![]() ![]() ![]() *Set list: His chart-topping hits “I’ll Be” and “”Could Not Ask for More,” as well as songs from throughout his career and from his upcoming disc “Mercy Bound,” such as the stellar first single, “Walk With You. *Where: Musikfest Cafe at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, First Street and Founders Way, Bethlehem. “I quit trying to figure out what works in the music business anymore. And to be able to play and travel and do what you like to do, it’s just been a real gift. Cause it’s definitely been our ticket all over the world. “I’ve been incredibly blessed by having that happen for us. “They were just sort of written in the spirit of the emotion, and they’ve kind of done their own thing and it’s always been sort of a mystery to me,” he says. McCain says the irony is that neither “Walk With You” nor “I’ll Be” was written to be a hit. I’m really glad that it found a home – especially in this time.” “Her insight into music is pretty amazing, and our friendship is one of the treasures of my life, really. “She’s a really beautiful person and an incredible musician,” McCain says. McCain says he did most of the songs on the new disc with writing partner Maia Sharp, who also produced the album. The album will contain not only “Walk With You,” but another powerful song he has been doing in concert called “Sober.” Quite the opposite of a wedding song, it’s about the dissolution of a relationship the song’s narrator realized is dysfunctional once he’s no longer intoxicated. It will be his first studio disc of new songs in more than three years and only his third in more than a decade, since he left Atlantic Records in 2001. I wasn’t ready to put out a full-length record, so they said, ‘Why don’t we put out a ‘best-of’? And I was like, ‘Well, if you’re feel it’s right.’ “īut the song will be re-released on “Mercy Bound,” a new full disc of songs McCain has since written and is set to release Aug. The small label with whom he was working at the time, Saguaro Road Records, “got real excited about the song and wanted to put it out on something. Edwin McCain will be on the road everywhere in 2023.Because of how it came to be written, “Walk With You” first appeared not on an album of new songs, but on the compilation disc “The Best of Edwin McCain.” McCain says the song was the whole reason for releasing that album. Recently, he’s added orchestras to his repertoire, performing with symphonies in select markets where he brings his powerful songs to majestic new heights. McCain now performs upwards of 100 shows annually throughout the US as a solo artist, with his full band or his acoustic trio. And I’ll Be is prominently featured in the Jennifer Lopez movie "Shotgun Wedding." Those enduring love songs (and wedding must-haves) Ill Be and I Could Not Ask For More arent just for the romantic at heart American Idol and The. Millions more have been turned on by pop icons Justin Bieber and Charlie Puth who have both covered Edwin’s songs. “American Idol” and “The Voice” contestants turn to Edwin’s ballads every year to help them win over judges and fans. ![]() The kids are grown-ish and Edwin’s fans are clamoring for more, so Edwin McCain is back at full throttle. After a 20-year ride on a wave created by recording two of the biggest love songs in the history of music (I’ll Be and I Could Not Ask For More), and producing and starring in a tv series (Flippin’ Ships on Animal Planet), Edwin slowed his touring schedule to dedicate more time to his primary roles as husband to his wife and father to their three young teenagers. Edwin McCain has been called a “street corner prophet” by the USA Today, an “aching tenor” by Slate Magazine, and a “great American romantic” by the New York Times, but Edwin is much more than those things. ![]()
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