[Album Review] “Sometimes,” by City and Colour

by Nat Finn on January 27, 2012 · 0 comments

in Acoustic

About two and a half months ago a ray of sunshine sent this goodness my way and asked my opinions on it. The band: City and Colour. I told said Ray that I would go through their albums and review them. I might have failed a little because all I wanted to hear was Amos Lee at that time and instead of reviewing City and Colour’s work an album at a time, I heard all their offerings. Also, I had my qualms reviewing it because said glistening beam of light confessed she didn’t know Barenaked Ladies which, to me, would be the Canadian equivalent of listening to American folk music and never hearing of Bob Dylan or Arlo Guthrie. But since she loves Dylan, and she’s three kinds of awesome, I’m giving them their fair due.

Album:  Sometimes from 2005 (2009 in US)

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City and Colour

by Nat Finn on January 27, 2012 · 0 comments

in Bands


City & Colour is an acoustic folk / rock act from St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Nope, I’m not cool enough to know where that is.

Though usually considered a band everywhere I read, City and Colour is the alias Dallas Green came up with for this solo project he focuses on when he’s not lead singing for AlexisOnFire. In my world, Dallas Green was the GM for the Phillies when they won the World Series in 1980 and was the GM when the Cubs won the National East Division Pennant in 1984. He also lost his granddaughter in the 2011 Tuscon shootings that nearly claimed the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – so his name was fresh in my head when I was told about City and Colour’s Green.

But in terms of City & Colour’s, Green named it after himself: City being Dallas & Green being Colour. And as far as I know, he doesn’t have much baseball in his background. To our understanding there aren’t any other solid members of the band. Just many collaborators and session musicians that get to go on the road.

So the story goes, after City and Colour’s first independent releases had nice social media success, the projects got put together into their first album. Recorded in 2005, Sometimes went on to critical and financial success, winning the 2007 Juno music awards for Alternative Album of the Year. they still use the term ‘Alternative Music’ in Canada? The album was released in the US in 2009.

As for the rest of the albums, I’ll let you know once I’ve reviewed them.

photo credit: FreeRishid via Flickr

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