New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Guitarist / singer /songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Richie Kotzen has signed a label deal with global music company BMG. During his performance in London on Saturday, July 13, the final date of his European tour, Kotzen announced the
September 27, 2024 release date of his brand new solo studio album, entitled NOMAD.
The album will be available digitally, on CD and standard black vinyl. "After working with Richie on the successful Smith/Kotzen project" says Michael Kachko, BMG Senior Vice President, "we knew what an incredible songwriter and artist he is so we were excited to hear what he was working on as a solo artist. When he played us the new material, we knew immediately we wanted to be involved.
"I was very much elated with the news that BMG wanted to release this album as I envisioned it without artistic compromise," says Richie Kotzen. "I love the fact that the BMG team put their creative trust in me and my vision without re-design. So many times the business side of things can really interfere with the creative progress of a writer and with a team like this," continues Kotzen, "the focus is on what can we do to help you beyond what you've already done as a recording artist. The attitude seems to be, 'you've done the work as a writer- producer- musician, now let us take the ball and run'. This feels like the beginning of an amazing journey for me and a bit of a re-set in an industry that is becoming more complex to navigate for a lone artist."
Written, recorded and produced by Richie Kotzen, NOMAD features eight new tracks showcasing Kotzen's multi- faceted musical styles with Kotzen playing almost every instrument on the album. On NOMAD, Kotzen expresses his diverse techniques and influences, from hard rock to 70s infused soul and funk, jazz fusion to R&B. It's all intertwined with his own unique playing and songwriting approach, while retaining his ever-evolving signature style.
"I came up exposed to soul, funk and R & B music extensively but at the same time I was a hard rock fan all the way," explains Kotzen. "So I've got this sort of interesting dynamic happening with my music where you hear elements of Parliament or Curtis Mayfield but then at the same time you've got the
Bad Company early
Rod Stewart influence as well. Then when I started taking the guitar more seriously, I was drawn into Fusion bands like The Dixie Dregs, Return To Forever and Allan Holdsworth's work. It is a wacky mixture but that is the formula for Richie Kotzen."
Earlier this year Richie Kotzen released the first track from the album, hard driving single 'Cheap Shots' to critical acclaim. And today Richie Kotzen premieres the follow-up single, 'On The Table,' a heavy hitting rocker that had been living on his hard drive, waiting for the perfect lyric to complete it. A subconscious memory of his Brazilian father-in-law's first English words "The book is on the table" sparked inspiration and perfectly tied it all together.
While NOMAD has no shortage of heavy guitar rockers, the sheer diversity of the album as heard on tracks such as 'Nihilist', 'This Is A Test' and the title track 'Nomad', showcases not only Kotzen's musical range and vocal prowess, but his fearless imagination as a producer/arranger. Already globally renowned as an extraordinary guitarist, with NOMAD Kotzen stands tall as a truly remarkable all-round lyricist-producer/arranger and singer.
TRACKLISTING
Cheap Shots
These Doors**
Insomnia
Nomad*
Escape
On The Table
This Is A Test
Nihilist
* Dan Potruch plays drums on 'Nomad'
** Kyle Hughes plays drums on 'These Doors'
U.S. TOUR DATES:
SEP 13 The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA
SEP 14 Whisky a Go Go West Hollywood CA
SEP 19 Goldfield Trading Post (Roseville) Roseville CA
SEP 20 Tower Theatre
Fresno CA
SEP 21 Count's Vamp'd Las
Vegas NV
SEP 25 The
Black Sheep Colorado Springs CO
SEP 26 HQ Live Denver Denver CO
SEP 27 Barnato Omaha NE
SEP 28 Knuckleheads Saloon Kansas City MO
SEP 30 City Winery St. Louis St. Louis MO
OCT 2 The Blue Note Harrison OH
OCT 4 The Magic Bag Ferndale MI
OCT 5 The Arcada Theatre St. Charles IL
OCT 7 Jergels Warrendale PA
OCT 9 The Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield CT
OCT 10 Iridium New York, NY
OCT 11 Iridium New York NY
OCT 12 Iridium New York NY
OCT 15 City Winery
Boston Boston MA
OCT 17
Tupelo Music Hall Derry NH
OCT 20 The Suffolk Theater Riverhead NY
OCT 22 Rams Head on Stage Annapolis MD
OCT 23 Sellersville Theater Sellersville PA
OCT 24 The Beacon Theatre Hopewell VA
OCT 25 Backseat Bar & Grill Winchester VA
OCT 29 City Winery Atlanta Atlanta GA
OCT 30 City Winery Nashville Nashville TN
NOV 1 The Haute Spot Leander TX
NOV 2 Granada Theater Dallas TX
