Umphrey’s McGee Releases New Single “Out Of Focus (Little Kids)”
“Out Of Focus (Little Kids)” is the new single from UMPHREY’S McGEE’s forthcoming album, Blueprints. According to UM guitarist Jake Cinninger, “the ‘Little Kids’ demo was conceived about 10 years ago at Boondock Studios. I was going through a Jamiroquai phase and wanted to get an uptempo Stevie Wonder major 7th sounding chorus.” Rather than composing behind closed doors for their new album, Umphrey’s asked fans to vote on their favorite moments of live improvisation, identifying the spontaneous musical ideas that felt like songs waiting to be finished. Over the years, more than 20 compositions have been built this way as part of the band’s UMBowl event. Blueprints collects the best of those collaborations from recent years, giving them the care and attention they deserve.
Billboard: Ed Sheeran Plays Surprise St. Patrick’s Day Concert at a Boston Pub While Wearing a Celtics Shirt
“In a video posted to Instagram Monday (March 17), Sheeran holds a surprise acoustic set at the city’s The Dubliner, which is packed with people and lined with green lights and Irish flags. Aptly wearing a Boston Celtics shirt, the four-time Grammy winner jams out with his fiddle player and other bandmates while singing “Galway Girl” — an ode to one of Ireland’s most beloved cities that appears on his 2017 album, Divide — as the crowd chants along.”
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