New releases for Feb. 7, 2012: David Cook, Cady Groves, Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Dierks Bentley, “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″, “Phantom of the Opera”
Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, has released today an EP titled “This Quiet Night” exclusively through Walmart. The CD includes acoustic performances of five songs from his 2011 album “This Loud Morning.”
Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, also is released today her “This Little Girl” EP.
Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan-favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well as Groves cover of Adele’s “Someone Like You”. The physical version will be available www.cadygroves.com and will include the same tracks as the digital version with the addition of Groves duet “Oh Darlin’” with Plug in Stereo.
Groves, who was just spotlighted in Seventeen Magazine’s “Ultimate Guide To Music” will be joining her labelmates and friends Hot Chelle Rae in select North American markets in February and March. (See the full list of tour dates after the break; it looks Dallas will be the closest she comes to Oklahoma.).
Among LPs, this week boasts new releases from Van Halen, Paul McCartney and Dierks Bentley. To read my review of Dierks’ latest, click here.
This week’s new DVDs include the 25th anniversary performance of “The Phantom of the Opera,” which I’ll be reviewing in the coming days; the excellent documentary “Project Nim,” which made my top 10 movies of 2011 list; and oh yeah, a little blockbuster called “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” which will be released in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
CDs
David Cook, “This Quiet Night” EP (Walmart exclusive)
Van Halen, “A Different Kind of Truth.”
Paul McCartney, “Kisses on the Bottom.”
Dierks Bentley, “Home.”
The Fray, “Scars & Stories.”
Various artists, “Waylon: The Music Inside, Volume II.”
Tony Bennett, “Isn’t It Romantic.”
Steve Tyrell, “I’ll Take Romance.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess, “Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall: In Celebration of 25 Years.”
Air, “Le Voyage Dans La Lune” (CD/DVD).
Edith Piaf, “Edith Piaf” (3-CD special edition).
DVD
Anonymous
Downton Abbey: Season 2
Father Dowling Mysteries: The First Season
Fireflies in the Garden
Project Nim
The Rebound
The Sunset Limited
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (midnight Saturday)
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
A Warrior’s Heart
Books
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success by Rory Vaden
Kill Shot (Mitch Rapp)by Vince Flynn
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth
Hilarity Ensues by Tucker Max
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity by Katherine Boo
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New releases for Feb. 7, 2012: David Cook, Cady Groves, Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Dierks Bentley, “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″, “Phantom of the Opera”
13 Days of Oklahoma Music: David Cook greets “This Loud Morning”
We’re in the final days of 2011, and that means I’m winding down my “13 Days of Oklahoma Music,” a video series looking back at musical milestones reached by recording artists with state ties in the year almost past.
“American Idol” Season 7 winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, released his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning,” in June on 19 Recordings/RCA Records. He returned to Tulsa when he brought his tour in support of the new record to Cain’s Ballroom in October.
“This Loud Morning” marked Cook’s first new album since November 2008, when he released his self-titled major-label debut six months after winning on “Idol.” “David Cook” went platinum.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
Earlier this month, Cook talked about his second album, touring and his onstage persona in an interview with ABC’s “What’s the Buzz”:
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Video: David Cook releases “Fade Into Me” video, talks about life on the road
“American Idol” Season 7 winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, has released the music video for “Fade Into Me,” the second single from his sophomore album “This Loud Morning.”
Cook, 28, also gave The Hollywood Reporter an all-access pass and sat down for an interview during his recent tour stop in Pomona, Calif. Check out the interview here:
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“American Idol” David Cook returning to Tulsa for Oct. 13 Cain’s Ballroom show; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
“American Idol” David Cook returning to Tulsa for Cain’s Ballroom show
The Season 7 “Idol” champ will bring his co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw to the historic venue on Oct. 13, with tickets going on sale Friday morning.
“American Idol” winner David Cook is planning to return to Tulsa next month during his fall co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw.
The platinum-selling musicians announced this week that they will embark on a national tour kicking off Oct. 9 at Penn State University. The U.S. tour, with opening act Carolina Liar, will wrap on Nov. 10 in Athens, Ga. The trek will make an Oct. 13 stop at historic Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
Tickets in select markets, including Tulsa, will go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets to the Cain’s show will be $34 in advance or $40 the day of the show. For tickets and information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
Cook, who lived in Tulsa and was a mainstay of its local music scene before successfully auditioning for “Idol,” is touring in support of his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning” (19 Recordings / RCA Records), which came out June 28. The deceptively catchy first single “The Last Goodbye,” along with its witty music video, was met with largely positive buzz, and the album’s second single, the sensual ballad “Fade Into Me,” will be released to coincide with the tour.
After winning the “Idol” Season 7 title, Cook went on to sell more than 1 million copies of his self-titled debut album and set out on a yearlong nationwide tour in support of his multiple hit singles. Released in November 2008, “David Cook” (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 and the digital album charts at No. 1, marking the best debut from an “American Idol” winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from “David Cook” have sold more than 2 million tracks and ringtones combined. Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” was certified platinum and is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history.
DeGraw will be performing new material off his highly anticipated fourth album “Sweeter,” due out Tuesday on RCA Records. The soulful single, “Not Over You” debuted as the most added track on the Hot AC format.
DeGraw first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, “Chariot,” which sold more than 1 million copies, earned platinum certification and yielded three hit singles: “I Don’t Want To Be,” “Follow Through” and the title track, “Chariot.”
DeGraw’s self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in 2008, earning DeGraw his first top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles “In Love with a Girl,” and the gold-certified “We Belong Together.” In 2009, DeGraw released “Free” as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of his live favorites.
DeGraw recently toured with Maroon 5 and Train and has performed and is scheduled to perform on numerous TV shows in support of his new album, including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “The Today Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
For more information on the tour, go to www.davidcookofficial.com and www.gavindegraw.com.
In concert
David Cook and Gavin DeGraw
With: Carolina Liar.
When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: On sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Prices are $34 in advance or $40 the day of the show.
Information: www.cainsballroom.com.
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David Cook announces co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw, including Oct. 13 Tulsa show
David Cook
“American Idol” winner David Cook is planning to return to Tulsa next month during his fall co-headlining tour with Gavin DeGraw.
The platinum-selling musicians announced today that they will embark on a national tour kicking off Oct. 9 at Penn State University. The U.S. tour, with opening act Carolina Liar, will wrap on Nov. 10 in Athens, Ga. The trek will make an Oct. 13 stop at historic Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
Tickets in select markets, including Tulsa, will go on sale beginning Sept. 16. Tickets to the Cain’s show will be $34 in advance or $40 the day of the show. For tickets and information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
Cook, who lived in Tulsa and was a mainstay of its local music scene before successfully auditioning for “Idol,” is touring in support of his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning” (19 Recordings / RCA Records), which came out June 28. The first single “The Last Goodbye” was met by rave reviews, and the album’s second single, “Fade Into Me,” will be released to coincide with the tour. To read my review of “This Loud Morning,” click here.
After winning the “Idol” crown in season 7, Cook went on to sell more than 1 million copies of his self-titled debut album and set out on a yearlong nationwide tour in support of his multiple hit singles. Released in November 2008, “David Cook” (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 and the digital album charts at #No. 1, marking the best debut from an “American Idol” winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from “David Cook” have sold more than 2 million tracks and ringtones combined. Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” was certified platinum and is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history.
DeGraw will be performing new material off his highly anticipated fourth album “Sweeter,” out Sept. 20 on RCA Records. Entertainment Weekly describes the first single “Not Over You,” which debuted most added at the Hot AC format, as “a soulful majestic ballad” and People Magazine declares the “hot single” as his “welcome return” to the airwaves.
DeGraw first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, “Chariot,” which sold more than 1 million copies, earned platinum certification and yielded three hit singles: “I Don’t Want To Be,” “Follow Through” and the title-track, “Chariot.” DeGraw’s self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in 2008, earning DeGraw his first Top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles “In Love With A Girl,” and the gold-certified “We Belong Together.” In 2009, DeGraw released “Free” as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of his live favorites. DeGraw recently toured with Maroon 5 and Train, wrapping with that tour at the end of August. He has performed and is scheduled to perform on numerous TV shows in support of his new album, including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “The Today Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
For more information on the tour, go to www.davidcookofficial.com and www.gavindegraw.com.
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David Cook performing tonight on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, is performing tonight on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” The show airs from 10:35 to 11:35 p.m. on CBS (KWTV-9 in Oklahoma City), and Cook’s performance will cap the show.
Cook recently released his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning.” The album debuted at No. 7 on the cross-genre Billboard 200 chart.
To read my review of “This Loud Morning,” click here.
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David Cook to perform on “The Talk” this afternoon
David Cook (AP file)
Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, will perform today on “The Talk,” which airs at 1 p.m. on CBS (KWTV-9 in Oklahoma City).
Cook released last Tuesday his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning.” The album debuted at No. 7 on the cross-genre Billboard 200 chart.
To read my review of “This Loud Morning,” click here.
“Friends with Benefits” star Jenna Elfman also will appear on today’s “The Talk.”
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CD review: David Cook “This Loud Morning”
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Rock
David Cook “This Loud Morning” (19 Recordings/RCA Records)
“American Idol’s” best known and most accomplished rocker, David Cook fully embraces the rock ‘n’ roll tradition of creating a true album rather than a random collection of singles and filler with his sophomore effort, “This Loud Morning.”
A mainstay on the Tulsa music scene before winning the seventh season of “Idol,” Cook may have risen to national fame on a reality TV show, but in many ways, the singer/songwriter/guitarist can be regarded as a throwback. Not only is he releasing a bona fide album in the digital era, he also continues to favor the arena-filling jangle of post-grunge to rough-edged modern rock. While his musical preferences remained firmly rooted in the 1990s, the 12 tracks on “This Loud Morning” still have a contemporary sensibility that keep them from becoming mired in nostalgia.
Cook’s second major-label release isn’t quite a concept album, but it successfully follows a clear-cut thematic and sonic thread. Wisely, “This Loud Morning” opens and closes with its strongest tracks, “Circadian” and “Rapid Eye Movement.” The former, which he penned with bandmate Neal Tiemann and Evanescence’s David Hodges, chimingly offers sleep as an escape from life’s problems. The latter presents the prospect of awaking to face the day, with Cook and Hodges delving into a much darker and heavier sound but taking the album full circle by bringing back the evocative music-box tinkling and children’s choir crooning of the opener.
In between, Cook followd the arc of a doomed relationship, starting with the buoyant optimism of “Right Here, With You,” which he penned with Goo Goo Doll Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star and Greg Wattenberg, and the steadfast faith of “We Believe.” The romance reaches its zenith with the sensual “Fade into Me,” but as it marches into the next track, “Hard to Believe,” the affair is clearly in trouble.
Cook and Tulsa-born OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder co-wrote the deceptively bouncy lead-off single, “The Last Goodbye,” and it’s regret-filled lyrics set up the weary resignation of the piano ballad “Goodbye to the Girl,” penned with fellow Midwest Kings alumni Tiemann and Andy Skib.
While Cook deserves praise for developing a cohesive narrative, his new album adheres too closely to its sonic throughline. The middle section consists entirely of passionate power ballads and anthemic midtempo rockers, which eventually melt together until it’s tough to tell one song from the next.
Still, fans who have been waiting for new music since fall 2008, when Cook released his self-titled post-“Idol” debut, will eagerly seize “This Loud Morning.”
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: David Cook releases sophomore album “The Last Goodbye”
Tags: David Cook, Top 20 Countdown
“American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, released his second post-”Idol” album, “This Loud Morning,” Tuesday on 19 Recordings/RCA Records.
“This Loud Morning” is Cook’s first new album since November 2008, when he released his self-titled major-label debut six months after winning on “Idol.” “David Cook” went platinum. And the singer/songwriter/guitarist has really been making the rounds to promote his long-awaited sophomore effort.
In the Video Spotlight, check out his Associated Press video interview about the album, his video track-by-track breakdown with Billboard.com and his cover of Radiohead’s “High and Dry” from VH1.com.
He will perform Thursday on “Lopez Tonight,” airing at 11 p.m. on TBS.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
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Video: David Cook performs “The Last Goodbye” on “Today”
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“American Idol” winner and former Tulsan David Cook performed his latest single, “The Last Goodbye,” this morning on the “Today” show in New York City.
“The Last Goodbye” is the lead-off single from his sophomore album, “This Loud Morning,” out today on 19 Recordings/RCA Records. He also chatted with “Today” co-host Ann Curry about the making of the album, which he said was a kind of therapeutic process after the death of his brother, Adam, of a brain tumor.
Executive produced by Matt Serletic (Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul), “This Loud Morning” features tracks written and co-written by Cook along with many acclaimed songwriters including, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Johnny Rzeznik, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen.
Cook also will perform Thursday on “Lopez Tonight,” airing at 11 p.m. on TBS.
Look for my review of “This Loud Morning” in the coming days here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman.
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