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PRESENTS:
THE iRRESiSTABLE SONGCRAFT OF ART KENYON AND HiS STUNNING EP COCOON  MARCH 22,
2012 - We are nearly a quarter of the way into
the year 2012 and while we've had our share of
strong , hard rocking bands here at ROCKWIRED, we haven't quite
happened upon a strong singer-songwriter with that innate ability to
create a tune that gets stuck in our while at the same time
give us a great deal to think about. With the arrival of the
six song E.P. COCOON by British Vancouver-based songwriter ART KENYON,
our wait here at ROCKWIRED is over. KENYON, recorded the EP in six days with
the assistance of longtime friend VINCE DITRICH from SPIRIT IN THE WEST
(drums/production), BRYAN ADAMS’ bass player NORM FISHER and
RICHARD SERA (keyboards, engineer). In conjunction with the
recording, he also had the opportunity to create an edgy music video
for the infectious, hard driving acoustic guitar driven tune “THIS
GIRL'S IN TROUBLE”—which features the memorable, Lennonesque line
“Now I can see,
ireevocably- this inevitability- Sue would be the
death of me.” Key
tracks on the album include the groove driven title track “COCOON”
that uses the term as a metaphor for the different barriers that
prevent us from growing up and taking life to the next level. It
ponders the question: As a young person, will I ever amount to enough
even after all I’ve gone through to get this far? Thematically, the
syncopated R&B flavour of “ALWAYS” and infectious acoustic romp
“TUESDAY NIGHT” are about the many ironies of emotion, about life
lived with contradictions, caring too much for people and situations
that ultimately don’t make us happy.
RELATED LiNKS: CHECK OUT ART KENYON AT FACEBOOK.COM!!! CHECK OUT ART KENYON AT REVERBNATiON.COM!!! ABOUT THE HOST:  BRIAN
LUSH holds a BA in Creative Writing from the UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO. He established ROCKWIRED on New Years of 2004 and hasn't
looked back
since. He is currently the host of all of ROCKWIRED.COM's programming
which includes such shows as ROCKWIRED RADIO PROFILES and ROCKWIRED
FREE FORM RADIO. As
program producer for ROCKWiRED.COM, LUSH is hands-on when it
comes to
interviewing and building a lasting rapport with the artists that come
ROCKWiRED's
way. As a youngster, BRIAN LUSH had no idea what kind of seed was being
planted
by reading magazines such as HIT PARADE, HIGH TIMES, SPIN, REQUEST
(remember
that one?) and even ROLLING STONE. "Those were the days before the
internet and being a rock journalist
looked
like the coolest job imaginable." says LUSH "But reading these
magazines had me
imagining that one day I'd be the artist giving all of the clever
answers to
some poor guy with a tape recorder. Well, life has a way of surprising
you.
Now, I'm the poor guy with the tape recorder and asking all of the
questions."CONTACT
BRiAN LUSH
AT: djlush@rockwired.com
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