Aaron Neville Appears on CBS Saturday; New Album APACHE Out Now

American music legend Aaron Neville was a guest on CBS Saturday to discuss his new album Apache, 75th birthday celebration and 50th anniversary of the recording of his first #1 single, "Tell It Like It Is." Watch his interview here.

Additionally, CBS Saturday Sessions recorded his performances of "Be Your Man," "Stompin' Ground" and "Tell It Like It Is" at Brooklyn Bowl on August 4.

Most recently, Neville performed his hit single "Be Your Man" on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Watch his performance here.

Apache, out now via Tell It Records and Kobalt Label Services, debuted as an NPR First Listen and continues to receive critical acclaim.

Neville's track "Stompin' Ground," premiered on Billboard while "I Wanna Love You" premiered on NPR Music, who says, "...he projects both a younger man's candor and an elder's willingness to look back."

Additionally, the lead single off the record, "Be Your Man," premiered at The Wall Street Journal. Listen here.

Apache features eleven original tracks and is the first album featuring songs predominantly written by Neville. The record was recorded at Studio G in Brooklyn and produced by multiple Grammy-winning artist and producer Krasno.

Of the album Neville says, "It brought out another side of me; people were used to me doing a lot of ballads, but this is more gritty, and some of it has the New Orleans feel." He adds, "One song talks about my roots, 'Stompin' Ground.' It names a lot of real people that were in my life at different points in time. Another one, 'Orchid In The Storm,' was inspired by my wife Sarah; she's been my orchid in a storm, and still is. Another song is 'Heaven,' from a poem I wrote a while back. My inspirations come from real things in life and I have many more where these came from."

Neville and Krasno brought in elite musicians such as David Guy (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band), Cochemea Gastelum (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, The Budos Band), Ryan Zoidis (Lettuce, Soulive) and Eric Bloom (Lettuce) who contribute on the horn section throughout.

In January 2013, Neville released My True Story, which was co-produced by Blue Note Records president Don Was and Rolling Stone Keith Richards. The record earned Neville his first Top 10 album and highest-charting set of his five-decade career (No. 7 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart).

Aaron Neville first rose to national prominence when his song "Tell It Like It Is" topped Billboard's R&B chart for five weeks in 1967 and quickly sold over one million copies. Neville again reached the top of the charts in 1989 with his album of duets with Linda Ronstadt, Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind. The album featured the #1 Grammy-winning hits "Don't Know Much" and "All My Life." Neville earned wide acclaim for his hits "Everybody Plays the Fool," "Don't Take Away My Heaven" and "Hercules," among many others.

TRACK LIST:

1. Be Your Man
2. All Of The Above
3. Orchid In The Storm
4. Stompin' Ground
5. Heaven
6. Hard To Believe
7. Ain't Gonna Judge You
8. I Wanna Love You
9. Sarah Ann
10. Make Your Momma Cry
11. Fragile World

AARON NEVILLE LIVE:

August 13-Arlington, WA-Festival Of The River
September 16-Cincinnati, OH-Live at Ludlow Garage
September 23-Durham, NC-Baldwin Auditorium
September 24-Wilmington, NC-CFCC Humanities & Fine Arts Center
October 7-Brownfield, ME-Stone Mountain Arts
October 8-Lincolnville, ME-Cellardoor Winery
October 22-Lake Tahoe, NV-MontBleu Resort & Casino
November 11-Austin, TX-Paramount Theatre
November 12--Spring, TX--Cypress Creek FACE
December 3-Bossier City, LA-Paradise Theatre
December 9-Baton Rouge, LA-L'Auberge Casino
December 10-Rancho Cucamonga, CA-Lewis Family Playhouse
December 11-Orange, CA-Musco Center
December 13-Redding, CA-Cascade Theatre
December 15 & 16-San Francisco, CA-SFJazz Center
December 17-Santa Rosa, CA-Luther Burbank Center

Apache Available Now:

Barnes & Noble: http://smarturl.it/an_bn_cd
Best Buy: http://smarturl.it/an_apache_bb
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/an_apache_amz
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/an_apache_itunes
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/an_apache_sp

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