New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) Percussionist and composer Joachim Cooder has enlisted seven musician friends to create the collaborative project Love on a Real Train, whose self-titled debut is out April 3 on Aeronaut Records. Petra Haden, Inara George, Matt Costa, Robert Francis, Frank Lyon, Jon Hassell, and
Juliette Commagere have each contributed to Cooder's atmospheric melodies. Though he's spent a lifetime traveling the world playing music with his father Ry Cooder, and other renowned musicians, 'Love on a Real Train' is Cooder's debut as a leader.
What began as midnight tokes in the basement of Cooder's Echo Park home evolved into this collection of lushly textured, ambient tunes. "I made instrumental tracks and then sent them out to artists I'm friends with," says Cooder. "They write and sing or perform over the tracks and then send them back to me if they live in another city, or I book studio time and have them record here in LA. We've been working at a very leisurely pace and it ended up complete, with this amazing cast of characters."
From lifelong exposure to so many different cultures and iconic musicians, Cooder demonstrates a unique level of sophistication on these songs. Collaborating with talented childhood friends Inara
George and Petra Haden—each the daughters of renowned musicians themselves (Little Feat frontman Lowell
George and jazz bassist Charlie Haden, respectively)—doesn't hurt either. Cooder began playing drums at the age of five and has since contributed to a number of albums by artists such as Dr. John, Mavis Staples, The Buena Vista Social Club, and Hello Stranger. In addition to appearances on film soundtracks including 'Last Man Standing,' 'Primary Colors,' and 'The End of Violence,' Cooder has also produced a number of songs and records by
Juliette Commagere and others.
Hear select tracks from Love on a Real
Train here:
Bright Light Blue (feat. Frank Lyon):
https://bit.ly/wCybhX
Pointed into Zoom (feat. Inara George):
https://bit.ly/ynJJ1w
Strike Up Your Matches (feat. Matt Costa):
https://bit.ly/zXi8HE
"Love on a Real Train" Tracklist
1. Space Shells (feat. Petra Haden)
2. Bright Light Blue (feat. Frank Lyon)
3. Pointed into Zoom (feat. Inara George)
4. Being Alone (feat. Robert Francis)
5. Slowly in the Night Sky (feat. Petra Haden)
6.
Strike Up Your Matches (feat. Matt Costa)
7. Gold (feat.
Juliette Commagere)
8. Come Home (feat. Robert Francis)
9. Shinkansen (feat. Jon Hassell)
