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Corin Raymond Redux

Monday, April 19th, 2010

I’ve been trying to convince and conjole people in the industry that Corin Raymond’s song “There Will Always Be A Small Time” is the best song about the travails of country music since “Crazy Heart” by Ryan Bingham. It’s the title track from his summer 2009 release. Since I love that song so much I revisited this gorgeous record and want to share one more song from it with you.

“Blue Mermaid Dress” again deals a little with the power of song and the creative process. It’s a topic I’ve loved in song since I first heard Greg Brown’s “Poet Game”.

These two songs are just a drop in the bucket when it comes to this record when heard in its entirety. Buy the whole thing here at CD Baby and keep that Record Store Day 2010 glow alive in your heart by supporting this completely independent artist..

Blue Mermaid Dress

Bonus

There Will Always Be A Small Time

“Blue Mermaid Dress” perfromed at the Tunesmiths Room – Memphis Folk Alliance

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Corin Raymond – “There Will Always Be A Small Time”

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Corin Raymond is a Toronto based singer songwriter whose new record is atop the European Americana charts. I tracked down Corin on the road in an attempt to get clearance to write about his new record There Will Always Be A Small Time. He sent three songs and each was more personal and charming than the last. I can only post one song but you should click here to get the new record.

The title track is a romantic waltz more about music and community than getting the girl. The song is about Corin and his band’s attempt to make it by playing local lounges, selling d.i.y. CD’s from the bandstand (since the local record store is gone), and converting one fan at a time. It’s a song that couldn’t and wouldn’t be written in Nashville.

You can experience this song and the community it describes by checking out Corin Raymond and his band every Thursday at The Cameron House in Toronto. Tell `em you heard about the band and its music “through the grapevine” and that you brought a friend. He’ll know what you mean.