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Richie Kotzen Share Details On New Solo Album “Cannibals”

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Still yet to release his new compilation album, “The Essential Richie Kotzen”, which is due on September 2, the guitar maestro has confirmed that he already setting up  a new solo album that should be out on January 2015. Although there’s no official dates have been revealed for the upcoming record, but Richie Kotzen already has a title for his next solo work, which is “Cannibals”, a pretty scary but seemingly have an intriguing meaning behind it. In an interview posted at Bravewords.com, Richie said that the title basically his way of describing human’s condition, basing on the guitarist’s perspective.

Kotzen also stated that he really liked his upcoming solo record as there’s many interesting songs that he crafted in that album, confirming that there’s going to be 10 tracks on it, with one of them being a special one he wrote with his daughter, August. Both have actually collaborated quite a lot in recent years, but the upcoming song titled, ‘You’ is being considered as an interesting piece by the former Mr. Big’s axeman.

That track was actually a music piece that August roughly wrote during her early teen (13-14 or 15), but was far from done and got discovered again by RK when his browsing for ideas for the new album. Liking what he heard, Kotzen added some vocals and stuff on it. There’s also a music video for the song that music fans will surely keen on checking out and hopefully it won’t be long before eventually being streamed on the guitarist’s official YouTube channel.

At the moment, Kotzen’s are still promoting his new compilation record, “The Essential Richie Kotzen“, which also includes a tour as there’s also some new songs being brought into that record. So, before listening to his new solo work, music fans can get their copy of that exciting compilation of the maestro’s best tracks throughout his long musical career.

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Hear An Exclusive Stream Of The Essential Richie Kotzen Disc 1, Including 3 Unreleased Tracks on MTV / VH1 Clasic

Hear An Exclusive Stream Of The Essential Richie Kotzen Disc 1, Including 3 Unreleased Tracks Get More: Richie Kotzen,Richie Kotzen videos The Essential Richie Kotzen doesn’t hit stores until September 2nd, but you don’t have to wait until then to hear new tracks from your favorite axe-man. VH1 has a sneak peek of Disc One from the double-disc greatest hits collection, which features three never-before-heard tracks. Crank the speakers on your Macbook, press play up above, and bust out that air guitar. The guitarist has rocked for over thirty years, bosting nearly 20 solo albums and kicking the rock quotient up to 11 in groups like Poison, Mr. Big, and most recently, The Winery Dogs. The first disc of this career-spanning retrospective centers on studio classics, as well as unreleased songs “War Paint,” “Walk With Me,” and “Lie To Me.” Disc Two takes a deeper dive into his catelogue, unearthing acoustic performances and rare bootlegs. Take a listen to Disc One above!

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Richie Kotzen previews 1st disc of his upcoming “Essentials” collection at MTV! on Loud & Proud Records

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Richie Kotzen previews 1st disc of his upcoming “Essentials” collection at MTV!

August 26, 2014

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Richie Kotzen, who on September 2nd, releases his personally curated 20 year career retrospective double disc titled “The Essential Richie Kotzen,” has debuted the stream of Disc 1 atMTV. The album features hand picked tracks from Richie’s 18 solo albums: “I’ve really changed and grown as an artist and as a person,” he says.  “I hand-selected songs so newcomers can get into my music and learn who I am as a recording artist.”

Head on over to MTV to listen to the first disc.

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The Essential Richie Kotzen Review in Rock n Reel Reviews

Rock n Reel Reviews | Richie Kotzen - The Essential Richie Kotzen - Rock n Reel Reviews

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• Release Date: 02/09/2014
• Genre: Blues, Pop, Rock
• Record Label: Loud and Proud Records
• Sounds Like: Chris Cornell, Jonny Lang, The Winery Dogs
• Reviewed By: Dave
• Release Date: 02/09/2014
• Genre: Blues, Pop, Rock
• Record Label: Loud and Proud Records
• Sounds Like: Chris Cornell, Jonny Lang, The Winery Dogs
• Reviewed By: Dave

On September 2nd guitarist extraordinaire Richie Kotzen will release a career retrospective collection named ‘The Essential Ritchie Kotzen’ on Loud and Proud Records. This packed double CD release encompasses Kotzen’s entire career and includes some classic material, acoustic performances, bootleg material and two brand new songs (“War Paint” and “Walk With Me”). With a massive 18 solo records under his belt Kotzen had more than enough material to pick from, but the main man wanted to show how his sound and style had evolved throughout the years and said “I hand-selected songs so newcomers can get into my music and learn who I am as a recording artist.”

The collection shows a wide range of styles from rock, blues, jazz and fusion to pop and soul and If nothing else it shows how accomplished a musician Ritchie Kotzen actually is. Personally I had no idea that Ritchie Kotzen had so many solo albums, I knew he spent some time in Mr. Big, Poison and also had his latest group effort from The Winery Dogs in for review last year. His solo material sits somewhere in between the aforementioned acts. There are tracks that have many similarities to The Winery Dogs (Go Faster), but it’s spliced with a little more of a bluesy feel, almost reminding me of Jonny Lang at times. Tracks like ‘OMG (What’s Your Name)’ comes complete with funky bass-lines and a grooving chorus, the band are smoking hot and Kotzen has done a great job of picking his backing musicians. Vocally Kotzen is bang on the money and his raspy tone fits the style of these tracks like a glove. At times his voice ventures into a Chris Cornell type texture on tracks like ‘Walk With Me’ and on occasion even reminds me of 80′s phenomenon Terence Trent D’Arby.

The first CD is fantastic, just great songs that will burrow their way into your memory and stay there for days. I can see myself burning this CD to disc to play in the car, and it’s an album that the majority of listeners will enjoy regardless of what kind of music you are into. Kotzen has a soulful depth to his voice that you can’t help but enjoy listening to, plus the music is pretty damn catchy too, which helps. The unreleased tracks on this disc are really good too, ‘Lie To Me’ I found particularly addictive. Its composition is very pop orientated, but Kotzen’s smooth vocal carries the style very well.

The second disc hears Richie Kotzen in an acoustic setting, and it’s here in the stripped down environment that the Chris Cornell vibe sticks out even more. Don’t get me wrong, Kotzen has an amazing voice but you can’t help but hear the similarities. The acoustic tracks are a good addition to the collection and fans of Kotzen I’m sure will love these renditions, but personally I don’t know how much I would go back to them on future listens to the album.

I wasn’t really sure what to expect before playing this album but I was pleasantly surprised by the calibre of Richie Kotzen’s solo material, disc 1 in particular was a really enjoyable listen. Fans of Kotzen will love this collection of songs and this release might even bring some new ones over, myself included.

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