Some Kind of Trouble-James Blunt

OK, I'll admit it. I'm not the biggest Blunt fan. I'm not even sure if I'll go to his show in A2 this April. But his new CD was getting some press, so I figured I'd check it out. He's called this a sort of "comeback" album, and I kind of like it. In fact, the more I listen to it, the more I buy into this guy.

He starts off with his latest single, "Stay The Night". For a second, it looks like he's jumping on the "Hey Soul Sister" and "I'm Yours" bandwagon a year or so later, but it's a pretty good song. Luckily, most of the CD takes a different direction with great ballads, some songs with cool grooves, and a little fun along the way. If you can over the simple chord structure of "I'll Be Your Man", then I guarantee you'll love the chorus! Blunt's lyrics and addicting chorus grooves are really well done. Most of the ballads are also great.

This leads to possibly my favorite track, which is often located toward the end of the CD. It's called "If Time Is All I Have". It's just a really emotional ballad, and he really won me over with the line: "won't you say my name, one time?" You have to listen to the song on the CD and maybe the live version to understand. Anyways, check it out and see if you feel the same way I do!

-PK

New Music for a New Year

Hey everyone,

Looks like The Script and James Blunt will be out with new records next week. I'll be checking those out and probably reviewing them soon. Hopefully this will hold us over until our new EP release :)

Also, I've starting listening to a few of Madeleine Peyroux's songs. She is an incredible jazz vocalist. I discovered her while watching a short film in a French class. Her cover of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" was the intro music to the film. Check it out!

Have a good weekend,

PK

Live Album finally released!!

After way more waiting than necessary, the album of Live at the Novi Township Hall is finally released! Click here or head to myspace.com/thesoloistsmusic to download it!

New Recordings!

It might appear that we don't blog anymore, or play music for that matter, but we're back! Pat and I have spent some long hours recording some songs for an EP to be released very soon. We'll have more details about it when it gets closer to release.

Also, we played at an open mic at Caribou Coffee earlier this week and released a new song, "It's Too Cold Out for That," a story of a couple sitting at Caribou discussing what they wanted to do. We also played one of mine, "Take my Jacket," and a rendition of "Calm Before the Storm" that was definitely missing something (it could have been piano) but they all had some really good box drumming.

Before that, Pat joined Ann Arbor band Running Blue for a gig in The League Underground with some box drumming and vocals. Like Running Blue on Facebook to check out those videos.

Happy New Year!
Eric