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| Nick Lowe World Cafe re-broadcast, July 14 and 16 The Nick Lowe interview/performance on World Cafe will be re-broadcast on July 14th and again on July 16th. NPR's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to the first link below, or they can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday to Friday 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to the second link below. |
New album!!
New Album 'At My Age' will be released soon!
Somewhere in London a musician carries the keys to the musical kingdom. In his Technicolor sonic scope are all kinds of sounds, from rock to country to soul to pop. Nothing is off limits, as long as it has a groove and goodness based in reality. The musician has been performing for 40 years, but is as fresh today as the first time he stepped on stage. There are no tricks or short cuts here. Far from it. His songs are as solid as the earth, yet carry no lingering hype or heaviness. The musician is Nick Lowe, the headmaster of British rock, and his new album, At My Age, is such a cause for certain celebration that fans and neophytes alike should mark its June 26 release as a date to remember. Maybe most interesting of all, At My Age was really an album that almost didn't happen. "It's a record that I never really started," Lowe says. "What normally happens in recent years when I feel like I want to do a record is I get an idea or feeling, along with about three or four new songs, which is a major body of work for me, because I'm not very prolific. When those two things coincide I call everyone up and we go in and record. And if that goes well, those three or four songs will serve as sort of the engine that will drive the writing and recording of the rest of the record. But that process never happened with this one, due to the dramas that have been served up to me in the last five years." For Nick Lowe, it's always been about quality over quantity. In 2001 he released The Convincer, seen by many as one of the highlights of a long and illustrious recording career. After that, though, all went quiet on the studio front. There were scattered dates, a live album and assorted sightings, but no new studio release. That changed this year. Once he got back with his steady team of band mates Bobby Irwin (drums), Geraint Watkins (keyboards) and Steve Donnelly (guitar), there was no stopping them. Sometimes the biggest gift of all comes when least expected, because as a collection of songs, At My Age has the feel of an alltimer. There are brand new Nick Lowe classics like "A Better Man" and "I Trained Her To Love Me" next to the obscure covers that are a total trademark of the ever-elegant Englishman, like Charlie Feathers' "The Man In Love" and Faron Young's "Feel Again." And, as a special surprise, singer Chrissie Hynde guests on "People Change." All are done with such supreme style and absolute substance that by album's end, this is one collection that feels like a long-lost friend, music to bring on the good times and see listeners through the bad. One constant quality of Nick Lowe is that he knows what he's doing, and how he wants to do it. "I still love playing with the same guys I've been playing with for, well, ages. They're really great players, and they get me. They can do all kinds of different stuff, and we know what we don't like. We will work on it a bit, but not labor over it. For me, it's never like, the next album I'm going to Peru and find a nose flute." Never. With someone like Nick Lowe, who has been such an unending influence on music as a performer, songwriter, producer and allaround proud fan, there is always the question of how he knows when his songs are ready for their public debut. "When I can pick up an acoustic guitar and play the thing through," he says, "if I can do that and it feels like someone else has written it, or I'm playing a cover song so it doesn't sound like me anymore, then it's done. I don't try to make it anything, because when I try to make it something I can't stand it. It needs to be as natural as possible, and generally not sound too much like me. It's an inner gyroscope that lets you know when it's done." |
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The one of great Nick Lowe follower bands, Taters. Craig sent me an e-mail. He said they played a show(Feb. '06) with Bill Kirchen, who said Nick is working on a new album.Bill played some on it, and Nick played bass on Bill's new album, which is due out in September.
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New Tribute album!
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| Including Ian Gomm(Ex Brinsley Schwarz), Don Dixon, Walter Clevenger, Bryan Shaddix! Bryan Shaddix has one of the best voices in pop music you've probably never heard. He has remained in relative obscurity since the demise of his Orange County band, The Tickets. Bryan's silence will finally be broken! His debut release will surely satisfy any fan of Squeeze, John Lennon, Nick Lowe or John Hiatt. Disc: 1 1. 12 Step Program (To Quit You Babe) - Eric Ambel 2. Cruel to Be Kind - Ian Gomm 3. Without Love - Foster & Lloyd 4. Failed Christian - Dave Alvin 5. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - Don Dixon 6. (I Love the Sound Of) Breaking Glass - Steve Allen 7. There's a Cloud in My Heart - Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings 8. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - Michael Carpenter 9. You Got the Look I Like - Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team 10. Couldn't Love You (Anymore Than I Do) - Bryan Shaddix 11. Never Been in Love - Christy McWilson, Rick Shea 12. Marie Provost - Tipsy Jack 13. Crying in My Sleep - Chris Gaffney 14. Homewrecker Rex Holmes & We Monster 15. Truth Drug - Steve Wynn Disc: 2 1. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll) - Ron Flynt & The Bluehearts 2. American Squirm - Jamie Hoover 3. Ugly Things - Eugene Edwards 4. What's Shaking on the Hill - Greg Trooper 5. When I Write the Book - sparkle*jets u.k. 6. Lonesome Reverie - James Intveld 7. Heart - Tiffany Anastasia Lowe 8. Cupid Must Be Angry - Duane Jarvis 9. Love So Fine - Robbie Rist 10. You Make Me - Kim Shattuck 11. I Don't Want the Night to End - The Lowe Beats 12. Let's Eat - Monkey Bowl 13. Everyone - The Brilliant Mistakes 14. Rollers Show - The Glimmer Stars 15. Heart of the City - The Electric Chairs (Amazon.com) Labour of Love, the other widely available tribute to the music of Nick Lowe, counted Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, and Dar Williams among its contributors. The hitters on Lowe Profile--a two-disc set covering, in the words of executive producer Walter Clevenger, "rock, pop, blues, country, and soul--and that's just the first five songs on disc one!"--aren't quite as heavy. But that's a plus, not a minus, as it allows the diversity of Lowe's songwriting to take center stage. Each of his periods is represented by a standout track. His Brinsley Schwarz bandmate Ian Gomm, who cowrote "Cruel to Be Kind," turns in a heartfelt version of the song accented by some delicious George Harrison-esque slide guitar, and Foster & Lloyd reunite after 15 years to put a smooth country spin on the Rockpile-era "Without Love." Other highlights include Greg Trooper's soulful, Wurlitzer-tinged take on "What's Shaking on the Hill" (the centerpiece of 1990's Party of One) and a rockabilly reimagining by James Intveld of Dig My Mood's "Lonesome Reverie." Nothing can substitute for new music by the Basher, but these 30 tracks might be just enough to hold those who've been waiting four years for a follow-up to The Convincer a little while longer. --Benjamin Lukoff |
Nick Lowe his first Live Album! (09 May. 05)
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Nick Lowe Japan Tour Date! (01 Sep. 02)
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Just wanted to pass along some new Nick
Lowe tour dates in Japan: |
Extra CD & Single (01 Sep. 02)
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Letter From Ian Gomm (08 Feb. 02)
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A few days ago, I got an e-mail from Ian
Gomm. As you know Mr.Gomm was a member of Brinsley
Schwarz. |
From Yeproc Records (05 Oct. 01)
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Nick Lowe was on Fresh
Air Oct 2nd! Nick performed on Mountain Stage last
evening in which he was the featured performer. Nick ran
through exciting solo acoustic renditions of "I'm A Mess,"
"Lately I've Let Things Slide," "What's Shakin' On The
Hill," "Indian Queens," "Has She Got A Friend," "Conference
Table" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and
Understanding." This show will be part of the 2 hour
Mountain Stage program that will be fed to affiliate
stations on October 26th and will be aired according to
local schedules that following week. |
From Yeproc Records (26 Sep. 01)
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I got an e-mail from Ms.Gunn who is the
graphic designer at Yep Roc Records.She gave me some good
news. Don't miss them! |
Two Nick Lowe stuffs (26 Sep. 01)
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I've
already let you know. Japanese fan can get two stuffs if
they purchase his new album from Sound Circus Records,
Japanese distributer.
The Convincer & Labour of Love (27 Aug. 01)
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Songlist
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Labour of Love: The
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Greg Brown -- vocals, guitar |
European Tour Dates (10 Aug. 01)
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Have you got any info 'bout Nick?