Post by cw on Aug 14, 2010 3:23:20 GMT 1
Her London media agents, 9PR, have released the following advance for Dream of You.
Sharon Corr
Five years since the The Corrs announced that they were taking a break from music to concentrate on their growing families, Sharon Corr is hugely excited to finally be releasing her debut solo album ‘Dream Of You’ on 13th September. A collection of beautifully crafted, melodic pop gems, it’s a remarkable debut that demands to be listened in full – each story and melody flowing seamlessly into the next.
Recorded in Dublin earlier this year, Sharon worked with a truly eclectic range of renowned traditional musicians including Davy Spillane, John McSherry, Máirtín O’Connor and Gerry O’Connor. There is a thrilling duet with the legendary Jeff Beck on the haunting traditional track ‘Mna Na hÉireann’ – a collaboration that came about after Sharon went to see him in concert in Dublin last year.
Long time Corr’s sidemen, Anthony Drennan, Keith Duffy and Jason Duffy played guitars, bass and drums respectively. ’Dream Of You’ was produced by Billy Farrell with Sharon acting as associate producer.
Sharon was determined that her violin should continue to play a central role. “It was important for me to keep the Irish influence and the violin because that’s what I’m known for” she reasons.
As violinist, songwriter and backing vocalist with The Corrs, Sharon enjoyed enormous success in the 90’s, with 30 million album sales, sold out worldwide stadium tours and a string of number 1 single and albums under the band’s belt. But after 15 years on the road with her siblings, it was time to take a break: ” We all needed to find our own identities and our own lives, and to have marriages and children and that sort of thing,” she says.
By the time she was expecting her second child in 2007, she was spending increasing amounts of time at the piano, writing songs. ”I was desperate to get back into the studio and I recorded the first demo for the album when I was heavily pregnant,” she remembers.
If the hits she wrote for the Corrs were her songs of innocence – or at least, of youth – these are the songs of experience. ”People tend to think you’re a singer-songwriter, or a violinist, or a pop group, or a rock musician,” Sharon says. ”I’m actually a lot of different things and I’ve no intention of denying any one of them. You get all of me on this album.”
‘Dream of You’ is released on 13th September on Rhino Records.
For reasons that are blindingly obvious, it came with the obligatory snap
This is another snap from that photo shoot.
Sharon Corr
Five years since the The Corrs announced that they were taking a break from music to concentrate on their growing families, Sharon Corr is hugely excited to finally be releasing her debut solo album ‘Dream Of You’ on 13th September. A collection of beautifully crafted, melodic pop gems, it’s a remarkable debut that demands to be listened in full – each story and melody flowing seamlessly into the next.
Recorded in Dublin earlier this year, Sharon worked with a truly eclectic range of renowned traditional musicians including Davy Spillane, John McSherry, Máirtín O’Connor and Gerry O’Connor. There is a thrilling duet with the legendary Jeff Beck on the haunting traditional track ‘Mna Na hÉireann’ – a collaboration that came about after Sharon went to see him in concert in Dublin last year.
Long time Corr’s sidemen, Anthony Drennan, Keith Duffy and Jason Duffy played guitars, bass and drums respectively. ’Dream Of You’ was produced by Billy Farrell with Sharon acting as associate producer.
Sharon was determined that her violin should continue to play a central role. “It was important for me to keep the Irish influence and the violin because that’s what I’m known for” she reasons.
As violinist, songwriter and backing vocalist with The Corrs, Sharon enjoyed enormous success in the 90’s, with 30 million album sales, sold out worldwide stadium tours and a string of number 1 single and albums under the band’s belt. But after 15 years on the road with her siblings, it was time to take a break: ” We all needed to find our own identities and our own lives, and to have marriages and children and that sort of thing,” she says.
By the time she was expecting her second child in 2007, she was spending increasing amounts of time at the piano, writing songs. ”I was desperate to get back into the studio and I recorded the first demo for the album when I was heavily pregnant,” she remembers.
If the hits she wrote for the Corrs were her songs of innocence – or at least, of youth – these are the songs of experience. ”People tend to think you’re a singer-songwriter, or a violinist, or a pop group, or a rock musician,” Sharon says. ”I’m actually a lot of different things and I’ve no intention of denying any one of them. You get all of me on this album.”
‘Dream of You’ is released on 13th September on Rhino Records.
For reasons that are blindingly obvious, it came with the obligatory snap
This is another snap from that photo shoot.
