Dan Wilson of Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic is working on a new "super-solo" album where he's truly flying solo. He's debuted the first new tune from it called Something I Don't Know. It's exactly what you'd expect from Mr. Wilson - gooey, sentimental piano pop.
Wilson is also currently enjoying his first Number One song in the UK: Adele's Someone Like You, a true song for a broken heart...
Congratulations, Dan!
Dan Wilson - one of the fellas behind Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic and the Grammy-winning songwriter behind the Dixie Chicks - recorded a double album during a live performance in Minneapolis last December and it is now available.
Live at the Pantages includes Singing In My Sleep, Secret Smile, One True Love, Free Life, All Kinds, and more. It is only available via his website here.
Dan Wilson is headed home to Minneapolis for a special week of intimate shows in September.
September 22 - Bryant Lake Bowl
http://blb.ciceron.com/calendar.asp?date=9/22/2009
September 23 - 318 Cafe
http://www.three-eighteen.com/music.htm
September 24 - Acadia Cafe
http://www.indietickets.com/events/IT_000028_09242009_AA
September 25 -26 Dakota
http://www.dakotacooks.com/2009/07/dan-wilsons-hometown-tour-2009/
Dan Wilson has released a new EP called Be Free.
The download-only record includes Dan's new, unreleased versions of The Dixie Chicks' "Lullaby" and Jimmy Webb's "All I Know. " Rounding out the set are "I Can't Hold You," and "Hello Stranger," both recorded during the sessions for "Free Life"Download via iTunes here.
Dan Wilson - I don't really need to say "of Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic fame" anymore, right? I mean, he has won a Grammy - so, anyway, Dan Wilson of solo fame is heading out on the road as part of the "Hotel Cafe" tour and is hitting a few choice Midwest locales (not Des Moines, sigh), including his hometown of M-Town Minneapolis.
Mar 27, 2008 Mr. Smalls Theatre Pittsburgh, PAPre-sale tix here.
Mar 28, 2008 Park West Chicago, IL
Mar 29, 2008 High Noon Madison, WI
Mar 31, 2008 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
Apr 1, 2008 Record Bar Kansas City, MO
Apr 3, 2008 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
Apr 4, 2008 Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO
Apr 5, 2008 Avalon Theatre Salt Lake City, UT
Mental Blog note: new Dan Wilson, Free Life, out today. Download here.
Previously...
As previously reported, Dan Wilson (of Semisonic, Trip Shakespeare) has a solo album coming out October 16 called Free Life. To get you juiced, he's released the Free Life EP via iTunes complete with three tunes: Cry, Easy Silence (previously available Dixie Chicks-style on their album), and All Kinds. It's emotional, sentimental, mellow, adult, singer-songwritery stuff so be prepared. It's also quite good.
Free Life tracklist:
1. All Kinds
2. Free Life
3. Breathless
4. Baby Doll
5. Come Home Angel
6. Sugar
7. Cry
8. Golden Girl
9. Against History
10. Honey Please
11. She Can’t Help Me
12. Hand On My Heart
13. Easy Silence
Why did DW add this song to the album? "Of all the songs the Chicks and I wrote together," he said, "'Easy Silence' felt the most universal to me and also seemed like the one that I related to most personally. I thought it would be interesting to hear what the song would sound like from a man's perspective. Plus, I wanted an excuse to play more slide guitar on the album."
Stereogum gives some inches to Dan Wilson and his new tune Cry, previously heard on hisspace along with a few other tunes. Remember, his solo album Free Life comes out 10/16.
Previously...
"Grammy Dan" Wilson is releasing a solo album called Free Life on October 16. Special guests include Sheryl Crow, Lance Armstrong (awkward!), Jayhawks' Gary Louris, and others. This is indeed good news.
Preview tracks at hisspace. Sound great, as if you expected any less.
Download tracks by Semisonic here.
BTW, Wilson won the Song of the Year Grammy for Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks, which honestly transcends any genre by being such a damn great tune.
