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| DOWN ON MY KNEES |
| GET ME LOOSE |
| TRUCK DRIVING COWGIRL |
| WHIPPING CHAIN |
| LONG WAY ROUND |
| DOWN ON MY KNEES (EXTENDED MIX) |
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DOWN ON MY KNEES
CASS EAGER AND THE VELVET ROPE
Cass’ new five-track release covers a world of
stylistic territory. Her voice and music are sometimes funky, at other times soaked with an alt-country twang, and sometimes she rocks it out down and dirty. But when you get down to it, the woman is a sworn soul sister through and through - there’s Soul in the suitcase on every trip she takes.
Cass Eager likes to travel. From East Timor to the East Village, Egypt to the Middle East, Western Australia to Whistler, Cass likes to keep on the move and soak the world in up close and personally. Listening to her new EP ‘Down On My Knees’ it’s clear she’s not shy to travel between musical destinations either.
‘Down On My Knees’ was recorded with Cass’
new band ‘The Velvet Rope’ featuring Jon ‘Howler’ Howell on drums and Ryan Van Gennip on bass (Chase The Sun), Jono Dallimore on guitar, and special guest appearances from Lachlan Doley (Powderfinger, Jimmy Barnes) on keyboards and Melbourne’s Suzannah Espie on backing vocals.
The single was co-produced by Cass and soundman extraordinaire James Freeman (Diesel, Black Keys, EJ Barnes) and is a more than worthy follow-up to her rootsy debut, with the new songs capturing a darker, sweatier, more layered sound and a less introspective, more character-based style of writing.
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For the title track Cass and The Velvet Rope used
unusual instruments to help conjure up the sound of
voodoo mystery and magic, like slide ukulele and
castanets - even fingers on a half-filled water bottle.
‘Down On My Knees’ has become magical to the band, lyrics coming out of nowhere, rehearsal at a minimum and the first take being the one used. Sometimes, everything comes together perfectly and makes it right.
“There are times when it’s
ok to be vulnerable. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, we end up getting down on our knees; it’s important to enjoy the highs and accept the lows as a natural state of being.”
Cass
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SANTA'S GOT SOUL!
CASS EAGER AND THE MO' DEBLEYS
Need some new music to put on when the family arrive on Christmas Day? Do you dread having to once again reach for that CD of cheesy carols? Then bring the groove back to the holiday season with ‘Santa’s Got Soul!’
There was a time in music’s dim distant past when Christmas albums were considered cool, everyone from Charlie Parker, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and The Jackson 5 got generations out of their seats on Christmas day. “Santa’s Got Soul!” brings the vibe back to Christmas music with a collection of re-worked classics alongside lesser-known soul and
blues hits from the past and a brand new Christmas original from Cass. If you’re happy to never hear “The Little Drummer boy” again then this is the Christmas album for you!
Featuring an all-star cast of over 15 musicians including soul master Doug Williams, keyboardist
Lachlan Doley (Powderfinger, Jimmy Barnes), and the potent rhythm section of Chase The Sun, “Santa’s Got Soul!” is an essential under every tree this Christmas Day!
*** TO LISTEN TO THESE TRACKS, VISIT
www.santasgotsoul.com/listen.html
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KATHY McCABE
SYDNEY TELEGRAPH
‘The. Best. Soul. Christmas. Album.
Ever.'
‘Finally someone taking a big blues and soul stick to the silly season.'
'Funkier than James Brown.'
'Sounds like it has been plucked from the Stax vaults.'
'Deserves to become a modern classic.'
'Others who fall so in love with this jumpin' and jivin' take on the classics will be disgruntled that you didn't give it to them instead of keeping it for yourself.'
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| BEAUTIFUL DAY |
| COME MY WAY |
| SISTER |
| TAKE THESE WINGS |
| FALLING YOUR WAY |
| LAY YOUR TRUST |
| THINKING OF YOU |
| I LOVE YOU |
| HEARTBEAT |
| CHANCE ON ME |
| WHO'LL BE WAITING |
| DAVE'S PLACE |
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BEAUTIFUL DAY - THE ALBUM
SPECIAL OFFER
The
first 100 orders of the new Cass Eager album 'Beautiful Day'
through Waterfront Records will also get a free copy of the
single, with unreleased tracks.
From the reggae-tinged
groove of the crowd favourite title track 'Beautiful Day' to
the killer slide-guitar blues of 'Take These Wings' and heartfelt
soulfulness of 'Sister', the instrumentation running through
these songs adapt to fit the feel, from slide guitar to hammond
and rhodes piano, harmonica, violins, stompbox and ukelele. Most
are with Cass's trademark rhythmic acoustic guitar sound, and
all with Cass's husky-soaked vocals and effortless melodies bringing
them to life. Cass Eager's
debut album, 'Beautiful Day', is a stunning collection
of tunes spanning soul to blues, folk to gospel, roots
to reggae.
Originally a one-day walk-in demo with her band,
Jan Rynsaardt (guitar), Karl Willebrant (bass), Dave Marsalis
(drums) and Paul Searles (keys). The recordings led Cass to
produce, along with James Freeman, a full-blown CD, adding some
extra solo tracks along the way. She was joined by a number of
special guests, including Wayne Goodwin on strings (Emmy Lou
Harris / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young),
and Mahalia Barnes / Juanita Tippens on Backing Vocals. The
themes move from the tenderness of solitude, of love found and
lost, to an expressive celebration of life.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
SAY
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TRACKS MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA
'Cass Eager sings with the kind of heartfelt sincerity that
makes you want to believe in every word she utters.
She is obviously the kind of performer who likes her lyrics to be heard and
the message in each song is clearly articulated. Each one takes you on a melodic,
themed journey, or gives an insight into a character that has presented themselves
as an appropriate musical muse. The tempo
varies between more upbeat, feelgood tracks, and songs that have
an endearing melancholic quality. Several of the songs, like 'Beautiful
Day' in particular, will have you singing along pretty much the
first time
you hear them. 4/5 stars' .
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| RADIO EDIT |
| LO-FI ACOUSTIC MIX |
| PALM TREE MIX |
| CAJUN DUB (SNORKEL) REMIX |
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BEAUTIFUL DAY - THE SINGLE
Cass's first single from her debut album 'Beautiful
Day'. An audience favourite, the song brings the crowd to their
feet, and you just can't help singin' along.
On the tail of a Canadian
showcase tour at CMW, the single has already charted
at No.3 in Canada.
Features the radio edit, plus three other
unreleased mixes: the 'lo-fi'
acoustic lounge room mix with J. Rynsaardt's extra guitar
lickin'; the 'palm tree' mix featuring Bob Egan (Blue Rodeo,
ex-Wilco) on National and pedal steel guitars, and ex-Skunkhour
keyboard man Paul Searles's (Snorkel) tripped-out messed-up
dub-along remix.
WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE SAY
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SPILL MAGAZINE
CANADA
'Lying on my back staring up at a cloudless Muskoka sky a smile
creeps across my face as the lyrics echo out over the serene
lake. 'Everything's alright, cause it's a beautiful day'. Truer
words have never been spoken. I think if Cass Eager could choose
the setting for me to first hear Beautiful Day,
this would be it. The sound of the lake lapping
against the dock fills the empty space, but it almost seems like
it should be right there on the record. (This is) 'Beer drinking
chilling at the cottage' music, and Cass brings that very same
energy.
I will no doubt get a lot of play out of it this summer.
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| The Living End |
LIVE IT UP |
| The Cruel Sea |
NO CHOICE |
| Rene Guyer |
GUAVA JELLY |
| John Butler |
TREAT YO MAMA |
| Saltwater Band |
DJARRIDJARRI |
| Dili Allstars |
NO WOMAN NO CRY |
| Kasey Chambers |
DRIVING WITH THE BRAKES ON |
| Dallas Crane |
NUMB ALL OVER |
| Missy Higgins |
THE RIVER |
| Nighthour |
DOLDRUMS |
| Paul & Dan Kelly |
GOD TOLD ME TO |
| Wilcannia Mob |
DOWNRIVER |
| Cass Eager |
BEAUTIFUL
DAY |
| Sinco do Oriente |
HABURAS RAI |
| Vika and Linda |
TAKE IT EASY |
| Sime Nugent |
TIMOR LESTE |
| Cat Empire |
MISERERE |
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Timor-Leste - Freedom Rising
'Timor-Leste - Freedom Rising' has 18 fantastic Australian artists, like Missy Higgins, The John Butler Trio, The Cruel Sea, The Cat Empire, Kasey Chambers & Vika & Linda, who all kindly donated their songs.
Cass Eager's track 'Beautiful Day' is included on the CD and
she officially launched the CD in Melbourne, Australia and in
Dili, East Timor.
An Australian based charity named Life,
Love and Health approached singer/songwriter Paul
Kelly to create an album to raise money for the
women and children of Timor-Leste. Paul, in turn, approached
EMI/Capitol Records who agreed to come on board for this cause.
All of the money raised from the album sales will go to various charities and foundations that are helping the Timorese women and children become better educated in the ways of maternal health and childcare, in addition to general education and economic empowerment. These charities are Life,
Love and Health, the Alola
Foundation, and Haburas Foundation, East Timor’s
only non-governmental environmental group.
Women in Timor-Leste will give birth to an average of 7.4 children
in her lifetime and the nation has one of the highest maternal & infant
death rates in the world.
You can grab some cool tunes and support East
Timor at the same time.
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PAUL KELLY
'I am proud to be associated with this record. Our philosophy
has been to encourage artists to donate new recordings, unreleased
tracks or hidden gems tucked away on b-sides and to make connections
between a wide range of music.
I want to thank all the artists
involved for supporting the people of Timor Leste, especially
all those who came up with new songs. This is not a hastily
thrown together warmed over compilation.
This has been a labour
of love'.
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