Before I begin this post, I would like to announce that as of yesterday, LA staple and Musicbleep favorite, Greg Laswell, launched his own site today! http://www.blogger.com/www.greglaswell.com. Here you can find tour dates, recent photo galleries, videos, RINGTONES, blogs, an online store, plus much, much more exciting things. It is truly like Christmas morning! I was excited to hear the news, and knew that I could not possibly go on another day without sharing it with my fellow Musicbleep fans! I would also like to take this moment to announce not only a show added to his US, Denmark, and UK tour @ The Troubadour in West Hollywood on October 25th, but on October 6th he will be releasing his second EP 'Covers'.
In this well put together album, he recreates songs from any music lovers heart, especially Kristen Hersh's 'Your Ghost', which I cannot stop listening to on repeat. It is truly genius, and not surprisingly so. Mr. Laswell, or Greg, as I hope to call him, has always followed through on creating thoughtful, heartfelt, and sometimes heartbreaking tracks from his debut album 'Through Toledo' up until his latest single 'Off I Go' which stumped downloading charts after debuting on the season finale of Grey's Anatomy. The 'Covers' Ep pays tribute to artists from my nostalgic past:
The Killing Moon (originally performed by Echo & the Bunnymen)
In Spite of Me (originally performed by Morphine)
Take Everything (originally performed by Mazzy Star)
Your Ghost (originally performed by Kristin Hersh)
This Woman's Work (originally performed by Kate Bush)
He has recreated each song with grace and emotion, and I have to say, I actually like most of these tracks better than the originals, especially 'Your Ghost' and 'In Spite of Me' (no offense to the original artists).
So be on the lookout October 6th for 'Covers' and get your tickets now for the Troubadour show on October 25 as I am certain it will sell out!
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