Review and Interview from Canada

Nancy in Victoria

Review: Band still shows it has Heart

The show included Crazy on You, These Dreams and Magic Man as well as such new tunes as WTF, Red Velvet Car and Sifonia’s Mark.

Interview: Ann and Nancy Wilson follow their Heart, one more time

Ann: “Songwriting used to be really hard for me,” Ann says. “I don’t know why. I guess I was really shy and was scared to tell people my ideas, afraid of being judged. But now, especially on this last album, working with Nancy and [producer] Ben Mink, who’s from Vancouver, songwriting just became really easy and fun.

Seattle March 5th DVD recording in pictures

A bunch of pictures from the Seattle DVD recording of March 5th! Click here

Nancy, Alison Krauss and Ann

Thanx to heartmonger1457 for the find!

Review from Seattle’s “Red Velvet Car” premiere

Heart 2010

“The rootsiness pouring from some of the Red Velvet Car tunes they shared during this show felt less like trying to fit into a scene, though, and more like simply an honest pronouncement of where Heart is now, in 2010, as a band.” More from Kim’s blog

Tidbits and audio coming in from Seattle DVD recording

Show Poster

Mongers reporting:

• Performed 6  new tracks, including `WTF´, ´Hey you´,´Safronia’s Mark´,´ There You Go´, ´Sand´ and ´Red velvet car´
• Lead in music…instead of the who was… Wheels – new record
• The DVD was shot with 8 cameras in high definition.
• ´Red velvet car´ is the title track
• New artwork with a cargrill and a heart with wings (visible on wtf video below!)
• ´Sand´ is confirmed for the new album
• Album ´Red velvet car´drops in July (confirmed by management)
• Ben mink also played in the band
• Ann, Nancy and Alison Krauss sang on ´These dreams´

Red Velvet Car (THANX SO EFFIN MUCH TO PAUL)

WTF (THANX SO EFFIN MUCH TO PAUL AGAAAIN!)

´Safronia’s Mark´ (PAUL WE LOVE YOU!)

Setlist (thank you timstar78!)

Barracuda
Never (Nancy harmonica solo)
Kick It Out
Straight On
Love Alive
Mistral Wind
Back To Avalon (Nancy vox)
These Dreams (Allison Krauss lead vox)
WTF – New song (Ann vox)
Hey You – New song (Nancy vox)
Red Velvet Car – New song (Ann vox)
Sifonia’s Mark – New song (Ann vox)
What About Love
Alone (trio: Ann, Nancy, Debbie)
Love Reign O’er Me
Crazy On You

Encores
Sand (Ann & Nancy duet – Ann confirmed it will be on the new album)
Your Long Journey (Krauss song)
There You Go Again – New song (Ann vox)
Magic Man

Here a set of pictures on Flicker where they are setting the stage

Setlist from management:

Lead in music…instead of the who was…

Wheels – new record

Set list

Barracuda
Never
Kick It Out
Straight On
Love Alive
Mistral Wind
(band introductions…Nancy forgets to announce Ann)
Avalon
These Dreams – Alison Krauss lead vocals
WTF (World Taekwon Do Federation)
Hey You – Nancy Vocal – Nancy on Autoharp
Red Velvet Car – Ben Mink on fiddle
Safronia’s Mark – Alison & Ben on fiddles – Nancy on mando
What About Love
Alone
Love Reign
Crazy on You (short ending)

Sand (Ann & Nancy – slower version)
Long Journey – Ann, Nancy, Alison (from Raising Sand album)
There You Go
Magic Man

RED VELVET CAR is new album title!

RED VELVET

Heart management has confirmed it to be the title!

Meanwhile, Heart just completed work on an upcoming album. Red Velvet Car was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Vancouver’s Ben Mink. Wilson says most of the disc’s 10 tunes are “really hard rock or uptempo.” More from this interview with Ann Wilson

Heart just finished making a new record which, according to Ann, is something their long-time fans and newer listeners will appreciate. The 10-song album has seven up-tempo, rock-heavy tunes, and three ballads. More from this other interview with Ann Wilson

Another source: Red Velvet Car – Heart May 2010

Thanx to Seattleboy and google!

Ann Wilson’s vocal range showcase :)

YouTube uploader and maker of the film, bconsitt: Here is the vocal range for legendary rock and roll artist, Ann Wilson from Heart. If there is any woman who has dominated rock and roll over the last 40 years, it is definitely Ann Wilson. She has the vocal authority to sing hard rock songs like Crazy on You, Even It Up or Magic Man and then with ease, change her voice on a dime and belt out love ballads like, Alone. A master of voice manipulation and a range that covers over three octaves, Wilson is the perfect rock singer.

Lower Chest
C#3, D3, E3, F3

Upper Chest/Belting Register
C5, C#5, D5, Eb5, E5, F5, F#5, G5, G#5, A5, Bb5

Head Voice
A5, Bb5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, Eb6

Thanx for making this bconsitt!

Having no knowledge about octaves, I have always thought that Ann was a 4 octave singer, possibly 5?

Here she takes on Patti Labelle. Sure.. Patti is very good singer… but I keep hearing her do the same trick! (Thanx to Brett for the link!)

New tourdate for Ohio

OHIO!!!!

August 5th 2010, 7 pm, Ohio State Fair, Columbus OH

On Sale Saturday, March 20 at Noon $30

ALSO: Heart is playing Thunder Bay Community Auditorium in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on July 20th