FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 17 YEARS
FROM PIONEERING SURVIVOR OF DISCO ERA
Singer/songwriter/pop culture icon Donna Summer has been working hard on Crayons, her bold and long-awaited new collection of songs, the artist's first full-length studio album of newly-penned material since 1991's Mistaken Identity and her first new release since VH1 Presents: Live & More Encore! the companion to her top-rated VH1 television special which returned her to the Billboard Top 200 in 1999.
"I wanted this album to have a lot of different directions on it, I did not want it to be any one baby," says Summer. "I just wanted it to be a sampler of flavors and influences from all over the world. There's a touch of this, a little smidgeon of that, a dash of something else like when you're cooking."
Five-time Grammy winner, Donna Summer maintains an unbroken string of hits throughout the '70s and '80s, most of which she wrote. Summer holds the record for most consecutive double albums to hit #1 on the Billboard charts (3) and first female to have four #1 singles in a 12 month period; 3 as a solo artist and one as a duo with Barbara Streisand.
Songs on Crayons run the musical gamut from "a really real pop pop song" like "The Science of Love," to retro-modern dance tracks like "I'm A Fire" to the socially conscious "Bring Down The Reign," the world-music-flavored "Driving Down Brazil" and the title track which features Ziggy Marley. With the album's centerpiece ballad, "Be Myself Again," Summer creates an intimate, revelatory musical meditation. "What I wanted to do," she says, "is strip down a song. I wanted it to be a cappella. There's always so much hoopla around the voice, I wanted to do a song where there's no hoopla. There's just you and the audience listening to somebody who's just singing to themselves, singing about the intimate parts of what it has taken to do what they do. The thing to do is stay connected to the true self and that's really difficult in show business. That's what the song is about."
Donna Summer Tour Dates
6/24 Nashville, TN @ T-PAC
6/26 Marksville, LA @ Paragon Casino & Resort-Mari
Center
6/27 Lake Charles, LA @ L Auberge du Lac Casino - Event Center
6/28 Lake Charles, LA @ L Auberge du Lac Casino - Event Center
7/1 Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheater
7/3 Newport News, VA @ Ferguson Center for the Arts
7/5 Vienna ,VA @ The Filene Center
7/8 Gilford, NH @ Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center
7/9 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
7/11 Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
7/12 Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
7/13 Ottawa, ON @ Cisco Systems Bluesfest
7/16 Baltimore, MD @ Pier 6 Pavilion
7/18 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/19 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater
7/20 Salamanca, NY @ Seneca Allegany Casino
7/22 RAMA, ON @ Casino Rama -- Entertainment Centre
7/23 RAMA, ON @ Casino Rama -- Entertainment Centre
7/25 Atlantic City, NJ @ Caesars Atlantic City
7/26 Atlantic City, NJ @ Caesars Atlantic City
7/27 Westhampton Beach, NY @ Westhampton Beach Perf. Arts Ctr
8/6 Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
8/8 Richmond, BC @ River Rock Casino Resort
8/9 Richmond, BC @ River Rock Casino Resort
8/10 Spokane, WA @ Northern Quest Casino
8/13 Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
8/15 Reno, NV @ Peppermill Reno Hotel Casino
8/16 Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre of the Arts
8/17 Santa Rosa, CA @ Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
8/20 Alpine, CA @ Viejas - Concerts in the Park
8/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
8/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
8/27 Windsor Casino @ Windsor Limited
8/28 Windsor Casino @ Windsor Limited
8/30 Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Pavilion
8/31 Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Lake Casino
|
