Artist
Title
Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange
Release date
June 28, 2011
listen to this release now!
Buy now:
CD+DVD
MP3
Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange
This past February at SoundPure Studios in Durham, NC, The Foreign Exchange gave a private acoustic show for 40 randomly-selected friends and supporters. The evening, captured on both audio and video, is the basis of their latest release, "Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange."
Serving as a companion piece to their latest release "Authenticity" and as a glimpse into their acclaimed live show, "Dear Friends" is a double-disc CD/DVD digipak that features the full acoustic concert performed by the band's current touring lineup of Zo!, Sy Smith, and singer/songwriter Jeanne Jolly. In addition to the live concert recordings, the release also features two new studio tracks; "Steal Away" featuring Jeanne Jolly and "All The Kisses" featuring Amber & Paris Strother of rising indie soul trio KING.
"Dear Friends" drops 6/28 on +FE Music and will be available on iTunes as a specially-priced video bundle.
Tracklisting
01. Introduction/Fight For Love
02. All Roads
03. Take Off The Blues
04. Lose Your Way/Band Introductions
05. House Of Cards
06. Greatest Weapon Of All Time
07. Something In The Way She Moves
08. Laughing At Your Plans
09. Daykeeper
10. I Wanna Know
11. Steal Away feat. Jeanne Jolly
12. All The Kisses feat. Amber & Paris Strother of KING
02. All Roads
03. Take Off The Blues
04. Lose Your Way/Band Introductions
05. House Of Cards
06. Greatest Weapon Of All Time
07. Something In The Way She Moves
08. Laughing At Your Plans
09. Daykeeper
10. I Wanna Know
11. Steal Away feat. Jeanne Jolly
12. All The Kisses feat. Amber & Paris Strother of KING
Music Videos
-
The Foreign Exchange
"Laughing At Your Plans (from Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange)"
Directed by John Elliott Gray
Reviews
''All in all, it's a great primer for listeners not yet familiar with the band's music, with songs primarily taken from 2008's Leave It All Behind and 2010's Authenticity. The release also gets high marks for presentation, with the deluxe, large-format package housing the CD and DVD plus a full-colour booklet featuring photos and lyrics to the two new songs. '' - Ron Schepper for Textura [Click here to read the full review]
''Recorded this past February at Durham's Sound Pure Studios in front of an audience of 40 fortunate fans, the CD/ DVD package is an intimate, scaled-down performance of several selections from The Foreign Exchange's entire catalog, exemplifying the magic that can happen when a band handles its music and career with care.'' - Eric Tullis for Independent Weekly [Click here to read the full review]
''Dear Friends is the sight and sound of a group of talented and versatile musicians playing with its already fantastic sound for a confident, relaxed set of their trademark sophisticated soul.'' - Craig Jenkins for Prefixmag [Click here to read the full review]
''A must-have for established fans and quality enough to draw in new ones, this digipak encapsulates their appeal, substitutes finesse for flash and showcases what makes The Foreign Exchange so Dear to discriminating listeners. Enthusiastically Recommended. '' - Melody Charles for SoulTracks [Click here to read the full review]
''The Foreign Exchange has mastered the relationship with their fans, delivering a product that is worth your hard-earned scratch.'' - The Mixtape Monster for The Mixtape Monster [Click here to read the full review]
''Live music moves me in ways that is very hard to describe. The intimate connection between artists and fans leaves the impression that they wrote the song, just for you. Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange does exactly that. This may be the best letter I've ever heard.'' - Nekeya O'Connor for ThisIsRealMusic.com [Click here to read the full review]
![\"550.jpg\"](\"http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/img/550.jpg\")