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Nr : JEBCD007 Label : Cousin Jeb Records │██ │█▓ ------------------------------------------------------------------ │██ │▓█ Release date: 2020-01-31 Retail date: 2020-01-31 │██ │██░   ▄▄▄  ▄▄      ▄▄  ▄██▄  ▄▄▄ ▐██▓░ ░█▀▐▌ ▄█▓▌  ▌ ▐██▓▐██▓▐░▐█▀█ ▐▓█▀███▄▄▄░ ▐█░▓ ▐██ ▐ █▌▐▌██ ██░ █ ██░▓  ░▄▄▄███▀█▓▐│ ▐█▀█▓▄▀▄▀▓▌█▀▓▄░  ▀██▄▐██ ▐ █▌█ ██ █▌  █ ▀███▓ ░▄▓▀▀▀ ░▓█▀█▐│ ▀ ▌▐▌▀▓▓▀ ▀   ▄█▌ ██ ▌ ▐█▌ █▌ ▐░▐█    ▄█  ▀ │██│ ▀▄▀▄▒░▓ ▓▀██▓  ▀▀▀   ▀  ▀▓  ▀█▓ ▓▀█▀   │██ ░ ▀▄▀▄                   █████▄▄      │██ ▐▌▐▌                   ▀░   ▓▀▄ ▄▓▄ ██ ▓▀▄▀                ▄▄▀      ▐▌  ▀  │██               █▓░     ▄█▀     ▓█              ░▀▄▄▄▄███░       ▓█                ▀▀▀▀▀          ██ ██ ██ ██ 1. Off My Feet 3:18 ██ 2. Machu Picchu 3:23 ██ 3. Seven Days 3:04 ██ 4. The Wars 3:47 ██ 5. Tonight 2:50 ██ 6. Trace In The Wind 3:17 ██ 7. Hambre And Dolores 3:33 ██ 8. Blue Wine 2:50 ██ 9. Way Back Home 2:55 ██ 10. Foggy Notion 3:45 ██ 11. Secret Time 2:47 ██ ██ ██ ██ █▓ Total Runtime: 35:29 █▓ █░                 ▄             █                ▐██            ▓                ▓█▌░           ░                   ▀███████▓▀▀▀       ▓██▓░       ▄        ██▓  ▄▄   ▄▄▄▓ ░▓██▓ ░▀████▓      ██▌ ▄█▀█ ▐██  ██▀█ ▐█▀█▌ ░▓████▀░ ░ ░▀▀▄░ ▐█▄ ███▌▐██▓▐ ▐█▌ ▐█░▐█ ██░█░ ░▓█▐▀▀▄▀▄ ▄ ░ ▓ ▐█░▐▌██▓██▌░▐ ▐█▌ ██▓▀  █▌▄   ▀ ▐▌▐ █ ▓███ ██ ██▌ █ ▐█▌ ██▓░ ▐▀▀▀█▌ ░▒▄▀▄▀ █░ ░██▌ ██ ▐██ ▌░ █▌░ ▀█▄▄▓  ██▓ ▄▀▄▀ ░ │█▓   ▀   ▀▓ ▀▀▀   ▐█▓      ▄█▀   ▐▌▐▌ ▄ █▓                 ▀             ▀▄▀▄ ▀▓▀ ██ ░▄ ██│ At age 16, John Borra played his first gig at the legendary Toronto ██│ punk bar The Turning Point, and since then he has been a part of nearly ██│ every significant musical movement in the city. These days heÆs best ██│ known as a troubadour, albeit one with a rebellious storytelling streak ██│ that can be traced back to Hank Williams and other pioneering voices of ██│ folk and country music. ██│ ██│ Blue Wine is BorraÆs first solo album since 2002, after three albums ██│ with his band Rattlesnake Choir, and it finds him at the peak of his ██│ writing and performing powers. On one hand, itÆs exactly the kind of ██│ album youÆd expect from one of the most influential figures within ██│ TorontoÆs roots rock scene ûraw, melodic, and bursting with heart and ██│ soul. On the other hand, Blue Wine displays maturity and lyrical ██│ sophistication only an artist as experienced as Borra could convey. ██│ ██│ ôThe writing process for this one felt much like a first record ûmany ██│ sources and many years in the making,ö Borra says. ôWhen I started out ██│ in the early 1980s in post-punk bands, the goal was to try do something ██│ new and artistically important. ThatÆs what everyone was going for at ██│ that time and IÆve tried to maintain that aesthetic through everything ██│ IÆve done since.ö ██│ ██│ In that spirit, Borra put together a top-notch band for Blue Wine ██│ anchored around Blue Rodeo keyboardist Mike Boguski, longtime ██│ collaborator Sam Ferrara and drummers Glenn Milchem, Cleave Anderson, ██│ Dani Nash and Tim Timlek. As well, Borra collaborated with ██│ award-winning poet Eva H.D. on three songs: ôMachu Picchu,ö ôThe Warsö ██│ and ôHambre And Dolores.ö While these were the most recently written ██│ songs on Blue Wine, they perfectly complement BorraÆs own standout ██│ compositions, such as ôSeven Days,ö ôTrace In The Windö and ôTonight.ö ██│ ██│ ôWriting with Eva was a great pleasure and very interesting because it ██│ forced me to interpret the meaning behind her words,ö he says. ôIÆm ██│ still unpacking those songs every time I sing them. The other songs I ██│ can explain more directly: æSeven DaysÆ is the oldest song on the album ██│ and itÆs about raising my stepdaughter; æTrace In The WindÆ is a ██│ tribute to the late actress Tracy Wright who was a great supporter of ██│ my work; and æTonightÆ was written for a friendÆs film that I ended up ██│ rejigging after it didnÆt make the final cut.ö ██│ ██│ Borra also tips his hat to Dani Nash, a Toronto indie scene mainstay, ██│ by covering her song ôWay Back Home,ö while also revisiting his own ██│ musical roots with a version of the Velvet UndergroundÆs ôFoggy ██│ Notion.ö The latter features a special guest appearance by Kevin Hearn ██│ of Barenaked Ladies, who was a member and musical director of Lou ██│ ReedÆs band. ██│ ██│ With genre labels becoming increasingly irrelevant, the diversity ██│ inherent to BorraÆs brand of folk and country hardly seems out of the ██│ ordinary. Instead, it underscores how far ahead of the curve he has ██│ always been in terms of making country music with an inner city edge. ██│ ██│ ôComing up in the post-punk era, a large part of what I do has been ██│ informed by the Velvets, Stooges, Patti Smith, Ramones and others from ██│ that time,ö he says. ôI owe a great debt to all of those bands and that ██│ music resonates very deep in me. IÆd intended to record DaniÆs song for ██│ a Rattlesnake Choir record that we didnÆt end up making, but I just ██│ loved it and figured IÆd be a fool not to put it on Blue Wine.ö ██│ ██│ Having played a substantial role in many albums that have become part ██│ of the Canadian indie rock canon, collaboration has always come ██│ naturally for Borra. It all began in earnest in 1984 when he co-founded ██│ the notorious A Neon Rome, whose sole classic album, New Heroin, was ██│ released on FranceÆs New Rose Records. They went on to inspire Bruce ██│ McDonaldÆs landmark 1989 film Roadkill, but by then Borra was already ██│ following the lead of TorontoÆs late country-punk visionary, Handsome ██│ Ned. ██│ ██│ Before launching his solo career in the mid-1990s, Borra played bass in ██│ many other bands at the core of TorontoÆs indie scene, including Groovy ██│ Religion, Scott B Sympathy, and most significantly Change Of Heart, ██│ appearing on their major-label debut album Tummysuckle, which was ██│ supported by a cross-Canada tour with The Tragically Hip. ██│ ██│ As he became more involved in the alt-country world, Borra played and ██│ recorded with Ron Sexsmith, Serena Ryder, Blue RodeoÆs Greg Keelor and ██│ many others, while simultaneously forming the John Borra Band with ██│ Handsome Ned guitarist Steve Koch and Cleave Anderson, Blue RodeoÆs ██│ founding drummer. Later, he led Rattlesnake Choir with Sam Ferrara of ██│ first-wave Toronto punks The Viletones and The Ugly, along with a ██│ rotating cast of luminaries. ItÆs worth noting that December 2019 will ██│ mark 15 years that Borra and Ferrara have performed as a duo every ██│ Sunday afternoon at Toronto bar The CommunistÆs Daughter. ██│ ██│ Now with Blue Wine, John Borra is ready to step out on his own again ██│ with a powerful collection that touches on all aspects of his personal ██│ and musical journey. ██│ As country music continues to evolve, a great song will always be a ██│ great song. 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