{"id":6144,"date":"2016-08-22T06:56:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T06:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/08\/22\/blues-rock-guitarist-aynsley-lister-announces-new-album-qeyes-wide-openq\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T06:56:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T06:56:18","slug":"blues-rock-guitarist-aynsley-lister-announces-new-album-qeyes-wide-openq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/08\/22\/blues-rock-guitarist-aynsley-lister-announces-new-album-qeyes-wide-openq\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues-rock guitarist Aynsley Lister announces new album “Eyes Wide Open”"},"content":{"rendered":"


Award-winning blues-rock guitarist Aynsley Lister has announced that his eighth studio album \u201cEyes Wide Open\u201d will be released on Friday 7th October 2016 on Straight Talkin\u2019 Records. \u201cEyes Wide Open\u201d is Aynsley\u2019s magnum opus, which sees him confidently pursuing his own musical path. Self-assured, inventive and richly-textured, Aynsley brings his 18 years of hard touring, 11 album releases (eight studio and three live) and all his experience as a musician to fruition on \u201cEyes Wide Open\u201d.
Aynsley\u2019s previous opus, 2013\u2019s Home garnered the guitar ace both Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year at the British Blues Awards. \u201cEyes Wide Open\u201d is a bold, confident and accessible slice of contemporary blues-rock that promises to bring Aynsley yet more accolades as well as introduce his genre-blending sound to a new audience, building on the 100,000 albums he\u2019s already sold worldwide.\u00a0 The new album dovetails Lister\u2019s UK and European tour which kicks off on September 22nd in Chislehurst.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The 39-year-old British guitarist says that this raw, energetic album is a return to his roots; a record that at its heart boasts all the grit of traditional blues. \u201cI wanted to keep the raw edginess and energy of a band,\u201d says Aynsley. \u201cSo that meant minimal takes and going with the ones that had the most spirit and passion over those with technical perfection. To me, music isn\u2019t supposed to be perfect. It\u2019s supposed to grab you and move you both emotionally and physically; it\u2019s supposed to connect with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Joe Bonamassasa was interviewed by the Nottingham Evening Post newspaper whilst on tour in the UK in October 2015, the paper asked the blues guitarist who his favourite British blues guitarists were. \u201cThere is a great little crop of blues musicians out there over in the UK right now,\u201d answered Bonamassa. \u201cThere is an Irish kid called Simon McBride who is very good, Joanne Shaw Taylor is a superstar in waiting, and I think and Aynsley Lister is also very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aynsley has just premiered the video for track one \u201cAll Of Your Love\u201d on YouTube. Watch and embed the video from this link – http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bGZBRe.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Eyes Wide Open \u2013 Album Track Listing<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All Of Your Love<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everything I Have To Give<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Il Grande Mafioso<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Won\u2019t Be Taken Down<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Time<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dishevelled<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Troubled Soul (Intro)<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kalina<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Handful of Doubt<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 Right As Rain<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0 Other Part Of Me<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0 Stay<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0 Hold You To It (Bonus Track)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Source: http:\/\/www.aynsleylister.co.uk\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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