April 17, 2020 - Canada’s most accomplished singer-songwriter, Ron Sexsmith has today released his new album HERMITAGE, his first since his move from his longtime home of Toronto to a more bucolic life in Stratford, Ontario. In creating this album, Sexsmith partnered with producer Don Kerr, setting up in Sexsmith’s living room to record the album, with Ron playing all the instruments except the drums. HERMITAGE is available now at all DSPs.
Echoing the process of recording the album at home, the lead up to this album featured a series of videos of Sexsmith performing tracks from HERMITAGE acoustically at home. This series, titled the Hermitage Sessions includes performances of lead single “You Don’t Wanna Hear It” as well as “When Love Pans Out” and “Glow in the Dark Stars.”
Says Sexsmith:“For about a week, the house was turned upside-down. The drums were up in this room, I was down in the other room playing piano, cables everywhere. And it was kinda of like when the Stones set up in France, for Exile On Main St., except without all the debauchery.”
Ron’s previously announced tour has been rescheduled. The new list of shows is:
NOVEMBER
28 DUBLIN Liberty Hall
29 MANCHESTER Royal Northern College Of Music
30 LONDON Cadogan Hall
DECEMBER
1 BIRMINGHAM Glee Club
2 GLASGOW Cottier
For ticket details visit: ronsexsmith.com.
Ron Sexsmith was born and bred near Niagara Falls. He has released 15 albums to date - Grand Opera Lane (1991), Ron Sexsmith (1995), Other Songs (1997), Whereabouts (1999), Blue Boy (2001), Cobblestone Runway (2002), Rarities (2003), Retriever (2004), Destination Unknown (2005, with Don Kerr, released as Sexsmith & Kerr), Time Being (2006), Exit Strategy Of The Soul (2008), Long Player Late Bloomer (2011), Forever Endeavour (2013), Carousel One (2015) and The Last Rider (2017). He has collaborated with the likes of Daniel Lanois, Mitchell Froom, Ane Brun, Tchad Blake, and Bob Rock. His songwriting appears on albums from Rod Stewart, Michael Bublé, k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris and Feist. For all the latest on Ron Sexsmith follow Ron on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or his website.
