Canon Blue

Canon Blue is an indie/electronic/folktronica[1][2] band consisting of Nashvillian Daniel James[3] and other musicians. On October 6, 2011, NPR world cafe called the band "up and coming".[3][4] Canon Blue notably opened for several Foster the People shows in June 2011[5] and their song "Indian Summer (Des Moines)" was featured on NPR as October 28, 2011's "Song-of-the-day".[6]

According to their Last.FM bio,[7] their debut album Colonies was released on Rumraket records (a label based in Denmark) on 17 September 2007. Canon Blue's new album Rumspringa was also produced by Rumraket (affiliated with members of the Danish band Efterklang) and was released August 29, 2011.[8] They have also been featured on Erased Tapes Records and played the Roskilde Festival 2008.

References

  1. ^ "Top Artists tagged as ‘folktronica’ – Music at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. http://www.last.fm/tag/folktronica/artists. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  2. ^ "Canon Blue – Discover music, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. http://www.last.fm/music/Canon+Blue. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  3. ^ a b World Cafe. "Canon Blue On 'World Cafe: Next'". NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141079574/canon-blue-on-world-cafe-next. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  4. ^ Burleson, Ryan (2011-08-24). "Canon Blue, Rumspringa; Hear 'A Native (Madison)' [Review + Fresh Track] | Nashville Cream". Nashvillescene.com. http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2011/08/24/canon-blue-rumspringa-hear-a-native-madison-review-fresh-track. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  5. ^ "tour". Canon Blue. http://www.canonblue.com/tour#awp::news. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  6. ^ Blue, Canon. "Canon Blue: Just Before The End". NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/28/141794659/canon-blue-just-before-the-end. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  7. ^ "Canon Blue’s Biography – Discover music, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. http://www.last.fm/music/Canon+Blue/+wiki. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  8. ^ "Blog Archive » Canon Blue ‘Rumspringa’ released today!". Efterklang. 2011-08-29. http://efterklang.net/home/2011/08/29/canon-blue-rumspringa-released-today/. Retrieved 2011-11-08.