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Todd Rundgren \u2013 the iconic songwriter, recording artist, producer and innovator \u2013 will release his newest album \u2018White Knight\u2019 on May 12 via Cleopatra Records. The 15-track collection features a dynamic range of original songs and deft studio work by Rundgren, with an incredible array of guests to match, including Dam Funk, Donald Fagen, Daryl Hall, Bettye Lavette, Robyn, Joe Satriani, Joe Walsh, and others. Recently Pitchfork unveiled album track \u201cThat Could Have Been Me\u201d featuring Robyn. Listen here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mLKLKk<\/p>\n
The songs on \u2018White Knight,\u2019 all Rundgren originals or co-writes with some of the album guests, range from hip-hop flecked funk and dystopian synth rock to soaring ballads and crisp power pop. Album opener \u201cCome\u201d swirls with oscillating rhythms and sweeping layers of synths. More squiggling synths drive the feature with Daryl Hall, \u201cChance For Us,\u201d giving way to a rich sax solo and a punchy, squelching bass line. Robyn soars on the pop anthem \u201cThat Could Have Been Me,\u201d while Todd and Donald Fagen harmonize on the timely political jab \u201cTin Foil Hat.\u201d \u201c\u2018Cause the man in the tin foil hat \/ is sitting on the throne tonight \/ it kinda feels like a coup e\u2019tat \/ but its gonna be great, tremendous, amazing and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n
“It’s easy to get used to playing to your own audience, even if you are absorbing and experimenting with new ideas. I wanted to collaborate not just for the musical possibilities, but also to play for new audiences and expose my fans to the range of artists I enjoy working with.” \u2013 Todd Rundgren<\/p>\n
Says the New Yorker: \u201cOver the course of his four-decade career, Rundgren has a been a prog-rock pioneer, a blue-eyed soul vocalist, an A-list producer, and above all, a restless presence, never willing to settle.\u201d In addition to his own trailblazing catalog, Rundgren has produced critical landmarks and commercial smashes for artists ranging from New York Dolls, Patti Smith, and XTC, to Meatloaf\u2019s \u2018Bat Out Of Hell\u2019 (with sales exceeding 43 million), Cheap Trick, and Hall And Oates. He has composed the music for a number of television series, including Pee Wee\u2019s Playhouse and Crime Story, and been at the forefront of technology in the music industry for decades, whether hosting the first interactive television concert in 1978, offering the first commercially available music downloads, or launching the first direct artist subscription service.<\/p>\n
Todd Rundgren will tour throughout 2017 with headlining dates kicking off in late April. Tour dates below with more to be announced shortly.<\/p>\n
TRACK LIST \u2013 Digital\/CD version:
1. Come
2. Got Your Back featuring KK Watson w\/Dam Funk
3. Chance For Us featuring Daryl Hall w\/Bobby Strickland
4. Fiction
5. Beginning (Of The End) featuring John Boutte
6. Tin Foil Hat featuring Donald Fagen
7. Look At Me feat. Michael Holman
8. Lets Do This with Moe Berg
9. Sleep with Joe Walsh
10. That Could Have Been Me featuring Robyn
11. Deaf Ears with Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
12. Naked & Afraid feat. Bettye LaVette
13. Buy My T
14. Wouldn\u2019t You Like To Know feat. Rebop Rundgren
15. This Is Not A Drill featuring Joe Satriani with Prairie Prince, Kasim Sulton<\/p>\n
Vinyl version:
1. Come
2. Got Your Back featuring KK Watson w\/Dam Funk
3. Chance For Us featuring Daryl Hall w\/Bobby Strickland
4. Fiction
5. Beginning (Of The End) featuring John Boutte
6. Tin Foil Hat featuring Donald Fagen
7. Lets Do This with Moe Berg
8. Sleep with Joe Walsh
9. That Could Have Been Me featuring Robyn
10. Deaf Ears with Trent Reznor
11. Buy My T
12. This Is Not A Drill featuring Joe Satriani with Prairie Prince, Kasim Sulton<\/p>\n
TOUR DATES:
April 29 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \u2013 River City Casino and Hotel
May 2 \u2013 Burnsville, MN \u2013 Ames Center
May 3 \u2013 Waukegan, IL \u2013 Genesee Theater
May 5 \u2013 Columbus, OH \u2013 Express Live!
May 8 \u2013 Cleveland, OH \u2013 House of Blues
May 10 \u2013 North Tonawanda, NY \u2013 Riviera Theater
May 11 \u2013 Tarrytown, NY \u2013 Tarrytown Music Hall
May 13 \u2013 Kingston, NY \u2013 Ulster PAC
May 14 \u2013 East Greenwich, RI \u2013 Greenwich Odeum
May 17 \u2013 Salisbury, MA \u2013 Blue Ocean Music Hall
May 18 \u2013 Portland, ME \u2013 Aura
May 25 \u2013 Ft. Myers, FL \u2013 Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
May 27 \u2013 St. Petersburg, FL \u2013 The Mahaffey Theater
June 10 \u2013 Syracuse, NY \u2013 OCC Campus 35th Syracuse Jazz Festival<\/p>\n
PRE-ORDER LINK: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/White-K night-Todd-Rundgren\/dp\/B06XGTTDXM<\/p>\n
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