{"id":32303,"date":"2025-02-10T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=32303"},"modified":"2025-02-10T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:12:43","slug":"new-music-monday-what-do-you-think-of-these-new-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/02\/new-music-monday-what-do-you-think-of-these-new-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Monday &#8211; What Do You Think Of These New Tracks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John and Brandi Carlile are teaming up for a new album &#8220;Who Believes In Angels?&#8221; expected to be released April 4th.<\/p>\n<p>The first single to be released &#8211; the title track &#8220;Who Believes In Angels?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They set out to create a genuinely collaborative studio album between Elton and Brandi. The album would mix Elton-led songs and Brandi-led songs, with long term collaborator Bernie Taupin and Brandi both contributing lyrics, and producer and co-writer Andrew Watt acting as the producer, mediator and creative conduit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They went into Los Angeles\u2019 Sunset Sound Studios in October 2023 with a completely blank slate, they pushed each other out of their comfort zones to write and record an album completely from scratch in just 20 days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Backed by world renowned musicians including Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pino Palladino (Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan and David Gilmour) and Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i69w56ulpLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Elton John, Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels?\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Whitcomb is from Nanaimo, BC.\u00a0 He left home at 17 and got a job working on a pipeline, later spending his downtime singing karaoke and posting covers on Reddit.\u00a0 \u00a0When an American Idol exectutive noticed his talent, he got a spot on the show&#8217;s 20th season and came out as a top 20 finalist.\u00a0 From there he threw himself into learning how to write songs. 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The Hundred Mile High Tour gets underway March 13 at Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s being called &#8220;One of the most captivating new songwriters of his generation&#8230; Cameron turns the most candid details of his real-life experience into songs with a strangely exhilarating power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uz_e20WJqQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Cameron Whitcomb - Quitter (Official Lyric Video)\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elton John and Brandi Carlile are teaming up for a new album &#8220;Who Believes In Angels?&#8221; expected to be released April 4th. 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