Tuesday 20 December 2011
Paul McCartney has new album for Valentine's Day
Posted on 05:16 by Maria Scott
Paul McCartney has collaborated with Diana Krall, Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder on an album of standards to be released in time for Valentine's Day.
McCartney announced the project Monday, as he released the first of two original songs on the album to fans on his website. There are only two new songs on the album – My Valentine and Only Our Hearts.
But love is clearly in the air for the former Beatle, who married American Nancy Shevell in October.
His song list includes romantic works from the American Songbook, by composers such as Cole Porter and Harold Arlen. And it comes out just ahead of Valentine’s Day on Feb. 7.
McCartney says he and John Lennon were inspired in their own writing by some of the standards, which he first heard when his father performed them at home on piano.
McCartney worked with Vancouver-based Krall and her band in recording the as-yet-untitled album, and Clapton and Wonder also make appearances.
McCartney says he’s been thinking about the project for 20 years and, at age 69, figured “if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it.”
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/12/19/paul-mccartney-valentine-album.html
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/12/19/paul-mccartney-valentine-album.html
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