http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog Life is a Journey Wed, 26 May 2010 10:18:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en     Here we are in Cambridge for the show this evening, after performing in Stoke, and then Liverpool this week. I must say that the band is 'alive' on stage, even more so than last tour, and it feels like we are approaching a new zenith with regards to 'letting go' ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=53      Dan Reed Full Band Tour Journal, May 4th - UK/Sweden - Celebrating the release of the new album 'Coming Up For Air'  Three weeks out from the first show at The Sugarmill  in Stoke, England. Spring is in the air... and I am very excited about getting back on tour! I ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=52 Valentine's Day and one week before rehearsals begin in Stockholm. Many have asked why am I doing band shows now, how this band came together, and who are the folks I am performing with, so I will give a short background on this day of celebrating 'love'. ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=51 In a snow covered Paris today, running through the songs for the set. Some old DRN songs and most of the new record 'Coming Up For Air'. Rob Daiker, the electric guitarist and background vocalist and Brooke Lizotte, the keyboardist, are journeying from Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California to ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=50 To those that have pre-ordered 'Coming Up For Air', the new studio album, I am writing to inform everyone that you indeed have not been forgotten. The release date has been held back due to negotiations with a major label. While I have been and continue to be extremely frustrated ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=49 I've heard it said that you cannot speak to a terrorist, there is no negotiating with a madman. But was not Osama Bin Laden, the poster boy for all that is terror, once the CIA's comrade in arms in the 1980s when he was fighting the Russians for us in ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=48 I've heard it said that you cannot speak to a terrorist, there is no negotiating with a madman. But was not Osama Bin Laden, the poster boy for all that is terror, once the CIA's comrade in arms in the 1980s when he was fighting the Russians for us in ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=47 Thank you to all who have pre-ordered the CD. The actual album release has been delayed a few months due to lead times for getting reviews on the album, and in the need to not release during the Christmas rush. However all those that pre-ordered the album will be receiving ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=44 I am happy to announce that Live Nation is promoting my last show in the UK this year, on Guy Fawkes night, Thursday, November 5th in London at Union Chapel. It will be a full band set, with some very talented musicians from both Europe and the US, and we ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=43 One week before the news of Michael Jackson's death came, I had just watched a movie called 'La Vie En Rose' (roughly translated as 'Life is Bliss'), a film that displays the life and death of Edith Piaf, a magnificently gifted French vocalist who struggled all through her life, from ... http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/danreed/blog/?p=42