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Edwyn Collins to Release First Post-Stroke Album
- Posted on Jun 16th 2010 7:00AM by Chris Cottingham
Edwyn Collins is to return with a new album, called 'Losing Sleep', this autumn. It will be the first full-length work the former Orange Juice frontman has completed since suffering a serious stroke in 2005.While the Scottish post-punk icon released 'Home Again' in 2007, it was largely finished before he was struck down by two cerebral hemorrhages. They resulted in aphasia, a condition which leaves sufferers unable to speak or understand language.
The new album was recorded at his own West Heath Studios in London together with long-term collaborator Sebastian Lewsley. It sees Collins working with the "widest array of musical talent he's ever been blessed with," according to his website.
The list of collaborators includes Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy from Franz Ferdinand, the Cribs' frontman Ryan Jarman, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, New York indie darlings the Drums and Magic Numbers singer Romeo Stoddart.
Ahead of the 'Losing Sleep's release, Collins plays three gigs. The first is a solo acoustic performance at the Inverness Book Festival (Aug. 12 to 15), followed by the End of the Road Festival (Sept. 10 to 12) and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London (Sept. 23).
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Thanks AOL I wuv tunes of all kinds and never heard of OJ,,,,quite a man to stlll strain himself for the Art,,,
I know we amerrican can be a bit shallow at times but its not all of us and the same goes for other systems of humanatarian habitats,,,wasnt aware and hope this fella has fun having survived A STROKE,,,and the guy want to keep on rocking.... there is a song that comes to mind////
HEY HEY MY MY ROCK N ROLL WILL NEVER DIE....ironic yet true huh.... or KEEP ON ROCKING IN THE FREE WORKD,,,or if you like sat least one kiss song....ROCK N ROLL ALL NIGHT...he he
oh well got to go...ok so i dreamed of going to berkley and just had to pay bill to survived and get ticked at all the loneely ingnorant that stiil woander in our planet,,,if you got nothing goo to say theen t I say... class...calss..calssssss...SHUTUPp!!!
hope you enojed the show...see ya///not my thumb,,,,hhehehe.. thats for the idiots that waste our time on their ill negatives
kenny48
Never heard of them. But then, I've never heard of most of the bands that AOL reports on.
June 17 2010 at 5:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
mgr
Erri--there are two types of aphasia. Expressive aphasia is the inability to form speech or form coherent speech. Receptive aphasia is the inability to understand speech. A stroke victim may suffer from one or both types.
June 17 2010 at 5:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
erin
Although i hadnt heard much of his music,he is talented
and courageous to continue on.One thing i noticed in this article is that Aphasia does NOT cause a stroke victim to be not able to understand anything.I know this
personally as my exhusb had a massive stroke 16 years ago,he too had aphasia and while he had troubles with being able to speak clear sentences,and sometimes they
were nonsensical ones...but he UNDERSTOOD everything and
tried to write to convey what he wanted or needed.
That being said i wish him the best of luck.
ocdesigns
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You must be very HARD UP to write about somebody that hardly anyone has heard of, to be interested in his POST-STROKE issues...Running out of news?
June 17 2010 at 12:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
lita
Oh, John. You seem a little confused. Are you aware that the Internet isn't restricted to just the United States? I guess, being self-centered, you aren't aware that this figure who you so readily dismiss might have a large following elsewhere. Well, you're either confused or a self-centered moron. Please don't breed.
June 17 2010 at 2:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Me
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Edwyn Collins who? Who is he?
June 16 2010 at 10:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Hwitz
Edwyn Collins was the lead singer and writer for the Scottish Pop Group, Orange Juice, who--although not very well known in the U.S.--was a very popular band in England, back in the 80's UK New Wave Music Scene. He went on to have a solo career after Orange Juice broke up, and was very popular in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Holland. He is actually quite brilliant...made great music...and I hope he's recovered and goes on to make more good sounds.
June 16 2010 at 11:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Kelso Horror
Allow me to sing you a few bares?
"I Never Met A Girl Like You Before"
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jeff
Or, he is who?...... but good luck to him, wow thats awful at such a young age or any age for that matter.
June 16 2010 at 10:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
gideon waxfarb
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Unless they name them,him or her up front,then it really isn't anyone particularly famous or great,everyone should know how AOL plays this game by now.
June 16 2010 at 10:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
ASailorsBrandy
Oh, thanks, I always thought I was out of the loop.....
June 16 2010 at 10:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
angelo
WHO THE HECK IS THIS GUY?
June 16 2010 at 10:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
RYAN
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Ilove his music,he is great,hope he gets MUCH better.
June 16 2010 at 8:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dennis
Keep going dude1 I have always been impressed by stars such as Jan and Dean, who kept going after a bad accident left one of them very injured - these people are inspirations to us all! I also love the movie "the whales of augsut" which was years after Bette Davis had her severe stroke on the set of Hotel - and Lillian Gish was supposedly over 100 when she starred in this movie - plus Ann Sothern, Vincent Price- point is, people do continue to recover from strokes!
June 17 2010 at 5:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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