DAVID CROSBY-brilliant "Croz" 2014- 20 years on
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:43 pm
David Crosby Returns From 20-Year Hiatus With 'Croz' - Album Premiere
Every review I've seen has CROZ at 4 or 5 out of 5 stars! Brilliant return to form.
Check out an exclusive stream of the legendary musician's new solo album--well worth a listen-full album stream.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20140121
By ANDY GREENE-Rolling Stone
JANUARY 21, 2014 7:00 AM ET
It's taken David Crosby over 20 years to record a follow-up to his 1993 solo album, Thousand Roads, but he wants his fans to know that his new album is worth the wait. "I spent a lot of that time working with Crosby, Stills and Nash these past two decades," Crosby says of Croz, out January 28th. "But I wanted to challenge myself and work outside the group. Also, I do things differently than they do and a couple years ago, I just started writing like crazy. I'm so happy that I did."
Croz – which streams exclusively here – took about two years of work, mostly at Jackson Browne's Santa Monica studio and his son James Raymond's home studio. "These songs are all over the map," Crosby tells Rolling Stone. "If there is a unifying theme, it's that they're all about human beings. When you get to the end of the album, you've really gone on an emotional voyage."
Mark Knopfler plays on the lead track "What's Broken." "That was a real piece of generosity on his part," says Crosby. "His manager said he usually doesn't record with people, but he might if I send [to] him. I sent him the song and he just called it. He just ****ing killed it."
"If She Called" was inspired by a group of prostitutes that Crosby saw outside of his hotel room in Belgium. "It was so cold, they had these skinny legs and they were trying to entice these drunk animals to **** them," he says. "It was so gross and so sad. I imagined how they hid their heart, their soul, their spirit while they did it. That was fascinating to me."
Crosby just kicked off a rare solo tour in support of Croz; each date includes a complete performance of the album, as well as selections from his whole career. It wraps in February and, a month later, he launches a 13-date U.S. tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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Set The Baggage Down...live. Croz still has one of the most beautiful voices in rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY5tVFNxbiQ
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David Crosby 'Intensely Proud' of New Album With His Son - Premiere
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer discusses their unique relationship
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/video ... e-20140131
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By JOHN D. LUERSSEN JANUARY 31, 2014 8:00 AM
David Crosby talks candidly about his relationship with his son, James Raymond, and how their unique musical bond fostered Croz, his new album – which was just released January 28th – in this video exclusive. The clip also finds Raymond and guitarist Marcus Eaton sharing their perspective on the project, interspersing performance footage from the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's first new studio effort in more than two decades.
"We had no money, but my son James had a studio at his place," Crosby tells Rolling Stone. "I slept on the couch and we'd get up and work . . . For more than two years we did this off and on, until we had made this record."
"I am intensely proud of the songs and the production that James and [co-producer] Dan Garcia did," adds Crosby. "And it is family affair, since my younger son, Django, took the cover picture. I do think it is some of the best work of my life, and I couldn't be happier."
Crosby's biological son, James Raymond, was born in 1962 and was put up for adoption. Three decades later they were reunited, and Raymond has played with Crosby since 1997. Croz features guest appearances from guitarist Mark Knopfler on the song "What's Broken" and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on "Holding On to Nothing." It was released on Blue Castle Records, the label Crosby founded with his longtime musical collaborator Graham Nash in 2012.
Crosby is in the midst of a multi-night engagement at New York's City Winery, which runs through the weekend. He also has residencies at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, Chicago's City Winery, San Francisco's Great American Music Hall and L.A.'s Troubadour through February 28th. Tour dates and additional information are available here.
Every review I've seen has CROZ at 4 or 5 out of 5 stars! Brilliant return to form.
Check out an exclusive stream of the legendary musician's new solo album--well worth a listen-full album stream.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20140121
By ANDY GREENE-Rolling Stone
JANUARY 21, 2014 7:00 AM ET
It's taken David Crosby over 20 years to record a follow-up to his 1993 solo album, Thousand Roads, but he wants his fans to know that his new album is worth the wait. "I spent a lot of that time working with Crosby, Stills and Nash these past two decades," Crosby says of Croz, out January 28th. "But I wanted to challenge myself and work outside the group. Also, I do things differently than they do and a couple years ago, I just started writing like crazy. I'm so happy that I did."
Croz – which streams exclusively here – took about two years of work, mostly at Jackson Browne's Santa Monica studio and his son James Raymond's home studio. "These songs are all over the map," Crosby tells Rolling Stone. "If there is a unifying theme, it's that they're all about human beings. When you get to the end of the album, you've really gone on an emotional voyage."
Mark Knopfler plays on the lead track "What's Broken." "That was a real piece of generosity on his part," says Crosby. "His manager said he usually doesn't record with people, but he might if I send [to] him. I sent him the song and he just called it. He just ****ing killed it."
"If She Called" was inspired by a group of prostitutes that Crosby saw outside of his hotel room in Belgium. "It was so cold, they had these skinny legs and they were trying to entice these drunk animals to **** them," he says. "It was so gross and so sad. I imagined how they hid their heart, their soul, their spirit while they did it. That was fascinating to me."
Crosby just kicked off a rare solo tour in support of Croz; each date includes a complete performance of the album, as well as selections from his whole career. It wraps in February and, a month later, he launches a 13-date U.S. tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash.
............................................................
Set The Baggage Down...live. Croz still has one of the most beautiful voices in rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY5tVFNxbiQ
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David Crosby 'Intensely Proud' of New Album With His Son - Premiere
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer discusses their unique relationship
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/video ... e-20140131
[8D]
By JOHN D. LUERSSEN JANUARY 31, 2014 8:00 AM
David Crosby talks candidly about his relationship with his son, James Raymond, and how their unique musical bond fostered Croz, his new album – which was just released January 28th – in this video exclusive. The clip also finds Raymond and guitarist Marcus Eaton sharing their perspective on the project, interspersing performance footage from the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's first new studio effort in more than two decades.
"We had no money, but my son James had a studio at his place," Crosby tells Rolling Stone. "I slept on the couch and we'd get up and work . . . For more than two years we did this off and on, until we had made this record."
"I am intensely proud of the songs and the production that James and [co-producer] Dan Garcia did," adds Crosby. "And it is family affair, since my younger son, Django, took the cover picture. I do think it is some of the best work of my life, and I couldn't be happier."
Crosby's biological son, James Raymond, was born in 1962 and was put up for adoption. Three decades later they were reunited, and Raymond has played with Crosby since 1997. Croz features guest appearances from guitarist Mark Knopfler on the song "What's Broken" and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on "Holding On to Nothing." It was released on Blue Castle Records, the label Crosby founded with his longtime musical collaborator Graham Nash in 2012.
Crosby is in the midst of a multi-night engagement at New York's City Winery, which runs through the weekend. He also has residencies at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, Chicago's City Winery, San Francisco's Great American Music Hall and L.A.'s Troubadour through February 28th. Tour dates and additional information are available here.