Canon Blue

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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]

2007 album: Colonies

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.

2011 album: Rumspringa

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] Musical collaborators on this latest album include multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor (of the Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear) [9] as well as the Icelandic string band Amiina[9] (who are often associated with their work with Sigur Rós) and Slaraffenland,[9] an experimental Danish pop band.

Other projects

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. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  2. ↑ "Canon Blue – Discover music, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 World Cafe. "Canon Blue On 'World Cafe: Next'". NPR. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  4. ↑ Burleson, Ryan (2011-08-24). "Canon Blue, Rumspringa; Hear 'A Native (Madison)' [Review + Fresh Track] | Nashville Cream". Nashvillescene.com. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  5. ↑ "tour". Canon Blue. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  6. ↑ Blue, Canon. "Canon Blue: Just Before The End". NPR. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  7. ↑ "Canon Blue’s Biography – Discover music, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  8. ↑ "Blog Archive » Canon Blue ‘Rumspringa’ released today!". Efterklang. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tag/Amiina


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