4 October, 2017Print
50 Years in the Making, Stephen Stills & Judy Collins' 'Everybody Knows' Makes Billboard 200 Debut, #1 on Amazon's Folk Chart, #6 on Billboard's Americana/Folk Chart
ON HEELS OF NEW YORKER, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, NPR MUSIC, GUARDIAN
FIVE-MONTH U.S. TOUR CONTINUES THROUGH THE FALL
Stephen Stills and Judy Collins have released ‘Everybody Knows,’ a riveting ten-song collection that breathes new life into a trove of gems from their five-decade intertwined history. The album is brimming with rich harmonies from two of American music’s most unmistakable voices, accompanied by Stills’ storied guitar work and a tight-knit three-piece behind them. On ‘Everybody Knows,’ Stills and Collins reflect on fifty years of music and friendship, beginning with their tumultuous love affair in the late 1960s. Among current albums, ‘Everybody Knows’ debuted at #45 on Billboard's Top Current Albums chart, #1 on Amazon’s Folk chart, #6 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk chart and #26 on their Physical Albums chart.
Judy and Stephen recently sat down with The New Yorker to chronicle five decades in their own words: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/25/judy-collins-and-stephen-stills-old-romance
Read The Guardian’s deep dive into the history behind ‘Everybody Knows’: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/21/judy-collins-on-stephen-stills-i-said-its-such-a-beautiful-song-but-its-not-winning-me-back
The record was named one of “fall’s most anticipated new releases” by CBS Sunday Morning. Watch the segment here: http://cbsn.ws/2wi5YkN
NPR Music deemed the Leonard Cohen-penned title track a Songs We Love selection, noting “as Stills and Collins wind their voices around the song's incantatory, minor-key melody in a hypnotic, almost spooky, harmony, the depth and gravity of Cohen's observations gain easier access to the soul.” The title track holds special significance for Collins, who was a close friend of Cohen’s and the first artist to ever sing his work. Listen here: http://n.pr/2vSoU8X
Praise for ‘Everybody Knows’:
"A lovely consideration of days gone by...poignant and emotionally moving." - American Songwriter
"Long overdue...their earnest take on Leonard Cohen’s gravelly voiced title track has a warmth that would have impressed the Canadian bard." - Paste
"Stills & Collins transcend wistfulness and melancholy into something deeper." - PopMatters
"It's a clean and crisp production...there's an inherent warmth to Everybody Knows. Stills and Collins have a gentle, easy chemistry." - AllMusic
"'Houses' is especially excellent....'Girl From The North Country' gets a pretty beautiful reading." - ABC News
Listen to ‘Everybody Knows’:
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2fRjO7r
Apple Music: http://apple.co/2xBCYpq
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everybody-knows/id1270305230
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2k13buK
Stills and Collins have penned a number of songs about one another throughout the years, perhaps most famously the Crosby, Stills and Nash juggernaut “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.” ‘Everybody Knows’ finds the pair revisiting some of this work, including Stills’ “Judy,” a 1968 demo which remained lost for decades, and Collins’ “Houses,” from her 1975 Platinum-selling ‘Judith’ album. 'Everybody Knows' comes in the midst of an illustrious three-year stretch for Collins: her 2015 record ‘Strangers Again’ earned her highest Billboard 200 debut in almost 30 years, and 2016’s ‘Silver Skies Blue’ earned her first GRAMMY nomination since 1976. Stills and Collins’ 50-date U.S. tour will continue into November. A full list of stops is below.
TRACKLIST:
1. Handle With Care
2. So Begins The Task
3. River Of Gold
4. Judy
5. Everybody Knows
6. Houses
7. Reason To Believe
8. Girl From The North Country
9. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
10. Questions
TOUR DATES:
October 4 - Morgantown, WV @ West Virginia University
October 5 - Charlottesville, VA @ Sprint Pavilion
October 7 - Cranston, RI @ Rhode Island Center for the Performing Arts
October 8 - Albany, NY @ The Egg Center
October 11 - Lancaster, PA @ American Music Theater
October 12 - Tarrytown, NY @ Tarrytown Music Hall
October 13 - Englewood, NJ @ Bergen Performing Arts Center
October 15 – Youngstown, OH @ Powers Auditorium
October 17 – Godfrey, IL @ Olin Theater
October 21 - Las Vegas, NV @ Smith Center
October 22 - Tucson, AZ @ Fox Theater
October 25 - San Juan Capistrano, CA @ The Coach House
October 26 - San Juan Capistrano, CA @ The Coach House
October 28 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theater
October 29 – Turlock, CA @ Community Theatre
November 1 – Chico, CA @ Cal State Chico
November 2 - Visalia, CA @ Fox Theater
November 4 - Brooks, CA @ Cacher Creek Casino
November 5 – Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
For more information please contact Chris Taillie (ctaillie@shorefire.com) or Max Lefkowitz (mlefkowitz@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media, (718) 522-7171