Artist: Cassandra Wilson
Album: Closer To You: The Pop Side
Label: Blue Note / EMI
Release Date: April 7th, 2009

Grammy-award winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson will release Closer To You: The Pop Side on April 7th via Blue Note / EMI.

- 2 Grammy Awards, including a February 2009 win for Best Jazz Vocal Album
- New collection of Wilson’s best covers of pop / rock hits
- Artists include U2, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, The Band, Sting, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Cyndi Lauper and The Wallflowers
- With an unmistakable honeyed husky voice, she has a fan base across jazz, blues, R&B, country and pop

With her unmistakably rich voice, Wilson has made intimate and personal statements with jazz, blues, R&B, country and pop. Her new release, Closer To You: The Pop Side, is a new collection of Wilson’s best covers of pop / rock hits. The tracks were originally recorded by a who’s-who of top musicians, including U2, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, The Band, Sting, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Cyndi Lauper, and The Wallflowers. The Album celebrates the finest pop covers from Wilson’s seven albusm recorded wtih Blue NOte during her lengthy tenure with the legendary label.

Wilson won her second Grammy Award in February, earning the Best Jazz Vocal Album honors for Loverly, her critically acclaimed 2008 Blue NOte release. Blue Note Records is celebrating its 70th Anniversary as the world’s premier and longest-running jazz label with special commemorative releases and events throughout 2009.

Track List:

1. Love Is Blindness (U2)
2. Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
3. Fragile (Sting)
4. Closer To You (The Wallflowers)
5. Last Train To Clarksville (The Monkees)
6. The Weight (The Band)
7. Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
8. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
9. I Can’t Stand The Rain (Ann Peebles)
10. Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan)
11. Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)

- For listening samples for her upcoming release, please visit On Target Media Group.
- For artist information, please visit Cassandra Wilson’s official site.
- During the week of the release, AOL will be streaming the album in its entirety. We will have a link for that soon, so be sure to follow up with us.

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