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Katherine Jenkins announces new double A side single Can’t Slow Down / Black Is The Colour, released December 12th

Taken from the Warner Brothers album, 'Daydream'

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins today announces the double A side single taken from her stunning Top 10 album, Daydream, entitled Can’t Slow Down/ Black Is The Colour.

Released December 5th, the John Shanks penned Can’t Slow Down was recorded in sun kissed Los Angeles earlier this year. As Katherine comments, “It started out in its original demo form as a country tune, about not being able to stop yourself falling in love. But we worked on it and turned it into something more my style”.

The second single, Black Is The Colour, is an epic Scottish folk song that has been covered by artists as diverse as Nina Simone and Joan Baez. Recorded at Air Studios in London, Katherine recalls –

“I discovered it through an Irish friend of mine, who suggested I listen to the Christy Moore version. As soon as I heard it I said to myself: that's going to be the first track on my next album. It's such a beautiful song about unrequited love. The line that really hooked me was: “And I really love the ground where on he stands” - that's such a romantic thing to say! Christy Moore sings a simple acoustic arrangement but we wanted it to start intimately and build into a really Celtic-sounding showstopper with Uillean pipes and fiddles. I first sang it for 10,000 people at concerts in Ireland and the reaction was overwhelming.”

Katherine who is currently on an international promotional tour for her new album, will also be touring the UK on her first theatre tour in three years early next year. Her 22-city tour will see Katherine up close and personal with fans new and old.

Daydream, her most personal album to date, draws together music and songs she loves from across classical, traditional, folk and easy pop that have inspired her over the course of her life.

As The Sun newspaper declared in their 5 star album review;  “all the Jenkins hallmarks of professionalism are here in spades – soaring tunes, immaculate recordings, turbo charged orchestral support”.

Capturing what audiences love about Katherine – her astonishing vocal range, her championing of great songs, always willing to test new ground – Daydream reflects on the exciting stage that she now has reached in her life and career.

Can’t Slow Down / Black Is The Colour is released December 12th on Warner Bros Records. Daydream, the album, is out now.

www.katherinejenkins.co.uk

www.twitter.com/kathjenkins


2012 UK Day Dream Tour Dates

January 2012

Saturday 7th                          Oxford New Theatre                                          

Sunday 8th                          Portsmouth Guildhall                                    

Tuesday 10th                        Southend Cliffs Pavilion                                   

Thursday 12th              Ipswich Regent                                       

Friday 13th                         Ipswich Regent                                  

Monday 16th                         Newcastle City Hall                                    

Wednesday 18th            Glasgow Clyde Auditorium                                       

Thursday 19th                        Edinburgh Playhouse                                               

Saturday 21st                        Harrogate Intl Centre                                    

Sunday 22nd                        Sheffield City Hall                                     

Tuesday 24th                        Llandudno North Wales Theatre               

Wednesday 25th            Liverpool Philharmonic Hall                                               

Friday 27th                        Cardiff Motorpoint Arena                         

Sunday 29th                        Birmingham Symphony Hall                    

Monday 30th                         Birmingham Symphony Hall                                     

               
February 2012

Wednesday 1st                        Manchester Bridgewater Hall                     

Thursday 2nd                         Manchester Bridgewater Hall                     

Saturday 4th                        Blackpool Opera House                    

Monday 6th                        Bristol Colston Hall                                  

Tuesday 7th                        Plymouth Pavilions                                    

Thursday 9th                        Bournemouth Intl Centre                         

Friday 10th                        Brighton Centre                                          

Sunday 12th                         Nottingham Royal Concert Hall              

Monday 13th                          Nottingham Royal Concert Hall           

Thursday 16th                         London HMV Hammersmith Apollo 

 

Tickets available from www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk and 0844 811 0051 / 0844 826 2826

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