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The title refers to Cain's studio in San Rafael -- built with windows, going against the traditional methods of building studios. Jonathan Cain's track record takes in Journey, the Babys and Bad English, writing many of the major hits for all three; he also produced Michael Bolton's breakthrough album. This album is a collection of light instrumentals, with Cain's piano sharing lead duties with Mark Russo's tenor sax on many of the cuts. As far as it goes, it's pleasant background stuff, relaxing and melodic, nicely recorded and very well played -- Cain has a nice touch with light jazz material, both as a player and as a composer. While this isn't likely to go burning up the landscape, there are no disappointments here. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide
The Streets to tour with a Lady
Sovereign, that is: UK rappers team up for North American tour in June that includes stops at Bonnaroo and Chicago's Intonation festival.
The Streets is coming to the States, and bringing Lady Sovereign along with him.
Lady Sovereign at SXSW 2006.
The witty wordsmith, set to begin a UK tour later this month, unveiled a 12-date run through North America today, with Jay-Z's favorite single white female rapper in tow.
The Streets, aka Mike Skinner, will launch the tour at the Showbox in Seattle, heading down the West Coast, across the South, and up the East Coast. It will include stops at the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee and the Intonation Music Festival in Chicago.
The Streets will also perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 12, and then on Late Show With David Letterman on June 30.
He's touring in support of his third album, The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living and the first single off the record, "When You Wasn't Famous," the true story of his pursuit of a celebrity girl that put him right back to square one of the dating game.
Lady Sovereign is currently putting the finishing touches on her debut album for Jay-Z's Def Jam. She'll release the limited edition CD/DVD Blah Blah EP on Island in the UK on April 17.
Here are the tour dates.
6-7 Seattle, WA - Showbox
6-8 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
6-9 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
6-10 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
6-14 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
6-16 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
6-18 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
6-21 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom
6-22 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum de Montreal
6-23 Toronto, Ontario - The Phoenix
6-24 Chicago, IL - Intonation Music Festival
6-27 New York, NY - Webster Hall
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