Candi Staton returns

Candi Staton returns with Who's Hurting Now?, released on Honest Jon's on 9th February 2008.

Who's Hurting Now? is Staton's second collection of new recordings for Honest Jon's. His Hands (2006) followed the worldwide success of HJ's reissue of her classic Muscle Shoals sides in 2004.

Who's Hurting Now? was recorded, like His Hands, with Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Silver Jews, Will Oldham) at his home studio in Nashville. Candi brought along a couple of veterans to the sessions (a guitarist from Cameo, and Mose Davis from Detroit funk legends The Fabulous Counts) and some of her own songs. The rest of the set takes in country and soul revives (a track each from Dan Penn and Mary Gauthier) and new tracks including Get Your Hands Dirty, specially written for Candi by Will Oldham, who also penned the title track of His Hands.

Full tracklisting:

1. Breaking Down Slow
2. Who's Hurting Now?
3. I Feel The Same
4. Mercy Now
5. I Don't Know
6. Lonely Don't
7. Get Your Hands Dirty
8. Dust On My Pillow
9. Cry Baby Cry
10. I Don't Want For Anything
11. Light In Your Eyes

Candi Staton will be on tour in the UK in February and March, dates as follows:

FEBRUARY
14 Gateshead – The Sage
17 Southampton – The Brook
18 Bristol – Academy
20 Liverpool – Philharmonic
21 Birmingham – Town Hall
23 Basildon – Towngate Theatre
24 London – Shepherds Bush Empire
25 Hove – The Old Market
27 & 28 Glasgow – The Ferry

MARCH
01 Dunfermline – Carnegie Hall / 04 Peterborough – The Cresset