NEWS RELEASE
JAMES GORDON
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Yes, Guelph songwriter James Gordon is about to make his 40th album (solo or with his former band Tamarack). Also celebrating his 40th year in showbiz, he’s collected a ‘dream team’ of musical friends to record 12 original songs with a fresh sound in an ‘off-the-floor’ live feel.
Recording at Guelph’s historic Black Heritage Hall next week, the sessions will culminate in a live recorded concert where the audience will be invited to participate. Attendees will have their name listed in the credits on the finished CD, and they’ll receive a copy when it is released on Borealis Records in 2019.
Joining him will be multi-instrumentalist songwriter Ian Bell, former Tamarack bandmate and current Cowboy Junkie Jeff Bird, guitarist/singer-songwriter Katherine Wheatley, and Anne Lindsay from the Jim Cuddy Band. Each brings their own style and creativity to the project, which Gordon expects will create a result that will be a departure from his last album Sunny Jim which reached No. 2 on the Canadian roots charts.
Gordon’s son Evan will be the recording engineer/producer, and will add some of his own musical talents, too.
There are a limited number of tickets offered for this special event, since the band takes up half the hall! The show happens Friday, June 15 at Black Heritage Hall, Essex Street, Guelph.
Tickets available here.
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