New York, NY (Top40 Charts) A few months following the release of his sophomore solo album, Canadian classic rocker
Howard Lee Naylor has released his premiere music video, for this, his latest single: the romantic, upbeat and undeniably charming love ballad, �Sweet Jeanine� - available now.
It�s clear as a cloudless summer day that �Sweet Jeanine� is a love song written about someone close and dear to Naylor�s heart. You can hear it in his voice; there�s this happy aura about his vocal phrasing and piano playing which, without fail, instills joy in the listener.
Perhaps the veteran musician is just a romantic, but once you hear lines like �Now I�d do anything // To feel your skin against my cheek� and �Now I believe that our love is for real,� you know this song means a lot to him. Better yet, when a song gets you to feel warm and fuzzy and have you reflect fondly on your own love life, then you know it�s a good one� And one to remember.
The best part? This is just one of the many songs from Naylor�s new album, Songs from Isolation that bursts forth from the heart and a place of vulnerability.
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On making the 10-track LP, the Penticton, BC-based artist says it was a simply a result of the global pandemic. It wasn�t long after the social distancing restrictions were put in place he reached out to his producer Ian Lopez in hopes to record some new tracks he had, he recalls. �The stay home (order) got really boring, but thank God I make music!�
Rather than record just one single, Lopez suggested Naylor do an entirely new album, to which the musician agreed.
�Here we are,� he offers. �Ten new songs, all recorded and created in the most stressful manner I've ever done.
�With that said I'm proud of the way it turned out.�
Songs from Isolation was officially released to the world on October 2, 2020, more than half a year after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic left the word at a standstill. The labour of love serves as Naylor�s second solo studio album, and follows his 2017 debut, Possibilities.
Beyond �Sweet Jeanine,� the record features lead single �When They Stared,� the existential and thought-provoking �I Miss Love,� and the extremely beautiful and fitting closing track, �We�re All in This Together� - the latter of which was written as a tribute to all the frontline workers helping to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus across the globe.
