Conrad Korsch
Live Love Leave
This intimate and haunting singer-songwriter album from Rod Stewart's bassist features 13 songs ranging from poetic ballads with string quartets to full-band anthems, while lighter moments include a waltz arranged for 7 upright basses and voice.
Conrad Korsch has worked as a bassist and vocalist with some of the finest singers and songwriters in the music business: Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Rosanne Cash, Joan Osborne, Madeleine Peyroux, Carole King, Marc Cohn, Gavin DeGraw, Andrea Bocelli + Bette Midler, to name a few. "Live Love Leave" is his debut album as a singer-songwriter, showcasing his abilites on lead vocals and a variety of musical instruments as well as his beautifully atypical string quartet arrangements. Combining the poetic storytelling elements of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen with the passion of Jeff Buckley and Damien Rice, this album contains 13 songs drawing on the human experience which, while deeply personal, are rich with characters and metaphors, engaging listeners to either relate their own experiences or simply observe from afar.
He is joined on the recordings by Rosanne Cash + Joy Askew on vocals, Shawn Pelton + David Palmer on drums, Matt Beck + Thad DeBrock on electric guitars, Alex Brofsky on french horn, Antoine Silverman + Jonathan Dinklage on violins, Hiroko Taguchi on viola and Anja Wood on cello. For more info, pictures, email list, etc., please visit www.myspace.com/conradkorsch. Digital Downloads of the mp3 version of the CD, along with full-color PDF booklet, are available at the iTunes Store at this direct link (copy and paste into your browser): http://lnk.nu/itunes.apple.com/xif
What the industry is saying about "Live Love Leave":
"chamber folk beauty...filled with charm, warmth and slightly melancholy grandeur"
- CD Baby (5-stars!)
"beautiful and passionate vocal work"
- Rootstime (Belgium)
"a stylish singer-songwriter set...tales of love and loss crafted around visceral vocals"
- Bass Player Magazine
For more info about Conrad's bass playing career, go to www.conradkorsch.com and click "Bassist".
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