[NEohioPAL] Raul Malo Announcement

[The Kent Stage]

The Kent Stage

Northeast Ohio's Premiere Concert Venue  
and
The Western Reserve Folk Arts Association 
  Presents 

Americana legend
Raul Malo
 
October 10 at 8PM
 Tickets: $36.50 Gold Circle & $28.50 Reserved

Tickets on sale at 8AM on Sat. Aug. 7 at www.kentstage.org


  RAUL MALO'S SINNERS & SAINTS ALBUM, DUE SEPTEMBER 28

New album for Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group recorded in Nashville and 
Austin; guests include Augie Meyers, Shawn Sahm, Michael Guerra and The Trishas 




AUSTIN, Texas - Self-produced in his home studio, Sinners & Saints is the most 
intimate, honest and complex album Raul Malo has made in an already 
distinguished career. One hears in it a lifetime's journey, from the 
singer-songwriter's youth in Cuban neighborhoods of Miami through his years as 
one of the most intriguing talents in the Americana scene. The album is set for 
September 28, 2010 release on Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group. Sinners & 
Saints follows 2009's critically acclaimed album Lucky One, Malo's Fantasy 
debut.


Rooted in Malo's lifelong connection to Latin music but infused with his 
wide-ranging love of country, blues, jazz and vintage rock 'n' roll, Sinners & 
Saints combines sonic ingenuity with emotional sincerity. 



Entertainment Weekly stated, "Malo is one of those rare singers who transcend 
the mundane with the sheer operatic sweep of his marvelous instrument. He's 
among the last of a breed: a country stylist with finesse and brawn in equal 
measure, turning his laments into bittersweet valentines."


In a departure from his past albums, Malo took his tracks from his home studio 
in Nashville to Austin, where an incredible musical cross-pollination took 
place. Malo has spent much time playing in Texas with the Lone Star State's 
wealth of legendary musicians. He entered longtime friend Ray Benson's Bismeaux 
Studios and finished the album with the help of Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas 
Tornado veteran Augie Meyers on the Vox Continental organ and, on the song 
"Superstar," guitarist Shawn Sahm, Sir Douglas' son. The Trishas (Savannah 
Welch, Kelley Mickwee, Liz Foster and Jamie Wilson) provided background vocals. 
And hotshot accordionist Michael Guerra, known for his work with the Tex-Mex 
Experience, lent further Tejas authenticity to the sound.


The title track opens the record, setting the album's tone thematically and 
musically. From his boyhood and through his years of coming of age in Miami, 
Malo spent many nights in neighborhood music rooms listening to local artists 
perform their Flamenco zarzuelas. Malo wrote "Sinners & Saints" by conjuring up 
those nights in his head, and playing his electric guitar with a cross between 
Flamenco melodicism and retro surf-twang. "It has no chorus, no repeatable 
line," he says, "And it's long. Purposefully long."


The second track, "Living for Today," ventures into socio-political territory 
against an upbeat sound that includes chiming guitars, Meyers' Vox organ and the 
Trishas' backing vocals. In a musical space that includes the biting 
observations of Rodney Crowell, James McMurtry or Todd Snider, this song is a 
welcome addition. Speaking of Crowell, Malo provides a heart-felt reading of his 
modern-day standard "Til I Gain Control Again." 



The disc's other songs are also full of special moments. In Austin Malo recorded 
an original song called "Superstar" with several pals from the Texas Tornados. 
That and several other tracks feature Guerra's blazing Tex-Mex accordion, as in 
"San Antonio Baby." In a more serious vein, Malo delivers the classic Spanish 
song "Sombras" in the stunning tenor voice that made him famous. He also offers 
an innovative cover of Los Lobos' "Saint Behind the Glass," whose rich mix of 
percussion, guitars and Mexican instruments will leave audiophiles deeply 
absorbed. The cryptic lyrics offer an unexpected finale to the album.


Raul Malo has seen and done a great deal in his career but Sinners & Saints 
demonstrates there is much more inside him. "This is the hardest I've ever 
worked on an album," he says with a mixture of relief and pride. That includes 
the physical labor of confronting the studio alone day after day as well as the 
emotional courage to challenge his listeners and speak his mind. "This really is 
about me and my point of view. I realized that after I'd done it. It reflects 
really how I feel about a lot of things. That's why this is as much of me as 
I've ever put on a record." 



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For more information on Raul Malo, please contact:
Cary Baker · conqueroo · 323-656-1600 · cary at conqueroo.com
Joel Amsterdam · Concord Music Group · 310-385-4206 · 
jamsterdam at concordrecords.com
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Aug 28 at 8PM
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Stars of PBS's Women of the NorthwoodsDALA
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The Legendary Drifters
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The One and Only
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Sept 24 & 25
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Sept 26 @ 8PM
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Little Feat and David Bromberg
Sept. 29 at 8PM
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Suzy Bogguss
Oct 9 at 8PM
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Cleveland's Own! 
Marc Cohn 
 New CD and Full Band!
Oct 12 @ 8PM
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 Folk Singer and Movie Star!
Jeff Daniels
Oct 13 @ 8PM 
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 A Legend of the Folk Music Era!
Tom Paxton
Oct 14 @ 8PM
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Special Small Hall concert by  
GREAT BIG SEA
Oct 21 at 8PM
Gold Circle  $38.50 and Reserved $28.50:  on sale NOW at www.kentstage.org 
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