Coral Egan
Montréal, Quebec, Canada | MAJOR
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If Carol King was still writing songs, they might sound like these by Coral Egan - Montrealer
If Carol King was still writing songs, they might sound like these by Coral Egan - Montrealer
Je le recommande fortement pour sa facture originale aux différences influences pour la belle voix de Coral et aussi pour l'esthétique impeccable du design, tout en photos et qui nous ouvre la porte à l'intimité de la chanteuse. - Blog par Marie-Eve Boulanger
Je le recommande fortement pour sa facture originale aux différences influences pour la belle voix de Coral et aussi pour l'esthétique impeccable du design, tout en photos et qui nous ouvre la porte à l'intimité de la chanteuse. - Blog par Marie-Eve Boulanger
Dès la pochette, un vent souffle sur l'esthétisme de l'album. Mots susurrés, choeurs exquis et furtifs: tout concourt à tisser un univers à la douceur sophistiquée.
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Les émotions à fleur de voix se nappent de soul, de rock font des merveilles, notamment grâce à l'équipe dont elle a su s'entourer pour et album.
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Une aventure intime et singulière pour approcher l'automne en douceur.
- Le Droit
Dès la pochette, un vent souffle sur l'esthétisme de l'album. Mots susurrés, choeurs exquis et furtifs: tout concourt à tisser un univers à la douceur sophistiquée.
(…)
Les émotions à fleur de voix se nappent de soul, de rock font des merveilles, notamment grâce à l'équipe dont elle a su s'entourer pour et album.
(…)
Une aventure intime et singulière pour approcher l'automne en douceur.
- Le Droit
Coral Egan sera toujours la fille de sa mère Karen Young, mais il ne s'agit pas ici d'un disque jazz. D'ailleurs, au-delà du thème de l'introspection, il est difficile de réduire ce disque à un style. - La Presse
Coral Egan sera toujours la fille de sa mère Karen Young, mais il ne s'agit pas ici d'un disque jazz. D'ailleurs, au-delà du thème de l'introspection, il est difficile de réduire ce disque à un style. - La Presse
Singer/songwriter Coral Egan fits into the indie/folk category with a hint of jazz inflection due to her voice sounding a bit like she grew up on the Norah Jones side of life. Here, she sings with simple guitar, piano, bass and drum accompaniment, and keeps the no frills approach to her singing on “Soul Sunday’ and “A Couple of Apartments Apart.” Her voice sounds earthy and rich on the Cumberland Riverish “Razor Love,” while the aggressive sounds on “What Are You Doing” are laden with angst. Quirky , but with some points to make. - Jazz Weekly
Singer/songwriter Coral Egan fits into the indie/folk category with a hint of jazz inflection due to her voice sounding a bit like she grew up on the Norah Jones side of life. Here, she sings with simple guitar, piano, bass and drum accompaniment, and keeps the no frills approach to her singing on “Soul Sunday’ and “A Couple of Apartments Apart.” Her voice sounds earthy and rich on the Cumberland Riverish “Razor Love,” while the aggressive sounds on “What Are You Doing” are laden with angst. Quirky , but with some points to make. - Jazz Weekly
The chemistry of this studio gathering works, yielding a bright, airy performance that would fit with Saturday night after the party or family breakfast the next day. - Montreal Gazette
The chemistry of this studio gathering works, yielding a bright, airy performance that would fit with Saturday night after the party or family breakfast the next day. - Montreal Gazette
La charismatique Coral Egan se prépare à lancer, sous étiquette Justin Time, The Year He Drove Me Crazy, un album i-dé-al pour l’automne. Intimiste, enveloppant, voilà un disque que l’on fera jouer quand
les feuilles changeront de couleur et que le soleil se
couchera tôt... - Metro Montreal
La charismatique Coral Egan se prépare à lancer, sous étiquette Justin Time, The Year He Drove Me Crazy, un album i-dé-al pour l’automne. Intimiste, enveloppant, voilà un disque que l’on fera jouer quand
les feuilles changeront de couleur et que le soleil se
couchera tôt... - Metro Montreal
Discography
The Year He Drove Me Crazy (2012)
Magnify (2007)
My Favourite Distraction (2004)
The Path Of Least Resistance (2002)
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Bio
In 2010, “taking inspiration from a new generation of independent musicians” , Egan began writing again. Inspired by new life experience, she collaborated with songwriter Albert Chambers to pen her most autobiographical material to date. Entering the studio in late 2011 with co producer/engineer Tim Gowdy, she began a series of collaborative sessions with a group of Montreal musicians that included drummer Robbie Kuster and bassist Mishka Stein of Patrick Watson's band, pianist Jon Day, beatboxer Jason Levine, as well as a guest appearance from guitarist Warren Spicer of Plants and Animals. Drawing from a rich palate of influences, the group together arranged, produced and recorded a set of songs that evoke California soul, singer songwriter and indie-rock, while retaining Egan's distinctive jazz-inflected vocal style.
The resulting album, The Year He Drove Me Crazy, is centered thematically on relationships, specifically on the effects of romantic love and the complications of blended families. Artistically, it is a deeply personal ode to her passage from “lyrically detached and controlling artist” to a musician who has discovered the desire to share her highs and lows with her public and embrace a spirit of spontaneity and musical collaboration sure to win her a whole new set of fans.
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