Paul Carrack & The SWR Big Band - Don't Wait Too Long [CD]

CARRACK UK

£10.78

Cat. no: PCARCD36
Format: CD
Barcode: 5052442022657
Release Date: 20 Jan 2023
Genre: Soul/R&B

Celebrating a momentous fve decades in the industry, legendary musician and songwriter Paul Carrack, who's 'Golden Voice' features on numerous classic world wide hits such as 'How Long' (ACE') , 'Tempted' (Squeeze), 'The Living Years', 'Over My Shoulder' ( Mike and the Mechanics) teams up with the GRAMMY Award-winning SWR Big Band & Strings on epic new album " Don't Wait Too Long"

The covers album celebrates the pioneering golden era in music from the 50s and beyond spanning blues, gospel, country and jazz. The frst single "Cryin' Won't Help You" out in Jan 2023 is Paul's tribute to the legendary BB King.Paul has a deep love of R&B songs from the ffties and beyond. For him, 50s music was flled with intense emotion, it was wildly kinetic and had a profound impact on his career. In Paul's mind, it's where all modern pop music began, the sounds were spectacular and revolutionary. Days when the change from jazz to pop was stretched via pioneers and great singers like Bobby Bland, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Lloyd Price..These artists always resonated as fantastic performers with stylistic records that had such joy and intensity.

The 50s were not only a time for musical revolution but a social and generational upheaval of vast and unpredictable scope. The power of this music is as vital today as it ever was with the power to change lives forever.

After working with the SWR band on a number of projects, Paul and his producers had the idea to fnd and record a selection of these time-warped classics, some well- known, others not so much, and the title track , a modern song that harks back to those times called 'Don't Wait Too Long'. The result is an impassioned, compelling album. Honest, epic, touching, the album showcases a great vocalist who is at home with his art and talent.

NATIONAL TV & RADIO.BBC Breakfast - Will take frst week Jan / BBC Radio 2 - Cerys Matthews - First Week Jan / Talk Radio - 2nd week Jan / Sky News - Beth Rigby Interview - Second Week Jan / Greatest Hits - First Week Jan / GB News - Live Interview via Zoom First Week Jan / Talk TV - Live Interview via Zoom frst week Jan / Ch 5 News - TBC week 2 Jan / ITV News - 2nd week Jan

PRESS
Observer - To run second week Jan / Express - To run Second week Jan / Yorkshire Post - Feature to run frst week Jan / Yorkshire Times - Feature second week Jan / Classic Pop - Review and Interview / Blues Matters - Review and Interview to run Jan

REGIONAL RADIO
Interviews & Plays :
BBC Radio H&W (Hereford & Worcester) / BBC Radio Derby / BBC Radio Northants / BBC Radio Merseyside / BBC Radio Berkshire / Heart 105 Costa / Tone FM Somerset / Sedgemoor FM / West Somerset Radio / Moorlands FM Peak District / BBC Radio Shefeld documentary

LP Tracks: I'll Always be In Love With You / Don't Wait Too Long / Cryin Won't Help You / Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin / Ain't Nothing You Can Do / Question / The Only Thing Missing Is You / Got To Get You Off My Mind / The Frim Fram Sauce / Trust In Me / Bring It On Home To Me / Next Time You See Me

CD Tracks: I'll Always be In Love With You / Don't Wait Too Long / Cryin Won't Help You / Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin / Ain't Nothing You Can Do / Question / The Only Thing Missing Is You / Got To Get You Off My Mind / The Frim Fram Sauce / Trust In Me / Bring It On Home To Me / Next Time You See Me