MILE END, DUE OUT OCTOBER 1, 2021
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“One of my favourite guitarists has a new album out. Great songs with great changes and great playing” John Mayer
"He cannot be stopped. ...showing off not only his guitar playing but his songwriting" - Talia Schlanger (On CBC q)
“smooth, soulful... The expertly self-produced sound is a nice mixture of slide guitar, bass, and that popping percussion, with Ariel’s creamy vocals on top.” - Great Dark Wonder
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Hot on the tails of his last album, Headway, acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Ariel Posen is unveiling another new album, Mile End, due out October 1, 2021. “This album idea came to me once the rollout of Headway began,” says Posen. “I do so much solo guitar playing online and am known for that. As much as I love songs and singing, I wanted to appeal to the guitar players and musicians out there, while at the same time putting together an album of delicate and relaxing music that could be put on while making dinner and just mellowing out with a glass of wine or something.
For the last 2 months, I've been posting ‘virtual voice memos’ on instagram which is a post that includes a collection of random solo guitar ideas I've had on video from over the last couple of years. Mile End is an album of improvised and completed visual voice memos (primarily because the entire album was filmed).
Having already shared album cut “Clawhammer”, today Posen is sharing the new track “Begin Again”, which was “born late last year when Eddie Van Halen passed away,” says Posen. “While I've never been an invested fan, his impact was so deep on so many musicians. I couldn't help but have this melody in my head that day and this is the result of what came out of it.”
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Later this year, Ariel Posen will continue on the road supporting multi-award winning artist Bahamas on a run of tour dates in Canada. Full dates can be found below, tickets are on sale here :
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2021 TOUR DATES
Sep 25, Blind Willie McTell Festival, Thomson, GA
Oct 2 - Rouyn-norand, QC - Festival des Guitares du Mondes
Dec 1 - Toronto, ON - Meridian Hall %
Dec 4 - London, ON - London Music Hall %
Dec 7 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre %
Dec 8 - Kingston, ON -Sydenham Street United Church %
Dec 9 - Quebec, QC - Impérial Bell %
Dec 10 - Montréal, QC - Théâtre Corona %
% with Bahamas
2022 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Jan 30 - St. Davids, UK - St. Davids City Hall
Feb 1 - Briston, UK - Thekla
Feb 2, Derby, UK - Flower Pot
Feb 4 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
Feb 5 - Ashington, UK - White House Unique Social Club
Feb 6 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Institute
Feb 7 Guildford, UK - Boileroom
Feb 8 - London, UK - O2 Academy Islington
Feb 10 - Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn
Feb 11 - Köln, DE - Jaki
Feb 12 - Berlin, DE - Privatclub
Feb 13 - Hamburg, DE - Nochtwache
Feb 15 - Odense, DK - Dexter
Feb 16 - Copenhagen, DK - Amager Bio
Feb 17 - Oslo, NO - Krøsset
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MILE END TRACKLIST
01 Begin Again
02 Tumble Away
03 After The Rain
04 On Oh One
05 Royal
06 Clawhammer
07 Borrowed Time
08 Day 17
09 Four Corners
10 Backseat Driver
11 Mile End
MORE ABOUT ARIEL POSEN
Ariel Posen's music occupies the space between genres. It's a rootsy sound that nods to his influences — heartland rock & roll, electrified Americana, blue-eyed soul, R&B, Beatles-inspired pop — while still moving forward, pushing Posen into territory that's uniquely his own.
Posen began recording his last album, Headway, in December 2019, one week after wrapping up an international tour in support of his acclaimed debut, How Long. He'd been on the road for a year and a half, playing shows across the U.K., Europe, America, and his native Canada. Along the way, Posen had received standing ovations not only from his audiences, but also from outlets like Rolling Stone, who dubbed him "a modern-day guitar hero," Music Radar listing him as a fan voted top 10 rock guitarist of the year and the Western Canadian Music Awards who nominated him for Breakout Artist of the Year."
Coming back home to Winnipeg, he began sifting through the new songs he'd written between tour dates. Many of them had already been tested on the road, their arrangements whittled into shape by a group of road warriors at the top of their game. Practically all of them were about the process of evolution — of making progress in life, love, and all points in between. Those themes were reflected in the music itself, which presented a crisper, clearer picture of Posen as a songwriter. If How Long had been his introduction to the roots-music world, then Headway was something different: a sharply-defined snapshot of a musician who has truly crystallized his sound.
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