Archive for September, 2010
Release Date: 26/07/2010
Label: Universal Island Records
Tom Jones teams up with producer Ethan Johns to release a remarkable new album. Entitled ‘Praise and Blame’, the album is an intriguing collection of songs drawn from the American spiritual repertoire.
Kirsty Young’s castaway is the singer Sir Tom Jones. In a career spanning fifty years he’s sold 150 million albums and his hits have included It’s Not Unusual, What’s New Pussycat? and Delilah. As a child it was assumed he’d follow in his father’s footsteps and become a miner. But he developed TB when he [...]
Maggie Rodriguez chats with singer Tom Jones about his new album, “Praise and Blame,” a collection of gospel and blues songs as well as his relationship with Elvis. CBS The Early Show Friday 24th September
Tom Jones Union Chapel, London by Cary Gee Saturday, September 25th, 2010 When Island Records heard that new signing Tom Jones was going to release an “album of hymns” one record company bean counter described the project as “a cruel joke”. This sorry individual should prepare himself for a mountain of beans. Jones’ first release [...]
Tom Jones Is Back With ‘Praise and Blame’ – Watch Tom on Good Morning America, Wednesday 22nd September 2010.
See Tom perform a new track from Praise & Blame on the CBS Early Show on Friday Sept 24. Also, a very special biographical piece that includes Praise & Blame performances will feature on CBS Sunday Morning soon — watch this space, broadcast date TBA soon.
Tom Jones will be performing on 3 great US television shows this week. The first being “Good Morning America” on Wednesday 22nd September at 7am. Then later that evening Tom will be a guest on “Late Night with David Letterman” with an interview and performance at 11:35pm (EDT,PDT). If that wasn’t enough then you can [...]
Watch Tom Jones on The Rob Brydon show on the BBC iplayer. Watch at 10:46 minutes to see the interview and 24:55 minutes to see the performance of Run On. Click here to be taken to BBC iplayer
Reviewed by Simon Price Even more gothic-looking than usual, the octagonal interior of the Union Chapel is tonight choked by a fog of smoke, the arches behind the pulpit lit a sepulchral shade of blue, switching to a demonic red the very moment Tom Jones takes to the stage. “Beautiful venue,” he acknowledges after the [...]
