Video Premiere — Richie Kotzen — My Rock — Headroom-Inc.
Guitarist/singer/songwriter RICHIE KOTZEN has just released the video for “My Rock” from his 21st solo album, SALTING EARTH, which dropped last Friday, April 14 via his own custom label, Headroom-Inc.
Here’s the link to the video which can be seen on RICHIE’s official YouTube page.
The majority of SALTING EARTH is the result of KOTZEN’s one-man production machine, with the exception of Julia Lage adding background vocals to “Make It Easy,” a tasty, sing-along groove stew. “It’s really not deliberate when the record is finished and suddenly I’m the only performer on it,” KOTZEN admits. “It actually comes out of my process of writing and documenting my ideas. It started back in the late-’80s when I had a makeshift studio in my parents’ barn. I grew up fairly isolated, and I soon realized in order to get this music out of my head and onto a format where I could listen to it, I’d have to figure out how to do it alone.”
KOTZEN’s previous solo release, 2015’s diverse, far-reaching CANNIBALS, was a well-received hit among his core fan base, and SALTING EARTH cuts like the aforementioned “End of Earth,” “Thunder,” and “Divine Power” all showcase the scorching guitar solos and soaring vocals that one would expect from a KOTZEN solo album. That said, there’s also quite a vulnerable side on display here that’s perhaps best demonstrated in the stripped-down approach to the album’s closing salvo, “Grammy.”
RICHIE KOTZEN will launch his “Salting Earth Tour” this Friday, April 21 at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA. He and his band are planning to tour extensively throughout the U.S. and continue their journey into Mexico, South America, and Europe. A complete list of international tour dates will be posted on KOTZEN’s official website and social media pages. Here are the U.S. tour dates:
DATE CITY VENUE
Fri 4/21 Agoura Hills, CA Canyon Club
Sat 4/22 Pasadena, CA The Rose
Sun 4/23 San Juan Capistrano, CA Coach House
Wed 4/26 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
Fri 4/28 Las Vegas, NV Vamp’d
Sat 4/29 Scottsdale, AZ BLK Live
Mon 5/1 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre
Wed 5/3 Moline, IA Rascal’s Live
Thu 5/4 St. Charles, IL Arcada Theatre
Fri 5/5 Westland, MI The Token Lounge
Sun 5/7 Whitesburg, KY Appalshop Theater
Tue 5/9 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar
Wed 5/10 Lancaster, PA Tellus360
Thu 5/11 New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Sat 5/13 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
Sun 5/14 New Hope, PA Havana New Hope
Wed 5/17 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest Café
Thu 5/18 Hopewell, VA Beacon Theater
Sun 5/21 Atlanta, GA City Winery
Mon 5/22 Nashville, TN City Winery
Wed 5/24 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey
Thu 5/25 Houston, TX Dosey Doe
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