#paul janeway

[brittanyhowardfan]

Been listening to these two nonstop today. I want them to do a song together! Both soulful, have explosive voices, and they’re from Alabama! <3 

[mxdwn]

St. Paul & The Broken Bones Share New Single “City Federal Building”

https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/04/09/news/st-paul-the-broken-bones-share-new-single-city-federal-building/

[danbenzvi]

Just listened to: “Sigala - Brighter Days”

Featuring guest appearances from Paul Janeway (”Brighter Days”), Ella Eyre (”Came Here For Love”, “Just Got Paid”), Fuse ODG (”Feels Like Home”), Sean Paul (”Feels Like Home”), Kent Jones (”Feels Like Home”), Meghan Trainor (”Just Got Paid”), French Montana (”Just Got Paid”), The Vamps (”We Don’t Care”), Shaun Frank (”You Don’t Know Me”), Flo Rida (”You Don’t Know Me”), Delaney Jane (”You Don’t Know Me”), HRVY (”Somebody”), Nina Nesbitt (”Somebody”), Paloma Faith (”Lullaby”), Craig David (”Ain’t Giving Up”), Kylie Minogue (”What You Waiting For”), Bryn Christopher (”Sweet Lovin’”), Cheat Codes (”Revival”), MAX (”Revival”), John Newman (”Give Me Your Love”), Nile Rodgers (”Give Me Your Love”), Kodaline (”All For Love”), Imani Williams (”Say You Do”), DJ Fresh (”Say You Do”) and The Jackson 5 (”Easy Love”).

[virginpornstar]

Song of the Day: “Brighter Days” By Sigala feat. Paul Janeway

[930club]

9:30 INTERVIEW: Paul Janeway of St. Paul & The Broken Bones

St. Paul & The Broken Bones’ new album, Young Sick Camellia, is a thoughtful contemplation on the bonds between family - specifically the family of lead singer, Paul Janeway. We asked him some questions about the writing process for the new album as well as what’s next for this soulful band, as we excitedly await their performance at The Anthem on September 30th. 

Ethan Koss-Smith [9:30 Club]: I was recently introduced to your band for the first time, and I love your sound. I listened to Young Sick Camellia first, then to your prior works, Sea of Noise and Half the City. Can you speak to where you are now as a band versus where you were two years ago?

Paul Janeway [St. Paul]: We are just further down our musical exploration. We really get to see what the band can do and just stretch those boundaries. I feel like we can do whatever feels right musically and that is a great place to be. 

While mysterious, I sense that there is a thoughtful statement in Young Sick Camellia. I felt from the beginning that it has a lot to do with connection to family -- “blood is what I can’t escape,” as you say in the final track, “Bruised Fruit.” There are also lines that cause me to think about environmental and political degradation in terms of imagery (for example: “We lost our refuge to creatures made of plastic and of smoke”), which draw parallels between the tumultuous relationships that often go on in the family home. This home seems to be more distinctly American, and more directly southern. Where did the idea behind Young Sick Camellia arise? How does it expand upon your prior sounds and albums? Do you leave room for interpretation?

I think I had the idea for this record immediately when Sea of Noise was released. The idea of my family relationship between my grandfather, my father, and me. Exploring that connection and complication with those characters in my life which is distinctly southern. 

The sound has changed because we worked with a producer that was outside our comfort zone a bit. We knew the music was headed somewhere different. More funk and experimental. We worked with Jack Splash and I think he extracted all the right elements to make something that felt special. 

I do like to leave lyrics up for interpretation. I have what the lyrics mean to me but once it is released for public consumption it is no longer just my meaning for the songs.

Camellia’s lyrics seem rife with maturity (you even have a track named “Mature Pt. 2”), intention, and conflict. There is also unpredictability and depth within your lyrics. Could you explain your approach to the lyrics on this album? Has the writing process been extraordinarily different than in the past? If so, how?

I am not a narrative driven lyricist, so to me it is approached with the sound of the words and the poetry of the words. I like to read poetry before writing lyrics because it helps put me in the right head space. I am by no means a scholar of poetry, but I do get enchanted with the way words interact now. I regretted the lack of detail I gave the lyrics on our first record and swore to myself I would never let that happen again. Having time to let the lyrics sink in is something I can afford to do now because we have time.

On a similar note, what is your vision for Young Sick Camellia looking into the future? Is there a relationship between where you are personally, where the world is currently, and the release of this album?

In my mind, Young Sick Camellia is part one of a trilogy. So for now it feels unfinished. I think personally I felt like digging deeper into these complicated relationships. I am sure it is a product of the current climate in the world right now, but I am not clear exactly what that is.

The album cover shows a withering camellia, the state flower of Alabama, your band’s base. It is ostensibly dying if not already dead. What is the significance of the flower as an embodiment for the themes of the album?

The camellia symbolizes home, me, and the relationship of the two. I have always felt broken in a way. There is a realness to it as though I am trying to stare in a mirror to try and work things out. There is beauty there, but also death.

What I especially like about your music is that the lyrics have a different feel than the joyous, funk-driven music. There is present solemness in the music of several of the tracks, specifically the interludes. Historically, funk has been an important way to shine a flashlight on serious issues and topic (Parliament-Funkadelic reference intended). How and why do you think funk today holds an important place, especially as a genre that withers in mainstream popularity? What do you see as the future of funk in America, and where do you hope to see yourself amidst that future?

I think funk is still being used everywhere. It’s all over modern music. Hip Hop to R&B. Though the delivery is less traditional, it is all over the place. Everybody enjoys a good funk song. We are certainly no different. Just glad to have another tool in arsenal to make people enjoy music and let themselves go a bit.

What purpose do the interludes serve to further the overall vision of the album? Whose voices did you use? Were they rehearsed, or raw?

The voice on the interludes is my grandfather. It just a phone conversation I recorded between him and I. Interludes to me can be the glue in an album. That is what makes it an album. It is the overarching idea through the entire record.

“Hurricanes” features, in my opinion, particularly poignant lyrics. In the second verse, you sing “Camellias rusting on the vine / Strangled by hands that are hardened in the hot furnace glow / Buttonwood trees took us all / Church full of strangers who choke on words made of thorns and gold.” Can you elaborate on this song and the appearance of the camellia?

The idea of steel and furnace reference my home of Birmingham. My dad at one point worked in the furnace of US Steel, which was had huge presence in the city. There are a few meanings there, but that is a reference point. Buttonwood Tree is a reference to the legend about the beginning of the stock exchange. The idea of greed and the church full of strangers is a reference to a church of southerners who had a church in New York after the Civil War. The idea of family, greed, and the complication of home all show their face in this song.

What are you guys doing this tour that is different than past tours (without giving any spoilers away)? What should fans and newcomers to your music be excited about, besides hearing your new music?

Well, first we have production. We have never had this level of production so that is new. I think the show is at the best it’s ever been. There are a few changes that will surprise people, but it still has the energy that we have always had.

How does it feel to be coming back to Washington, DC? What has been your experience here in the past? Any good stories?

My wife and I began our relationship in DC. She was in school there and I would fly up when I could afford to. So DC is the city I fell in love with my wife. I remember going to shows at the 9:30 Club. It will always be a special place to me.

-Ethan Koss-Smith

St. Paul & The Broken Bones play The Anthem on September 30. Tickets available here.

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Let There Be Talk – #290:Paul Janeway/St.Paul & The Broken Bones

Let There Be Talk – #290:Paul Janeway/St.Paul & The Broken Bones

On todays episode of LET THERE BE TALK my guest is one of my favorite singers Mr Paul Janeway/St Paul & The Broken Bones This band is total fire and is 1 of the best live bands i’ve seen in years. http://traffic.libsyn.com/deandelray/paul_janeway_final_mix.mp3

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