Sights and Sounds: Chrissie Hynde, Sara Bareilles, Emily King

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Chrissie Hynde reveals new track, "Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters"

New album, Valve Bone Woe, out on Sept. 6, 2019

APPEARING WITH THE LA PHILHARMONIC

AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL JULY 6

Photo credit: Jill Furmanovsky

Chrissie Hynde has today revealed her new track, "Meditation on a Pair Of Wire Cutters." The track is a new interpretation of the original by the legendary jazz musician Charles Mingus, and comes ahead of the release of Hynde's new album Valve Bone Woe on September 6 via BMG.

LISTEN TO "MEDITATION ON A PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS"

Valve Bone Woe features 14 tracks written by a stunning array of classic songwriters and innovators, including Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Hoagy Carmichael, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ray Davies and Rodgers and Hammerstein.

 

Hynde, together with the LA Philharmonic, will perform much of the album at a special concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on July 6. Chrissie will also be performing as part of the BBC's Proms In The Park in Hyde Park on September 14. Further information on this show is available here.

Valve Bone Woe was recorded with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble at Air Studios in London.

About the album, Hynde says:

"A few years back when I saw an obit in the paper for the valve-trombonist, Bob Brookmeyer, I mailed my jazz sax-playing brother, saying 'R. I. P. Bob Brookmeyer.' Terry, a man of few words, responded with 'Valve Bone Woe,' a kind of Haiku beatnik prose.

 

"I thought that was a perfect title for the album I'd been working on with producer Marius de Vries. After we'd recorded 'I Wish You Love' for the Eye Of The Beholder soundtrack I'd often expressed a desire to do more along those lines. What eventually emerged was the idea to do what we refer to as our Jazz/Dub album, the one you're now holding in your hand.

 

"I'm not hugely interested in branching out into other musical genres, being a devout rock singer as such, but jazz is something I grew up around (thanks to my bro) and I've always had a soft spot for it. I often bemoan what I regard as a decline in melody in popular music and I wanted to sing melodies. Plus, I have a penchant for cover songs, it's the surprise of singing something that I didn't think of writing myself that turns me on. 

 

Jazz got side-lined by Rock & Roll in the 60's, but now the demise of rock seems to be heralding in a newfound interest in it, the most creative and innovative musical forms of the 20th century. I'm happy to jump on the bandwagon."

CHRISSIE HYNDE

VALVE BONE WOE

(BMG)

RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

 

Track listing:

1. How Glad I Am [Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison]
2. Caroline, No [Tony Asher, Brian Wilson]
3. I'm a Fool to Want You [Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf]
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) [Hoagy Carmichael]
5. Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters [Charles Mingus]
6. Once I Loved [Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes, Antonio Jobim]
7. Wild Is the Wind [Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin]
8. You Don't Know What Love Is [Don Raye, Gene De Paul]
9. River Man [Nick Drake]
10. Absent Minded Me [Jule Styne, Bob Merrill]
11. Naima [John Coltrane]
12. Hello, Young Lovers [Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II]
13. No Return [Ray Davies]
14. Que Reste-t-il de nos Amours? [Charles Trenet]

Sara Bareilles welcomes Emily King as guest on fall 'Amidst the Chaos' Tour

Tickets On Sale Now

Sara Bareilles / Photo courtesy of the artist

(June 3, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA) – Adding excitement to her forthcoming Amidst The Chaos Tour,  Grammy®, Tony®, and Emmy® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actress, and author Sara Bareilles now welcomes Emily King as her very special guest for the seven-week fall headline run. Tickets are on sale HERE.

The full confirmed itinerary can be found below.

Emily King performing at Coachella
in April 2019.
Photo: Robert Kinsler

This past weekend, Sara graced the stage during Emily’s packed Central Park show in New York City. Not only did they duet together, but they also took the opportunity to reveal the news of Emily’s addition to the Amidst The Chaos Tour, inciting widespread applause enthusiasm and applause as a result.

Stopping everywhere from the legendary Madison Square Garde in New York City to the world-famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the tour has all the makings of yet another milestone for Sara.

She will be out in support of her fifth full-length album of the same name, Amidst The Chaos [Epic Records]. It arrived to widespread critical praise in April with Varietyclaiming, “[it] establishes that there’s no one in contemporary pop better at flexing mezzo-soprano sensitivity and social empathy like a muscle. It’s the perfect album for anyone who could use a little fierce snowflake pride.”

This marks her first album of original material since 2013.

Be on the lookout for more big news soon.

AMIDST THE CHAOS TOUR 2019 DATES:

10/5	Detroit, MI	Fox Theatre Detroit
10/6	Nashville, TN	Grand Ole Opry
10/8	Raleigh, NC	Red Hat Amphitheater
10/11	Boston, MA	Agganis Arena
10/12	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena
10/13	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden
10/15	Chicago, IL	United Center
10/16	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center
10/18	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
10/19	Salt Lake City, UT	Maverik Center
10/22	Seattle, WA	WAMU Theater
10/24	Portland, OR	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/26	San Francisco, CA	Chase Center
10/27	Paso Robles, CA	Vina Robles Amphitheatre
10/29	San Diego, CA	Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
10/30	Phoenix, AZ	Comerica Theatre
11/1	Las Vegas, NV	Mandalay Bay Events Center
11/2	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl
11/11	Houston, TX	Smart Financial Centre
11/12	Dallas, TX	The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
11/15	Pittsburgh, PA	UPMC Events Center
11/16	Philadelphia, PA	The Met Philadelphia
11/19	Washington, DC	The Anthem
11/22	Jacksonville, FL	Daily’s Place
11/23	Fort Lauderdale, FL	BB&T Center
11/24	Orlando, FL	Amway Center
11/26	Atlanta, GA	Fox Theatre Atlanta

  

About Sara Bareilles:

Sara Bareilles first achieved mainstream critical praise in 2007 with her widely successful hit "Love Song,” which reached No. 1 in 22 countries around the world from her debut album “Little Voice.” Since then, Sara has gone on to receive seven Grammy® nominations throughout her career, which include Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Love Song” and one Album of the Year for her highly acclaimed third studio album, “The Blessed Unrest.”  Her book, “Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song,” was released in the fall of 2015 by Simon & Schuster and is a New York Times best seller. Making her Broadway debut, Sara composed the music and lyrics for “Waitress,” for which she received her first Tony® Award nomination for Best Score and a 2017 Grammy® Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. She also made her Broadway acting debut in 2017 by stepping into the lead role in “Waitress”. 

2018 was a big year for Sara, she co-hosted the Tony Awards®, was nominated for an Emmy® and Grammy® for her role in “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” and was awarded with the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Hal David Starlight Award. Sara also teamed up with Apple as an executive producer for “Little Voice” a 10-episode series, which she will create the original music for.