par GreenDisease » Jeu Mars 31, 2011 11:03 pm
NEW ALBUM: THE GRADUATION CEREMONY COMING MAY 24th!
Joseph Arthur’s music has been described as “a dynamic swirl of noise that somehow appears magically around him” (NPR), “emotional (but tuneful) exorcisms” (Entertainment Weekly), and “lush, poetic, squalling, spiritual, and strange. Just like life” (Boston Globe). Vanity Fair has hailed him as “one of our most emotionally revealing and talented singer-songwriters.” Michael Stipe once told the Los Angeles Times, “Jo is one of those rare writer-performers where you get the sense, whatever you believe, that something greater is being channeled through his music and voice…It touches something very deep and universal.”
“There’s nothing to do in the Midwest but dream,” sings Joseph Arthur on The Graduation Ceremony (May 24th / Lonely Astronaut). Co-produced by John Alagia and Joseph, the release marks Arthur’s first solo album since Nuclear Daydream (2006) and follow up to Fistful of Mercy, his 2010 collaboration with Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison. “I wanted to make something simple,” says Joseph, who originally planned to release the project as a duo with the album’s drummer, the legendary Jim Keltner (Bob Dylan, John Lennon). The Graduation Ceremony began as a minimally produced, acoustic album of classic songwriting that grew to be an elegantly orchestrated, haunting body of work.
Joseph Arthur will be touring the US throughout 2011 and the Gershwin Hotel in New York City will be exhibiting his paintings for the month of June.
THE GRADUATION CEREMONY
Produced by: John Alagia & Joseph Arthur
Recorded by: Sheldon Gomberg at Carriage House LA and John Alagia at Village Recording
Mixed by: John Alagia at Village Recording / Mastered by: Scott Hull at Masterdisk
Jim Keltner: Drums
Joseph Arthur: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys, Drums
John Alagia: Guitar, Bass, Keys
Jessy Greene: Violin
Sibyl Buck, Brian Cohen, Madi Diaz, Liz Phair: Backing Vocals
01) “Out on a Limb”
02) “Horses”
03) “Almost Blue”
04) “Someone to Love”
05) “Watch our Shadows Run”
06) “This Is Still My World”
07) “Over the Sun”
08) “Face in the Crowd”
09) “Midwest”
10) “Gypsy Faded”
11) “Call”
12) “Love Never Asks You to Lie
Montreal, Bell Centre,Sept 15th,2005/Quebec City, Colisee Pepsi,Sept 20th,2005/Arnhem, Gelredome,Aug 29th,2006/Antwerp, Sportpaleis,Aug 30th,2006/Marseille, Le Dôme de Marseille,Sept 9th,2006/Paris, Bercy,Sept 11th,2006/Bern, Bern Arena,Sept 13rd,2006/London, Wembley Arena,June 18th, 2007/Nijmegen, Goeffert Park,June 28th,2007/Werchter,Werchter Festival, June 29th,2007/London, O2 Arena,Aug 18th,2009/Arras, Main Square Festival,July 3rd,2010/Arras, Main Square Festival,June 30th,2012
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Ma douce petite Enola est venue au monde le 25 janvier 2006 !!!
