Check out new Youtube videos for "Come on in from the Cold,"
"Venetian Blind," "Seeing Just Fine" and "28 Days." New songs "Flickering Light,"
"Where I Go" and "Barrett" for the forthcoming album
are also available on Youtube.
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“Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny.”
News:
Check out Will King's performance on The Listening Room with host Matt Sartwell.
Songs featured: Where I Go, Sweet Cheyenee and I Won't Give Up.
Check out Catherine Michaels, host of WHUD's Night Rhythms, interview
with Will King here.
American Music, Belgium' s longest running country music show, named
"Come on in from the Cold" one of its recommended albums for 2008.
Will King's Version of Willie and Amy's Nelson's "A Peaceful Solution"
is currently being featured on the Willie Nelson Peace Institute site.
You can hear the song and read the article/interview here.
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This week's winning entry sent in via email from:
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- Frank Zappa
Do you have a good quote?
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Each week an entry will be selected at random and
that person will win a free copy of
"Come on in form the Cold."
Winner annouced every Friday.
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Special guests include Grammy nominated John Cohen [The New Lost City Ramblers, and featured in Martin Scorsese’s documentary on Bob Dylan, No Direction Home], John Ventimiglia, who played Arthur "Artie" Bucco on the The Sopranos, drummer Doug Yowell [Suzanne Vega], bassist Saul Zonana [Ace Frehley] and vocalist RJ King.
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Will King rehearsing "Come on in from the Cold" with New Lost City Rambler, John Cohen. 
After opening for Richie Havens at Rock on for Rights; Will King with Rita J. King and the great Richie Havens.
March 2nd 2008 - The Bitter End, NYC
"This one has been spinning in the player for quite some time because it's, well, enigmatic. The opening title cut is reminiscent of Peter Gabriel's sprawling theatrical style sans his wall of sound and the next track, “I Won't Give Up”, echoes Paul Simon musically and lyrically? Third up, with a nod to Nebraska , Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, is the ballad “Johnny McPhee”. If this is starting to sound a bit all over the musical map, it is, and that ain't derogatory. Predictable is not an adjective for Come on in from the Cold , pleasantly surprising, particularly considering the number of instruments employed, is more apropos. Even after repeated plays new and different nuances emanate from the speakers and that's a good thing, because the boring ones quickly become Frisbee impersonators. This one is unique; it deserves a listen." - Don Grant, Freight Train Boogie.
"When the music is playing one quickly gets the feeling of being on the scent of something large. Or more correctly: something that in the course of time can stay large. Come on in from the Cold is an honest round americana with many fine moments..." - Mikael Døring, Geiger magazine [Denmark]."Will King has released an excellent album which I know you'll enjoy...he has a unique voice and style all his own." - John Carver, host of Across the Tracks, PBS 106.7 FM Melbourne, Australia.
"What I found was an almost hypnotic blend of music. Like a slowly unfolding daydream. Hard to pigeonhole. If you took Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke and John Fahey, and crafted a jigsaw, you'd be close." - Chuck Waters, North Carolina-based music journalist.
Read the complete interview/article here.
The Aquarian Weekly In a Word: Journey
—by Noah Ruede
Most music you find on the radio nowadays is generic and boring, not only in the music and in structure but also in its lyrical content. If you happen to have a folk or
Come on in from the Cold wanders through a diverse range of themes, traveling through many scenarios that we all encounter at one point or another. He wanders everywhere from near death to rejoice, from abandonment to anger and betrayal to true happiness. It’s one thing to be able to put such themes into words. Putting them into music, however, is a totally different animal. King does both, and with the help of some guest appearances throughout the album, he puts together a complex mishmash of feelings comparable to that of life itself.
by John W. Barry
"Come on in from the Cold offers something new, fresh and different. There are no cliches and it is heavy on atmosphere. My analogy - Eddie Vedder sings Woody Guthrie."
Read the complete interview/article here.
Next gig:
5/17/08
7 Main Street
Tarrytown, NY
8 PM
2 Sets
914.332.1479