A song from the new album on Youtube....

"Somewhere Between The Stars" (Santo Spirito)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffesIuFjRgQ

Enjoy!
Chris

Thank you Ann for posting this link to the movie. It's quite obvious to me that it's a biographical story. Chris, as a child (in his imagination), being taken back to all familiar (from his father's tales) places in Florence, Italy. He said in the into to the movie on Youtube that he's not (never wa...

Well, one thing is certain. Your postal service is fast and reliable.
Congratulations!
Chris

Thank you for the article, even though it's in Dutch. What stroke me though, is the Dutch release date for Santo Sprito: Sep. 3, 2011! It's Saturday, if I'm not mistaken. Is there any particular reason to have it released on Saturday? In other countries the release dates would be or are either/or on...

Thank you for this link... I've listened to the BBC2 program 'live' today and Chris picked the two (2) song you've mentioned while describing the reasons - why. He said "In My Life" was `'the best romantic song ever written" and he called the "Miss You" a " fantastic&qu...

Nick Lowe and Ry Cooder will come first, in September, but then I will be looking forward to a new album by Tom Waits. It's titled "Bad as Me" and it's due October 24.
Take care,
Chris

Thank you chrisreafan for this link. I think I'll pick my copy while I'm in Munich for the Oktoberfest 2011!
Take care,
Chris

Hi again, Cesaria Evora remains high on my list even though she had lost her deep, rich voice when she suffered a heart attack during her tour of Australia in 2010, or was it in 2009? The "Destino di Belita", however, was recorded earlier, when she still had her 'normal' voice. Eilen Jewel...

Hi chrisreafan, Well, actually you can download free (legally) Ry Cooder's single titled "No Banker Left Behind" when you pre-order his new CD ("Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down") with nonesuch.com http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/pull-up-some-dust-and-sit-down It's a sort of a 'bonu...

Thank you Tobi for posting it! So, I see he returned (sort of) to his old style of music with some bluesy elements added to it. Good, I accept that! A good, new version of the "Electric Guitar", an interesting "The Change Of Love" etc. I detect a lot of all too familiar songs re-...

Hi Colin, I'd like to say I'm impressed, indeed. Tickets alone would cost a small fortune. But that's just shows to what length some of us - fans - would be willing to go, only to see Chris Rea performing - live! We are the lucky few in Europe, I guess, because all we have to do is to buy tickets an...

Furthermore... I found this on Chris Rea's Facebook Wall.... (quote) Chris has been working with Jon Kelly again. Jon was brought in to oversee the engineering / production side of the new project, Santo Spirito. Chris has for some time struggled with the lack of really good sounds when working with...

Hi all, Either "very new Chris" or "new, old Chris" because there are both: his characteristic timbre and riffs present there. What stroke me though, is the mysterious "man in black coat wearing a broad-rim hat". It could be, as Jim suggested, a character from his new m...

Yeah, another great musician passed away, one of the few remaining original members of the E Street Band, which formed in Asbury Park, in New Jersey (USA), back in the early 1970s. First Danny Federici and now Clarence Clemons. I don't know whether Bruce Springsteen will be able to replace the The B...

Hi all, I saw on a Live Nation website there are already some dates for "the Santo Spirito tour" in february 2012 in Poland and Hungary. :D I'm curious when another dates will be set! I hope he will do a gig in Amsterdam also :?: Hope to see some dates soon! And the waiting goes on :? Ann...