Chris Velan

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• Hour.ca

  July 3rd, 2009

  We’re feelin’ Chris Velan
  Dave Jaffer
  (With a title like that we’re hoping it’s VEEL-an and not ve-LANN…Like, we should know, but we don’t right now…it never occurred to us to find out…)
  Say that old Aesop fable is spot on, and you’re judged by the company you keep. By extension, it would also mean that you should [...]

• Obscure Sound

  June 29th, 2009

  Hunting Season for Chris Velan
  Posted on Monday 29 June 2009
  With summer in full gear, some artists have to take a temporary backseat to the seasonal bias that is subtly prevalent in most people. For me, choosing an artist to listen to in my free time is not dependent on the weather, but rather my current [...]

• NY Times

  June 29th, 2009

  Environmental Efficiency? Cool, but Will You Rock to It? -
  In recent years the music business has paid a good deal of attention to greening on a big scale. Stars like Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson use biodiesel fuel for their touring vehicles, and major festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo offer refillable water bottles. [...]

• The Napkin Manifesto

  June 27th, 2009

  Hunting Season
  Konichiwa and welcome to installment #5 of the Napkin Manifesto, where I pull back the curtain on the songs from Solidago and try to articulate what was going through my head when I wrote them. Today, I’m taking aim at “Hunting Season”.
  In some ways – in a lot of ways – this is a [...]

• Buzz Bands

  June 15th, 2009

  Montreal-based songwriter (and producer) Chris Velan reminds me a lot of Jack Johnson — karma-conscious folk-pop infused with unthreatening doses of island and Afro beats. This straight-ahead pop track comes off Velan’s third album “Solidago,” which found him working with Johnson’s drummer Adam Topol, the Mother Hips’ Tim Bluhm and members of ALO, Dengue Fever [...]

• Blurt! Magazine

  June 8th, 2009

  Sounds like Jack Johnson? He gets that a lot. But it would be a shame to write Chris Velan off as just another beachbum copycat. Rather, Solidago reveals whipsmart songcraft and no-bullshit guitar rockers, neatly juxtaposed amidst easy-going ditties.

  From the Petty/Wallflowers-flecked “Oldest Trick” to the more languid “Out of Range” (think “Obvious Child,” Paul [...]

• Cosmo’s Gaming

  June 4th, 2009

  Music: Chris Velan: Solidago
  Our Take
  Singer/songwriter Chris Velan hasn’t followed the same career path as many of his competitors.  Although he has been a classically trained guitar player since a young age, Velan chose to pursue a law degree rather than immediately start his musical career.  But fate would have him return to his love for [...]

• The Napkin Manifesto

  May 22nd, 2009

  Pauper In a Palace
  Welcome to instalment #4 of the Napkin Manifesto song blog, in which I go off on tangents about what inspired the songs on “Solidago”. Today’s song, “Pauper in a Palace”, was started in Birmingham, AL and finished in Boulder, CO (I really stretched this one out)….

  When I turned 21, I was given [...]

• Cabin Inn show post @ St. Louis Post

  May 7th, 2009

  Montreal singer/songwriter entertains at the Cabin Inn tonight
  By Matt Fernandes
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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• Mechanicsburg Features Concert for a Cause

  May 7th, 2009

  By Lisa Clarke, Sentinel Correspondent

  Now that spring is finally kicking into gear, social calendars are filling fast and there’s plenty of playtime to be had. But while you’re picking through the invitations, consider taking the time to have fun for a good cause.
  On Saturday, May 16, the Genocide, Relief and Awareness Club (GRAC) of Mechanicsburg [...]