermont, NY - Turning Point Oct 3 New York, NY - Joe' s Pub Oct 4 Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java Oct 6 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre Oct 7 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom Oct 8 Columbus, OH - Columbus Maennerchor Oct 9 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark Oct 10 Berwyn, IL - Fitzgerald Oct 11 Fairfield, IA - Café Paradiso Oct 13 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note Oct 14 Kansas City, MO 0 Knuckleheads Oct 15 Springfield, IL - Hoogland Center for the Arts Oct 16 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway Oct 17 Mt. Olive, IL - Turner Hall Nov 4 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room Nov 5 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress Nov 6 Pinos Altos, NM - Buckhorn Saloon Nov 7 Las Cruces, NM - Rio Grande Theatre Nov 8 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewing Company Nov 10 Fort Worth, TX - McDavid Studio Nov 11 Dallas, TX - Allgood Café Nov 12 Austin, TX - Cactus Café Nov 13 Fischer, TX - Rice Festival Nov 14 Houston, TX - Mucky Duck Nov 15 San Antonio, TX - Casbeers at the Church Dec 4 San Diego, CA - San Diego Acoustic Café Dec 5 Santa Monica, CA - McCabes Dec 6 Ojai, CA - Ojai Concert Series Dec 7 Visalia, CA - Maverick' s Roasting Company Dec 9 Felton, CA - Don Quixote Dec 10 Redwood City, CA - Little Fox Theatre Dec 11 Berkeley, CA - Freight and Salvage Dec 12 Winters, CA - The Palms Dec 13 Sparks, NV - Great Basin Brewing Company Dec 14 Sparks, NV - Great Basin Brewing Company Dec 15 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre Dec 16 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
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| Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:48 |
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| Friday, 28 August 2009 21:49 |
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