American Songwriter Connor Leimer Self-Releases Second Album POSTCARD To Digital Stores Worldwide TodayConnor writes by “blurring the boundaries” between genres and allows his work to “take [him] wherever it needs to go,” following an extremely authentic process of songwriting. -Will Rowe-Parr, The Music Ninja
American Songwriter Connor Leimer Self-Releases Second Album “Postcard” To Digital Stores Worldwide Today Connor writes by “blurring the boundaries” between genres and allows his work to “take [him] wherever it needs to go,” following an extremely authentic process of songwriting. -Will Rowe-Parr, The Music Ninja Watch Connor Perform Songs from “Postcard” Live on KJHK-FM here Watch Connor Discussing His Dorm Room Tour here 10/04 - Boston, MA - Berklee College of Music 160 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, MA 02115 (16th Floor Lounge) 10/05 - Boston, MA - Boston College Walsh 316 Residence Hall 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 10/06 - Philadelphia, PA - UPenn 3130 Brentwood Drive Doylestown, PA 18902 10/08 - Pittsburgh, PA - University of Pittsburgh 3414 Bates St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 10/09 - Springfield, OH - Wittenberg University 10/11 - Chicago, IL - Loyola University 6447 N. Wayne Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 10/14 - St. Louis, MO - St. Louis University 3853 Forest Park Ave. Apt. 106 St. Louis, MO 63108 10/15 - Fayetteville, AR - KXUA - FM - University of Arkansas Student Radio A665 Arkansas Union Fayetteville, AR 72701 10/15 - Fayetteville, AR - University of Arkansas 588 N. Wordsworth Ln. Fayetteville, AR 72704 10/16 - Kansas City, MO - WDAF-TV Fox 4 Morning Show 3030 Summit Kansas City, MO 64108 10/16 - Lawrence, KS - University of Kansas 938 Missouri St. Lawrence, KS 66044 For Immediate Release - Nashville, TN - Black Panda PR - October 2, 2015 - Connor Leimer celebrates his second album release “Postcard” on the road in the Big Apple today. He’s reworking the concept of the American house concert tradition for a college crowd. At the same time that some of his peers are navigating beer bongs and dorms for the first time, he’s pursuing a different education all together. Photo: Tim Duggan
Leimer grew up in a small suburb just south of Kansas City. For years, he wrote most of his songs in his bedroom - first with "The Telephone Takes" — a live, acoustic album that Leimer recorded on his iPhone 4 and released as a freshman. That was before attending a summer workshop called the Grammy Project in 2013. There, he met a number of musicians who, like Leimer, were young and eager to leave their mark. Months later, when he began recording Postcard at the Weights & Measures Soundlab studio in Kansas City, many of those new friends joined him. Jason Moss, NYC-based on-the-rise mixing engineer lent his help. Local singer Gracie Schram (and Charlie Peacock protege), 21 year-old producer Max Griffith, banjo player Fritz Hutchison (of the Kansas City band She's A Keeper) and a three-piece horn section of UMKC Music Conservatory graduates, all participated in making Postcard. Even so, Leimer wrote the songs from a personal place, reaching into his high school experience for a tracklist that veers between love songs, acoustic numbers, groove-based pop tunes and poignant tributes to home. "This record represents a big chunk of my high school years," he explains. "It's everything that you face while growing up. All my friends came together and played on it, or helped me with artwork, or helped out with production. It's just a bunch of friends helping each other out."
"Postcard" is very diverse," he adds. "There's reggae. There's singer-songwriter stuff. There's a folk song with fingerpicked guitar. There's acoustic pop too, and alternative music. I'm a songwriter, so I try to write in different styles frequently and I just focus on the song itself, and let it take me wherever it needs to go." Contact: Margo Drgos - Black Panda PR/Zerbert Music & Lifestyle - 310-849-5857 - margo@zerbertgroup.com ###
October 2, 2015 4:46pm ET by Zerbert Music & Lifestyle
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