WILL DOWNING album reviews

Will Downing’s killer new album Lust, Love and Lies continues to garner phenomenal reviews and press Stateside!

The Urban Music Scene write:

“The biggest attraction on this Peak Records CD is that Downing’s music superbly slices and dices the tension and thoughts filtering through his mind.  Once again, Lust, Love & Lies proves Will Downing gives us further reason that he is one of the best R&B/jazz interpreters and one of the most dedicated talents in urban music today. ”

Read in full here:

http://reviews.theurbanmusicscene.com/2010/09/14/will-downing–lust-love–lies.aspx

 

Essence Magazine quiz Will in a brief interview:

“So how do you feel about people calling your work baby making-music?
WILL DOWNING: I hear that more time in a day than I can count. And I guess my music is that because its basically adult music. To be honest I don’t know how to categorize my music, but if people want to call it baby-making music, then I say go on and practice on it.”

Read more: http://www.essence.com/entertainment/hot_topics/will_downing_on_new_album_lust_love_lies.php#ixzz14DijXIgt

Read in full here:

http://www.essence.com/entertainment/hot_topics/will_downing_on_new_album_lust_love_lies.php

Nice work, Will!

WILL DOWNING talks to Blues & Soul!

There’s a cracking interview with Will Downing in the new digital edition of Blues & Soul.

Will chats to the newly-promoted assitant editor Pete Lewis (congrats, Pete!), about the strictly soulful new album Lust, Love & Lies, which was released in the UK last week.

Says Will on the concept of the record, which he refers to as an ‘audio soap opera’:

“Well, I’ve actually had the concept for this record for the last five or six years – I just didn’t know how to go ABOUT it at first. But then I finally just said to myself ‘Listen, at what point in your career are you gonna be able to DO something like this – I mean, when is the right TIME?!’… And so with this album I eventually decided to just put the work in and do something completely DIFFERENT! You know, when you’ve done as many projects as I have, after a while people start to say ‘Oh, it’s just another Will Downing record – it’s nothing special’… So at this stage I felt I really needed to kinda just stir up the pot a little bit and do something I’d never done BEFORE! I basically wanted to let people know that creatively I’m not dead yet, and that I still have something to say!”

Sounds good to us!

Read the interview in full here:

http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/590/wil_downing_still_supreme/

WILL DOWNING live session on Joyner!

Will Downing ab-so-lute-ly rocked the house on the Tom Joyner Morning Show….not an easy chore at 5:00am!

Click and take a look …..it’s goood stuff

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/instudiojams/willdowning.html

Great, right?

Don’t forget, Will’s amazing album Lust, Love & Lies is in-store in the UK this week!

Amazon link here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lust-Love-Lies-Audio-Novel/dp/B003WKA84I/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285922201&sr=8-1

Blues & Soul report on WILL DOWNING’S Lust!

There’s a great news-piece in the current edition of Blues & Soul on the release of Will Downing’s new album Lust, Love & Lies.

Says Will:

“This record had actually been coming together in my mind for five years… I just didn’t know how to go about it at first. I think this album solidifies what I’m doing and where I’m going”

Read the article in full here:

http://www.bluesandsoul.com/news_item/530/new_recording_from_soul_vocalist_will_downing/

Lust, Love & Lies is released in the UK on CD and download this Monday September 27th!

Amazon link here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lust-Love-Lies-Audio-Novel/dp/B003WKA84I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1285241955&sr=8-1

More heat from WILL DOWNING!

There’s a great new audio interview with Will Downing talking in-depth about the new album Lust, Love and Lies to DJ Soulswede at soulinterviews.com

Listen to the interview here:

http://soulinterviews.com/interviews-archive/517-will-downing-swe.html

Also, check there’s a brilliant review in Jet magazine, where the album made the Editor’s pick of the week! In it they rave that Will’s album “contains songs of romance, passion, and heartbreak.”

Nice work!

WILL DOWNING interview!

Also online today is a brilliant interview on soulmusic.com where David Nathan talks to Will Downing about his new album Lust Love & Lies.

Says Will on still being in the game after 22 years:

“ Well you know what, I’ve been very fortunate to still be in this industry. I mean, as you just said, there’s a lot of my contemporaries who I started out the race with who are no longer performing. And some of them are no longer with us in general, so I’m grateful to be alive and grateful to still be active, doing what I do. I think the one thing that has sustained me is the one thing that I’ve always—that I used to fight with the record company in the early part of my career, was staying the course. You know, when the musical styles changed, I kind of stayed with what I knew my strengths were, which is kind of singing, you know, ballads or singing more soulful songs… just staying the course. I’ve always kind of meshed jazzy elements to an R&B/soulful sound, and that’s been my sound and I’ve stayed the course. And fortunately, I’ve always had one or two songs per project that people around the world could identify with, and it’s kind of helped me maintain.”

Read/listen to the interview in full here:

http://www.soulmusic.com/wido20in3.html

More praise for WILL DOWNING

The reviews continue to roll-in stateside for Will Downing’s forthcoming album Lust, Love & Lies … and everyone seems to be feeling it!

Mark Edwards Nero at About.com writes:

“… Lust, Love & Lies is a compelling listen from beginning to end, and Will’s crossover from smooth Jazz to mainstream R&B is definitely a successful one.”

Read the review in full here:

http://randb.about.com/od/reviews/fr/WillDowningLustLoveLies.htm

Afro.com write:

“… the release of his latest project that will stand out from many of his former LPs.”

Read in full here:

http://www.afro.com/sections/arts_entertainment/story.htm?storyid=2461

Great to see … here’s to many more!

Soul Tracks on WILL’S Lust, Love & Lies

They keep on coming!

Check out a second great advance review of Will Downing’s Lust, Love & Lies, this time from Soul Tracks.

They write:

“Thanks to co-producers Rex Rideout and Chris “Big Dog” Davis, this latest collection is just as expertly assembled and silky-smooth as any of Mr. Downing’s other efforts, and players like bassist Anthony Jackson and guitarist Randy Bowland anchor it all with their classic approach to musicality. The main instrument, Mr. Downing’s baritone, remains as nimble and nuanced as ever… Will’s “audio novel” still has enough artful twists and turns to make experiencing his particular take on Lust, Love and Lies both welcomed and worthwhile. Recommended.”

We like!

Read the review in full here:

http://www.soultracks.com/review-will-downing-love-lust-lies

First review for WILL DOWNING’S Lust, Love & Lies!

Blog site Soulchoonz have given a great first review for Will Downing’s upcoming new album Lust, Love and Lies!

Writes Barry Towler:

“This is the best Will Downing set for many a year, and for those who love the man and all he does it’s yet another quality release in a long, long list of releases that have not failed to please. In fact, it’s fair to say that this album contains more spark, light, shade and grit than a fair few previous releases, and the feel, thanks to Rex Rideout and Chris “Big Dog” Davis almost harks back to his beefier Motown release back in 2000. It’s smooth, yet strident and still romantic. Will is one of today’s greatest performers and this album deserves to be HUGE.”

Wow! Major stuff!

Read the review in full here:

http://soulchoonzreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/will-downing-lust-love-lies-audio-novel.html

WILL DOWNING album set for Sept UK release!

Great news!

Following our post a couple of weeks ago, we hear that Will Downing’s gorgeous soul-stirring new album Lust, Love and Lies is set for a UK release on September 27th via Peak/Concord/Universal!

Great cover art, right?

More to come!