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Rhythm of the World is the title of a brand new studio album from The Cowsills, the renowned family band/singing group that originally formed in the 1960s, broke through with significant early success and has enjoyed decades of activity since.
Released today, Sept. 30, the album features 11 original songs written by Bob Cowsill, Susan Cowsill and Paul Cowsill, and is their first release in nearly three decades.
Bob Cowsill explained the album's story . . . which originated due to online interest regarding new material, before that plan took an unexpected turn:
"When we decided to record an album, since we had written 11 songs, we opened up a donor campaign with Pledge Music and set our goal and went down the funding path," explains Bob Cowsill of the inception of the album.
"Pledge Music went bankrupt with everyone's money and nobody got a dime. At the same time, Dr. Rock Positano , who became our Executive Producer, is standing on Gull Rock Island in Newport, Rhode Island staring across at the white church steeple we all know so well there and says to his assistant, 'I need to get a hold of The Cowsills.' Rock entered our lives, and he backed us, our campaign, our music, our family group, and told us 'I'm in it to win it.' With that we embarked upon a new and great relationship and we have not looked back since."
The track listing:
1. Ya Gotta Get Up!
2. Lend A Hand
3. Hawks On The Line
4. Every Little Secret
5. Nuclear Winter
6. Rhythm Of The World
7. Largo Nights
8. Goodbye's Not Forever
9. The Long Run
10. Try To Believe It Too
11. Katrina
More of the story behind this new material, from Bob Cowsill: "With a few exceptions we co-wrote the 11 songs for Rhythm Of The World with each other during our Happy Together summer tour. We wrote them in our hotel rooms on our tour bus and in our dressing rooms. From Howard Kaylan's (The Turtles) exuberant plea with the audience each night of the tour giving us inspiration for 'Ya Gotta Get Up!' to 'Katrina' (the first-person account of our brother Barry's death during hurricane Katrina in New Orleans) and all the songs in between, we use melody and harmony to bring some love and the hope of peace to the world. Frank Filipetti was our mix engineer and Greg Calbi mastered it (Rock's doing) so these songs have passed through the hands and ears of two of the best. Gail Marowitz and Danny Clinch teamed up for a great cover and packaging and with the Omnivore blessing, Rhythm Of The World is now ready for prime time! We are thrilled to be here to claim our legacy and share our music!!!"
The Cowsills also have a number of tour dates coming up in the weeks ahead:
Nov 1 - Dec 9 - Branson, MO @ The Andy Williams Christmas Show
Dec 10 - Waukesha, WI @ McCombs Performing Arts Center
Mar 23-31 - Miami, FL @ The Flower Power Cruise
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