FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York, NY (February 27,
2014)
- Renowned
guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of seminal rock act The Black Crowes –
Rich Robinson has released the track list and cover art for his forthcoming solo
studio album titled The
Ceaseless Sight.
Robinson, who already has two solo studio
albums to his credit, the first, "Paper," came in 2004 while his follow-up,
"Through a Crooked Sun," arrived in 2011, is thrilled to see his latest piece of
work scheduled for release on June 3rd via The End Records.
“I've always
approached writing songs for an album as part of a larger work,” says Robinson.
“This album as a whole is one piece and how it fits into my whole body of work
is the other. My new record follows the path of my musical journey I've been on
for 25 years. I feel a strong connection to where I've been musically, but more
importantly where I'm going."
The first single off The Ceaseless Sight, an album that represents
the full maturation of Robinson as a songwriter, a vocalist, and a solo artist,
‘One Road Hill’ which will be released on April 8th can now be heard here.
The official tracklist is as follows:
1) I Know You
2)
Down The Road
3) One Road Hill
4) The Giving Key
5) This Unfortunate
Show
6) In Comes The Night
7) Inside
8) I Have a Feeling
9) I
Remember
10) In You
11) Trial and Faith
12) Obscure The
Day
In related news,
beginning March 8th, Robinson will proudly join the likes of stalwart names such
as Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde, Robby Krieger, Jonny Lang, Bootsy Collins, Eric
Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Billy Cox (Band of Gypsys, Jimi Hendrix
Experience) and many more on the Experience Hendrix Tour
presented by BandFuse: Rock Legends. Robinson will be performing on the
following select dates:
March 8 – Shawnee, OK - Grand Event
Center
March 9 – Midland, TX - Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center
April 4
– Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater
April 5 – Merrillville, IN - Star
Plaza Theater
April 6 – Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center
April 8 –
Minneapolis, MN - State Theater
For more information on the tour and
ticket details, visit: www.experiencehendrixtour.com
Robinson and his band will tour through the year in support of the
release. Check http://richrobinson.net/ for tour updates.
More on Rich
Robinson:
Robinson was born in 1969 and formed the The Black
Crowes with his older brother Chris in Atlanta in the 1980’s. At the age of 17,
Robinson began writing the music for the songs that would land on the band’s
1990 debut album, Shake Your Money
Maker, which sold 7 million copies. Over the next 10 years, Rich’s
songwriting evolved into the musical engine that powered the band to sales of
more than 25 million albums. Before taking a hiatus in 2001, the Crowes catalog
included classics like The Southern Harmony and
Musical Companion, Amorica, By Your Side, and Live at the Greek: Excess All Areas, a double
album that captured the teaming of Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes for
performances of Led Zeppelin, Crowes and blues and rock standards.
The
Crowes went on hiatus in 2001 and in 2004 Rich began his solo journey with the
release of his first album, Paper. The record was largely an extension of Rich’s
musicianship as a Black Crowe showcasing his stellar and under-rated guitar
playing and, for the first time, Rich took on the role of lyricist and lead
vocalist. Paste Magazine: “Rich Robinson brings back not only roots-rock
accessibility, but the complexity and originality that transformed the Black
Crowes into a band that mattered. Paper is filled with beautiful melodies and harmonies,
creative guitar work, fitting instrumentation and, most of all, excellent
songwriting.”
It would be seven years before his second solo
album, Through A Crooked Sun, and an
accompanying EP, Llama Blues, were
released as the Crowes reunited in 2005 and were actively recording and touring
until their second hiatus in 2010. Crooked
Sun, a far more personal album than his first, was a collection of 12
songs that expressed the increasing spiritual and political awareness that
Rich’s life had taken. Recorded in Woodstock in 2011, the album featured Joe
Magistro, Steve Molitz and guest performances by Warren Haynes, Larry Campbell,
Karl Berger, John Lindberg, and John Medeski.
A worldwide Black Crowes
tour kept Robinson busy in 2013, but he found the time to return to Woodstock to
record The Ceaseless Sight. The album
finds Robinson stepping solidly into his own as a solo artist as he adds
confident vocalist and lyricist to his accomplished musical resume.
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