Fred Eaglesmith (Chicago, IL)

Fred Eaglesmith

The heart of rock and roll is alive and well with Fred Eaglesmith s 20th album Tambourine. Fusing together all of Fred s past influences the result is pure rock n roll reminiscent of 1966.Eaglesmith is a veteran of the music industry and at the same time is about as far away from actually participating in today s music industry as 1 could be. Never operating within anyone s boundaries he continues to set the standard for independent artists everywhere. While blazing his own often colourful path he has avoided most of the traps and pitfalls of his peers his career reads like a manual on how to succeed in music today without trying to fit into the traditional business models.Tambourine was recorded live off the floor using an eight-track analogue console capturing the entire band playing together in the same room. Created during a month long session in an old hall in the hamlet of Vittoria Ontario Fred consciously stayed far away from anything that is popular in the mainstream music right now....