News June 2009
Dave & Barbara would like to thank everyone for their kind, supportive comments on their new CD releases.
"...wonderful additions to your oeuvre of intelligent pop music. Barbara's voice just gets better with age, wonderfully subtle and complex and she's still one of the best singers on the planet." Robert Carlberg, USA.
"Green and Blue has the duo sounding more confident and accomplished than ever before. Stewart’s brilliance as an arranger is showcased at every turn..." Sid Smith
(read full review)
"It strikes, in fact, a perfect balance, with an eminently accessible veneer that's layered on top of an album of strikingly thoughtful arrangements and orchestrated textures... an undeniably accessible pop album that's got the kind of depth that will also appeal to those looking for more detail and challenge."
John Kelman (All About Jazz)
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STOP PRESS - New Album finally released! (March 2009)
We are pleased (and somewhat relieved) to announce the release of Dave & Barbara's long-awaited new album 'Green and Blue' (nine tracks, 67 minutes). In a departure from style, Green and Blue contains only one cover version. This is the most varied Stewart/Gaskin album to date, combining heart-rending ballads, poppy toe-tappers, lengthy musical explorations and a heavy metal thrash, but the diverse material is united by the duo's trademark musicality. Green and Blue features long-time collaborators Andy Reynolds (guitar), Gavin Harrison (drums), Peter Blegvad (narration) and the amazing Amorphous Choir of Wales. The CD ships in a 4-page Digipak with a 12-page colour booklet containing the song lyrics and a short sleeve note by Dave.
Accompanying Green and Blue is the CDR 'Hour Moon', featuring five bonus tracks, two of which were originally intended for the album. Also included are a cover of a classic '60s instrumental and a version of 'Henry & James' which appeared on a Flexidisc in a 1980's issue of Keyboard magazine (USA). Thanks to all the people who wrote to us about this track! Hour Moon ships in an eco-friendly cardboard wallet with its own artwork and explanatory notes.
CDs and downloads are available from the Stewart / Gaskin online store.
Live Concerts 2009
(Photo by Harumi Maezawa.)
To celebrate the release of Green and Blue, Dave & Barbara recently played three concerts at Tsuki-miru Kimi-omou (lit. 'I look at the moon and think of you'), Tokyo, Japan. They were joined on these gigs by guitarist Andy Reynolds. (See a translation of Masahiko Miyazaki's review of the three concerts here .)
Downloads
The duo's entire back catalogue of 41 songs can be downloaded from the Stewart / Gaskin online store. You can download individual songs or whole albums. Originally released between 1981 and 1991, the tracks include the 'A' and 'B' sides of Dave & Barbara's UK singles and all the songs from their albums Up From The Dark, Broken Records - The Singles, As Far As Dreams Can Go, The Big Idea and Spin. Revenue from downloads goes directly to the musicians with no record company involvement.
Stewart / Gaskin info
Dave Stewart (keyboards) and Barbara Gaskin (vocals) are English
musicians who have been working together since 1981, when their first single
'It's My Party' reached number one in the UK. The duo release their music
on their own independent Broken Records label and occasionally perform live
concerts. For more information please see below.
To avoid any misunderstanding, please bear in mind that:
1. Dave Stewart of Stewart / Gaskin is not David A. Stewart of The
Eurythmics. Any resemblance is purely nominal!
2. This site focuses on the music of Stewart/Gaskin from 1981
to the present day, which can best be described as intelligent pop music.
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