Launched on Monday, April 21st, Micah Barnes latest release, New York Story, went from 49th place on the Canadian Jazz Charts to No. 1 in just 5 hours! Its been three years since Micah Barnes released his acclaimed third solo disc 2011s Domesticated, which resulted in rave reviews and standing room only crowds across the country for the singer-songwriter. Toronto native Barnes began his career gigging on Queen Street West in the 1980s and has played around the world since then, notably as a member of famed a cappella quartet, The Nylons. Traveling back and forth between Toronto and New York City in recent years, the new album is inspired in part by his romance with New York Citys musical history, resulting in his homage to the Cotton Club, Apollo Theatre and The Brill Building: New York Stories. The song New York Story, lyrics and music by Micah Barnes, is a haunting, lush jazz ballad about two lovers who meet in one of the worlds most romantic cities. For this project Barnes has expanded his horizons, both as a songwriter an as a musician. New York Stories is a much-anticipated full-length album featuring 15 songs, including three inspired covers tunes (Cole Porter, Smokey Robinson and Etta James) and a deeply romantic duet with the legendary Jackie Richardson. Micahs song writing collaborators on this collection include Daniel Barnes and Russ Boswell and up and coming singer songwriter JP Saxe all of whom join Micah performing on this disc along with special guest pianist Michael Shand (Johnny Reid). langfieldentertainment/24-04-14-MBARNES.htm
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 02:01:05 +0000
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