Artist News
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise (RCA), Ray LaMontagne’s latest LP, on which he shares billing with the band he’s dubbed the Pariah Dogs, has been generating killer reviews, none more insightful than Ann Powers’ three-and-a-half-star (out of four) rave in the L.A. Times. Ray’s voice, Powers writes, “is like sea salt caramel: smooth, [...]
LAMONTAGNE GETS DAILY DEAL TREATMENT
The new album from Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs, God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, is out today on RCA and only $3.99 at Amazon. What are you doing still reading this? Go, click and buy…
MUST-SEE TV
Ray LaMontagne joins fellow roots-based writer/artists Lyle Lovett, John Prine and host Elvis Costello on the next edition of Spectacle, which is not only the best music show on TV but one of the best shows, period. It’ll air repeatedly on the Sundance Channel, starting next Wednesday, Jan. 13. The episode will mark Ray’s second [...]
A WEEKEND AT GRAMMYS
Chrysalis artists, writers and producers have picked up a slew of Grammy noms, led by No ID with a whopping four. So, without further ado…
Best Alternative Music Album:
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s,t’s Blitz!
Best Rap Solo Performance:
Jay Z,“D.O.A.” (No ID)
Eminem, “Beautiful”(Andy Hill)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Jay Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town” (No ID)
Best Rap Song:
Jay Z, “D.O.A.” [...]
Ray LaMontagne
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Lauded singer/songwriter, Ray LaMontagne release his much-anticipated third album, Gossip In The Grain, on October 14, 2009 on RCA Records. Recorded with returning producer, Ethan Johns in Box, England, and touching upon a range of styles and musical settings- spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porch country, and plangent balladry – Gossip In The Grain proves to be his most creative and emotionally expansive collection to date.
Whereas LaMontagne’s two previous albums, ‘Trouble’ and ‘Till The Sun Turns Black’, were largely solo affairs, with Johns serving as multi-tasking instrumentalist, Gossip In The Grain sees him joined by members of his touring band, bassist Jennifer Condos and guitarist Eric Heywood (with Johns largely handling drum duties). Along with his band members, LaMontagne is also joined on two tracks – “A Falling Through” and “I Still Care For You” – by singer/songwriter Leona Naess.
As LaMontagne explains “It was time to open up a little bit more, not be quite so reserved in my choice of songs that I wanted to record.” Recently called by Vanity Fair “a fresh reminder that the genuine artist is not yet an extinct species,” Gossip In The Grain reconfirms Ray LaMontagne as an artist and a craftsman without limits, a songwriter who is able to work his melodic gifts and distinctive lyricism through any of the myriad musical traditions that catches his fancy.
