{"id":42924,"date":"2018-11-19T14:07:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=42924"},"modified":"2018-11-19T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:07:21","slug":"jack-savoretti-returns-march-22nd-with-a-stunning-new-album-singing-to-strangers-on-bmg-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/11\/jack-savoretti-returns-march-22nd-with-a-stunning-new-album-singing-to-strangers-on-bmg-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Savoretti Returns March 22nd With A Stunning New Album \u2018Singing to Strangers\u2019 On BMG Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recorded in Rome at Ennio Morricone\u2019s studio this long, hot summer, the 12 track album features Jack\u2019s acclaimed live band: guitarists Pedro Vito and Sam Lewis; bassist Sam Davies, drummer Jesper Lind and musical director Nikolai Torp on keys.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\u201cLucikly Morricone\u2019s studio is in the basement of this huge church so it was cooler,\u201d Jack says. \u201cAnd the atmosphere down there was essential and that was captured on \u2018Candlelight\u2019, which became the calling card of the album and will be the first single.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As for the title track Jack explains its origin:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s my job: I sing to strangers. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve spent most of my life doing. Singing to friends and family and fans; they\u2019re already onside, so you can, to some extent sing anything. Strangers need convincing, touching, connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jack will tour Europe next April arriving on our shores next May. Tickets go on sale Friday November 23rd for the following dates:<\/p>\n

May
\nThurs 23rd O2 Academy Glasgow, UK
\nSat 25th The Limelight, Belfast, UK
\nSun 26th Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
\nWed 29th O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
\nFriday 31st The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK<\/p>\n

Jun
\nSat 15th Westonbirt Arboretum, NR Tetbury, Glos<\/p>\n

Two co-writes on the album are amongst the highlights. \u2018Touchy Situation\u2019 was co-written with Bob Dylan. A contact of Jack\u2019s American manager had some old Dylan lyrics and he was fine with Jack writing music to them. It may have been because he\u2019d heard Jack\u2019s cover of the Dylan rarity \u2018Nobody \u2018Cept You\u2019 on \u2018Written In Scars\u2019 \u2013 a song Jack found in Jackson Browne\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n

The other collaboration was the Kylie Minogue cowrite \u2018Music\u2019s Too Sad Without You\u2019 which appears as a live version recorded in Venice on \u2018Singing To Strangers\u2019 and is available as an instant grat from November 23rd with album pre-orders.<\/p>\n

Jack recently appeared alongside Kylie Minogue on the Jonathan Ross show and they also perform the duet on the Michael McIntyre show November 24th.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Jack on his official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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