Richie Kotzen Signs Global Deal with BMG, Announces New Album 'Nomad' for September 2024 Release, Drops New Single 'On The Table'
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Guitarist, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Richie Kotzen has inked a label deal with global music company BMG. His brand new solo studio album, titled Nomad, is set for release on September 27.
“After working with Richie on the successful Smith/Kotzen project, we knew what an incredible songwriter and artist he is, so we were excited to hear what he was working on as a solo artist. When he played us the new material, we knew immediately we wanted to be involved," said Michael Kachko, BMG Senior Vice President.
Kotzen shares his excitement: “I was very much elated with the news that BMG wanted to release this album as I envisioned it without artistic compromise. I love the fact that the BMG team put their creative trust in me and my vision without redesign. So many times the business side of things can really interfere with the creative progress of a writer, and with a team like this, the focus is on what we can do to help you beyond what you’ve already done as a recording artist. The attitude seems to be, ‘you’ve done the work as a writer, producer, and musician, now let us take the ball and run.’ This feels like the beginning of an amazing journey for me and a bit of a reset in an industry that is becoming more complex to navigate for a lone artist.”
Written, recorded, and produced by Kotzen himself, Nomad features eight new tracks that showcase his multifaceted musical style, with Kotzen playing almost every instrument on the album. The album expresses Kotzen’s diverse techniques and influences, ranging from hard rock to 70s-infused soul and funk, jazz fusion to R&B, all intertwined with his unique playing and songwriting approach while retaining his ever-evolving signature style.
“I came up exposed to soul, funk, and R&B music extensively, but at the same time, I was a hard rock fan all the way,” Kotzen explains. “So I’ve got this sort of interesting dynamic happening with my music where you hear elements of Parliament or Curtis Mayfield, but then at the same time, you’ve got the Bad Company early Rod Stewart influence as well. When I started taking the guitar more seriously, I was drawn into fusion bands like The Dixie Dregs, Return To Forever, and Allan Holdsworth’s work. It is a wacky mixture, but that is the formula for Richie Kotzen.”
Earlier this year, Kotzen released the first track from the album, the hard-driving single “Cheap Shots,” to critical acclaim. Today, he premieres the follow-up single, “On The Table,” a heavy-hitting rocker that had been living on his hard drive, waiting for the perfect lyric to complete it. A subconscious memory of his Brazilian father-in-law’s first English words, “The book is on the table,” sparked inspiration and perfectly tied it all together.
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