{"id":4898,"date":"2015-01-14T06:43:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T06:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/01\/14\/richie-kotzen-releases-two-new-songs-ahead-of-new-album-set-for-release-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2015-01-14T06:43:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T06:43:06","slug":"richie-kotzen-releases-two-new-songs-ahead-of-new-album-set-for-release-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/01\/14\/richie-kotzen-releases-two-new-songs-ahead-of-new-album-set-for-release-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"RICHIE KOTZEN RELEASES TWO NEW SONGS AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE IN 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"


Fans of guitarist\/singer\/songwriter RICHIE KOTZEN anxious to hear new music before his next solo album (details of which are forthcoming) should head over to iTunes, where he just released two new singles, \u0093You\u0094 and \u0093Cannibals.\u0094 You\u0094 was co-written by RICHIE\u0092s daughter, August, who appears in the video posted on RICHIE\u0092s official YouTube page. He explains, \u0093It must have been four years ago and my daughter, who is now 17, was constantly playing this piece of music on the piano. I finally asked her what it was and she said she just made it up. I set up the microphones and recorded her playing for<\/span> about seven minutes. Years later, I found this on my hard drive and decided to write lyrics to it over this past summer. The end result is what you see and hear in the video. It is one of my favorite things I\u0092ve done and I\u0092m happy to have been able to collaborate on music with my daughter.\u0094<\/p>\n

\u0093Cannibals\u0094 made its debut during his recent three-month solo tour, which started in Europe, taking him through Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, and Chile, and concluding with a month-long trek of the U.S. \u0093I did something I\u0092ve never done before on this tour,\u0094 RICHIE explains, \u0093which is performing an original composition that has yet to be released. The only place you could hear the song \u0091Cannibals\u0092 was at the show, and it went over quite well with the fans. Rather than wait to release the song as part of the new album next year, I figured it would be cool to share the studio version now while it\u0092s fresh in the people\u0092s minds who attended my shows. I was able to collect live footage that was shot during the tour and compile a live video to go along with the song.\u0094 A newly released video can be found on his official YouTube page here. <\/p>\n

RICHIE has been touring in support of THE ESSENTIAL RICHIE KOTZEN, which was released September 2 on Loud & Proud Records. It\u0092s a two-CD and DVD career retrospective set that encompasses this iconic talent\u0092s entire career of his most essential work: classic material; acoustic performances; bootleg material; and two brand new songs (\u0093War Paint\u0094 and \u0093Walk With Me\u0094). The DVD features music videos, acoustic performances, and bootleg material. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned for new RICHIE KOTZEN album news in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n

www.richiekotzen.com
www.facebook.com\/richiekotzenmusic
www.twitter.com\/Richie_Kotzen
www.youtube.com\/user\/RichieKotzenOfficial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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