Posted February 19, 201015 yr Hanson Team With Funk Brother, Michael Jackson Collaborator For June LP “Shout It Out” http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/1/0/2/7/32307201-32307207-slarge.jpg Hanson have been striving to integrate the smooth music they grew up on — Billy Joel, Steve Winwood and classic Stax and Motown records — into their pop-rock sound, and on their upcoming fifth album Shout It Out (due June 1st) the trio of brothers push their love of soul and R&B to the next level. Michael Jackson’s horn arranger Jerry Hey and funk brother Bob Babbitt guest on the record, which they laid down in El Paso, Texas, last April and finished up in studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Hollywood. “The album title stood out early on in the record process as a phrase that helped put all those elements into one simple statement,” Taylor Hanson tells Rolling Stone. “The record is built like a lot of records from ’60s and ’70s. From the beginning of the writing process, it felt like the kind of record we could have old school horn parts on.” Working with Hey was a reunion of sorts since he’d also arranged horns on their 2004 release Underneath. But when it came time to team with Babbitt, Hanson says the band benefited from a few “lucky calls” made by industry vet/drummer Steve Jordan and former Michael Jackson music director Michael Beardon to hook them up. Hanson says Babbitt helped the band add movement to the record, which reflected their larger goals for Shout. “I want to be able to talk about changing the world through your actions and being a generation that is aware and a force to be reckoned with — and at the same time be dancing,” Hanson says, adding that the band’s last LP — 2007’s The Walk — was tied to the band’s experiences in South Africa and its fight to raise money for AIDS awareness. “This record is more buoyant.” To kick off Shout It Out, Hanson are performing each of their albums in chronological order over a five-night stand in New York City at the end of April. The sold-out shows will be streamed online, and Hanson says the band has locked in guest appearances from musicians who have played on previous Hanson records — a pool that includes blues guitarist Jonny Lang, Sly & the Family Stone member Rose Stone and singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet. “By going back for a second, it creates a platform that allows you to hear the new record in perspective. In the end, you’ll hear how the songwriting and who we are has never changed,” Hanson explains. “With the new record, we’ve set forth the path we’re on and we’re really comfortable with it. We’re not trying to add anything new. For better or for worse, this is a written, performed, composed by Hanson album.”
March 12, 201015 yr Author Some pictures from the video shoot of their first single, "Thinking bout somethin" http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6649/g55s.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/291dbnk.jpg
March 19, 201015 yr Author Release date has been pushed back to 8th June 2010. Album cover: http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/photos/236172/shout-it-out-profile.png Tracklist: 1. Waiting For This 2. Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’ (1st single) 3. Kiss Me When You Get Home 4. Carry you There 5. Give A Little 6. Make It Out Alive 7. And I Waited 8. Use Me Up 9. These Walls 10. Musical Ride 11. Voice In the Chorus 12. Me Myself And I Hanson's US Tour Dates: Apr 26 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater - Performance of Middle of Nowhere (1997). - SOLD OUT Apr 27 - New York, NY Gramercy Theater - Performance of This Time Around (2000). - SOLD OUT Apr 28 - New York, NY Gramercy Theater - Performance of Underneath (2004). - SOLD OUT Apr 29 - New York, NY Gramercy Theater - Performance of The Walk (2007). - SOLD OUT Apr 30 - New York, NY Gramercy Theater - Premiere Performance of music from HANSON's NEW ALBUM. - SOLD OUT May 01 - East Rutherford NJ - The Bamboozle Festival May 21 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 22 - Charlotte, NC - Uptown Amphitheater - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 23 - Atlanta, GA - Six Flags - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 25 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 26 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 28 - Houston, TX - Verizon Theater - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 29 - Arlington, TX - Six Flags - The Bamboozle Roadshow May 30 - San Antonio, TX - Six Flags - The Bamboozle Roadshow Edited March 19, 201015 yr by SteR06
March 24, 201015 yr Author They released their last studio album 'The Walk' in 2007.. charted at #56 on Billboard Top 200 and #83 in the UK. Taylor Hanson is also in the band Tinted Windows, they released their debut album last year =U-7y1UxNkHM
March 25, 201015 yr aren't they like 60 or something ???? they should go on tour with old geezers the Rolling Stones....
March 25, 201015 yr aren't they like 60 or something ???? they should go on tour with old geezers the Rolling Stones.... ;) they're in their 20s still. Well, the eldest one might be 30 by now.
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