Suzi Quatro – I Sold My Soul Today

Suzi Quatro – I Sold My Soul Today

It’s got to be a very special release that has Suzi Quatro announce proudly: “The Devil In Me is the best album in my career to date!” After all, the American rock vocalist would hardly utter such superlatives lightly. Suzi’s enthusiasm for her latest offering has many reasons, twelve of them to be precise. Because The Devil In Me consists of exactly a dozen songs, each of them – from the opening track and title song to the final ‘Motor City Riders’ – a real highlight.

The reasons for Suzi’s remarkable creative explosion: on the one hand the lockdown, which kept her from her usual touring life in spring 2020, and on the other another collaboration with her son Richard Tuckey, which had already worked out extremely well on her predecessor album No Control. Suzi: “Starting spring 2020, almost one hundred of my shows were cancelled and Richard would also have been on tour with his band had not all concerts been cancelled or postponed. So, I said to him: ‘We should make the most of our free time, write new material and allow ourselves to be inspired by the things that are currently going on in the world.’ I already knew that Richard and I make a brilliant team, after all No Control had been a major success and a very special recording for us. Although I would never have thought that we’d be able to surpass it. But everybody who’s heard The Devil In Me and all the people who had worked on the previous album have told us: ‘This album is even stronger!’”

The album presents Suzi’s full range of musical diversity plus a number of surprises. From rock tracks such as ‘The Devil In Me’, ‘Get Outta Jail’, ‘Motorcity Riders’ and ‘Hey Queenie’ (“these four songs are typical of me and continue the tradition of my 1973 debut album”) to fairly unusual numbers such as the pub atmosphere-inspired ‘Loves Gone Bad’ with its intimate mood or ‘In The Dark’ which is accompanied by elegant piano and provocative saxophone sounds, Suzi presents herself from a whole range of different aspects. “Richard wanted this album to have a through line, so that you could put any track on, and it just  fit… he also said he wanted this album to be as important and ground breaking as my first one. So that is how we approached this project, and that is what we accomplished.”

TRACK LISTING

The Devil In Me * Hey Queenie * Betty Who? * You Can’t Dream It * My Heart And Soul * Get Outta Jail * Do Ya Dance * Isolation Blues * I Sold My Soul * Love’s Gone Bad * In The Dark * Motor City Riders * Bonus (vinyl only): Can I Be Your Girl * Desperado

LIVE

2021

17.04. UK-Peterborough – Showground

09.05. DE-Dessau – Anhalt Arena

10.05. DE-Dresden – Kulturpalast

12.05. DE-Wuppertal – Historische Stadthalle

14.05. DE-Mönchengladbach – Red Box

17.05. DE-Berlin – Friedrichstadtpalast

22.05. DE-Siegen/Hilchenbach – KulturPur

23.05. DE-Fulda – Esperantohalle

28.05. DE-Stuttgart – Liederhalle

19.06. ES-Vitoria-Gasteiz – Azkena Rock Festival

26.06. DE-Neuleiningen – Burgsommer

01.08. DE-Seebronn – Rock of Ages Festival

04.08. DE-Monschau – Burg Monschau

05.08. NL-Steenwijkerwold – Dicky Woodstock Festival

14.08. DE-Mülheim – Freilichtbühne

21.08. DE-Rust – Europa Park

03.09. DE-Cottbus – Stadthalle

04.09. DE-Zwickau – Stadthalle

05.09. DE-Dexheim – Kultur auf dem Hof

17.09. DK-Vejle – Musikteater

18.09. DK-Knebel – Fuglsøcentret

19.09. DK-Copenhagen – Docken

03.10. DE-Neuruppin – Kulturkirche (sold out)

30.10. DE-Dillingen – Lokschuppen

06.11. DE-Mannheim – Rosengarten

23.11.-30.11. AUS- Brisbane – Rock The Boat

18.12. DE-Leipzig-Arena

2022

20.04. UK- London – Royal Albert Hall

30.04. DE- Obertraubling – Airport-E

THE DEVIL IN ME – The Album

 (Steamhammer/SPV – Release date: 26 March 2021)

www.suziquatro.com

Your Body Shape Is A Blueprint Of Your Hormones

Your Body Shape Is A Blueprint Of Your Hormones

Rob Suchet, a high profile trainer, Functional Nutritionist, the “Hormone Guy” and author of Hormonal Blueprint – The Ultimate Guide to Female Fat Loss, explains a new approach to sustainable weight loss and health transformation. He claims that it’s not about cutting calories, or endless cardio, but that our hormones dictate our unique requirements when it comes to nutrition and exercise.

Rob Suchet

If you’ve struggled to lose weight in the past or are frustrated by how calorie restriction make you feel lousy, then this revolutionary approach explains how we are all different and how one size does not fit all when it comes to diet and exercise.

 “Stop dieting, start nourishing, for lasting health.”

Apples & Pears is a new and refreshing approach; it is a unique, personal coaching programme designed specifically for aspirational women, looking for a lasting transformation in their health and body shape.

Apples & Pears combines lifestyle analysis, personalised nutrition and exercise programming, mindset coaching and accountability, all delivered remotely using various platforms, including mobile and online tools, face-to-face calls and messaging apps to make sure you are supported throughout the entire process.

Rob Suchet has been described in the media as one of the country’s best personal trainers. His unique skill set and background in Functional Medicine sets him apart from the rest, while his gentle demeanour belies his former career as an Officer in the Royal Marines. With a client list which includes cast members from Game of Thrones, Bridgerton, and Outlander, Rob is on a mission is to help as many women as possible achieve lasting transformative change in their health and body shape.

“This starts by understanding your own unique hormonal blueprint and therefore the specific nutrition and exercise strategies that will work for your body.”

As an award-winning practitioner, Rob leads a team of personal trainers and nutritionists at his exclusive private studio in Bath, and his remote coaching programmes are transforming the health, fitness and bodies of clients worldwide.

About A&P – Unlocking your Body’s Unique Code:

We want to help you understand why your previous attempts at taking control of your body, weight and health have either been unsuccessful, or unsustainable.

Your body is a blueprint of your long-term hormonal imbalances: if you’re storing more weight around your middle (Apple) then you’ll need a completely different approach to nutrition and exercise than someone else who’s carrying more weight on their legs, bum and thighs (Pear).  Internal chemistry, and specific hormones, determine where we store fat, and how easy it is to lose it.

“We are as different on the inside as we are on the outside, so no two women will respond to the same plan in the same way.”

This is why the cookie-cutter approach just doesn’t work for the majority of women.

 Why doesn’t everyone talk about this?

Because they just don’t know themselves, therefore they have to resort to a generic, one-size-fits-all approach, specifically the advice that to lose weight “you just need to eat less and exercise more.” This is one of the most widely perpetuated myths, which is damaging women’s mental health. We teach our clients to ditch the “dieting mindset” and to embrace a Nourishing Mindset, where all the decisions you make are made from a position of love, care and respect.

Apples & Pears programme content:

Comprehensive Health & Lifestyle Audit. A detailed look at the structure of your lifestyle… to work with you to find the times when it’s achievable to build in some exercise, nutrition planning, “me time” …to help you build realistic structure into your lifestyle that ensures you’re moving towards your goals every day.

Energy Clarity, Diagnostics & Nutrition. As clinical nutritionists this is where we get into the detail of your health… to look at the fundamental pillars of your health (energy balance, sleep, digestion, hormones and stress) and create a completely bespoke Action Plan for you with detailed recommendations for your nutrition and lifestyle. This is supported by our own nutrition education materials, recipe books, meals and snack ideas.

Body Upgrading. Completely custom workouts are designed for you from scratch by our experienced coach, to fit with your goals, experience, fitness levels and availability of space or equipment, for wherever you’ll be training. Workouts are inserted into your calendar and every exercise is accompanied by video explanations of the correct form/technique. It’s interactive, so you feed back to us how each workout went so we can tweak and adjust subsequent sessions to make sure you’re progressing week-in, week-out towards your goals.

Mindset Mastery. Learn to understand and master your own internal dialogue, to get out and empower you to overcome everyday temptations. Create new healthy habits and behavioural patterns, understand how to train Willpower and Motivation and see yourself in a completely new way… International speaker, best-selling author and world class mindset coach Pete Cohen has created a suite of mindset mastery tutorials specifically for our Apples&Pears clients. This is such a game-changer as everything you do starts with a thought.

N.B. Accountability is a huge part of what we do… we speak to our clients almost every day through messaging and have weekly face-to-face coaching calls to go through their week and discuss any upcoming challenges that we can coach them through.

For more information, please check out www.applesandpears.uk

Before & After

New Album Release – PERFECT STRANGERS ‘HOPE’

New Album Release – PERFECT STRANGERS ‘HOPE’

Everyone from Paul McCartney, Bruce & The E Street Band to the Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Adele, Alicia, pub entertainers and millions more have nowhere to play.

Lockdowns and Quarantines shut down West End Theatres, Broadway, Las Vegas, Stadium Concerts, Clubs & Bars. It’s been a global disaster for the performing arts.

BUT – there is HOPE!

Perfect Strangers

HOPE

HOPE is a song for the times – written by Barbadian, James “Jimmy” Duncan & Bermudian Tony Brannon. Lyrics in the form of a poem were sent by Tony to Jimmy inspiring him to write the music plus additional lyrics.

The verses talk about the reality of not seeing any live music or fans going to a football game, be it soccer in Liverpool or any global sporting event. 2020 and 2021 feels like a long dark night – lonely prisoners in our homes. The Covid pandemic has resulted in millions of lives lost around the world. Businesses and livelihoods have been shattered.

H O P E – is what keeps us alive when things don’t always go our way. Breathe in and out, hold on be strong, we are gonna make it through this.

Perfect Strangers is an ensemble of some of the finest musicians on the planet…

Will Lee (Bass Guitar)

Will has played on more hit records than any bass player alive from The Bee Gees, Maria Carey, Carly Simon, Joan Armatrading, Barbara Streisand, Al Green, Michael Bolton Peabo Bryson, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Cher, Liza Minnelli, James Brown, Bette Midler, Cissy Houston, Ringo Starr, Chaka Khan, Barry Manilow…. the list goes on. Will was part of the Paul Shafer Orchestra on the David Letterman show for over 33 years from the 1st show in 1982 through to the end in 2015.

Andy Newmark (Drums)

This Bermudian has a list of credits including: Sly & The Family Stone, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, David Bowie, George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Carly Simon, James Taylor, George Benson, Roxy Music, David Gilmour & The Bermuda Jam.

Deric Dyer (Sax)

Deric was raised in Bermuda and played, as a young man, in the Bermuda band The Altogether. His international career includes Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, John Miles, Belgium’s Night of The Proms with Roger Hodgson, Bryan Ferry, Al Jarreau, Tony Hadley and Andrea Bocelli.

Mitch Chakour  (Choir Arranger & Background Vocals)

Mitch Chakour is a guitarist, keyboardist and music/vocal arranger in the Boston area and was the Musical Director for legendary Joe Cocker. Mitch also played for Peter Wolf & The J Geils Band for 5 years and a further 7 years with The J Geils Band.

Tim Pike (Lead Vocal)

Tim is a brilliant soul, blues & rock singer. Tim headed up vocals in Paul Allen’s band The Underthinkers (Paul Allen and Bill Gates were founding partners of Microsoft).

Dan Reid (Guitar)

Dan is a guitarist and record producer. He has written music for the NFL, BBC, SKY SPORTS and has played on records by Will Young, Aled Jones & Light of the World.

James “Jimmy” Duncan  (Guitar, Keys, bv’s & co-writer)

Jimmy has been a part of the music scene in Barbados all his life. Drummer Andy Newmark introduced Tony Brannon to Jimmy in 1981. Jimmy’s musical journey includes The Merry Boys, Ivory, The Splashband & Two Guitars. Jimmy wrote music for the James Bond movie Licensed To Kill, a song called Wedding Party via his friendship with composer Michael Kamen. Jimmy also recorded in 1981 with Paul McCartney in Barbados.

Tony Brannon (Piano, Organ, Acoustic Guitar & co-writer)

Tony’s musical career includes Bermuda club owner, Bermuda concert promoter and playing keyboards for Maxi Priest, Nils Lofgren (E Street Band) and numerous Bermudian bands.

The HOPE Singers

Recorded by John Woolridge: Latosha Codrington, Samantha Smith, Dwayne Robinson & Wayne Caines.

www.hopebyperfectstrangers.com


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