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"A rowdy, brass-charged blast of R&B funk that finds Norwood declaring 'You don’t know what I’m capable of.'"
Hear the entire debut album from Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout over at KXT. It’s out today, Friday, February 9.
KXT’s Local Show is also the sponsor of the band’s show tonight at The Kessler in Dallas.
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Love seeing Chris J Norwood in The Dallas Morning News yesterday! The new album by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout and the record release show presented by KXT at The Kessler are coming this Friday, February 9!
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Today in Twangville: "The album is awash with strings, horns, and background vocalists, sometimes – as is the case with 'Love Me Back to Life' – on a single song. Lyle Lovett has his big band. Now Chris J Norwood has his."
Check out the new tune by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout!
"I’m really not sure how many musicians make up The Knockdown Dragout but it’s clearly a large number."
Good question, Twangville! Let me provide the answer: 296 musicians. It's a fun fact, and a scary fact!
Many thanks for coming in with the heat on what's hot in early 2024, including Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout, "a debut that is chock full of music that hearkens back to 1970’s R&B soul and R&B, replete with plenty of horns and a string section."
Album arrives February 9! WATCH + LISTEN + PRE-ORDER + GET TIX!
"You can hear Norwood channel that intensity in his performance, bringing a punk rock lineage to his R&B."
I love this observation from Rachel at Adobe and Teardrops about "Dancing In The Kitchen" by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout.
The video is such a pure gem featuring Chris and his wife Carrie doing exactly what the song title states. To Rachel's point, though, there is an opposite side of that tenderness coin coming through. The upcoming album is rough and ready!
Recorded with urgency on the floor of the studio where Willie walked while making 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, the debut album by The Knockdown Dragout lands on February 9!
We are thrilled to have KXT 91.7's Local Show presenting Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout at The Kessler in Dallas to celebrate the release of the Rock n' Roll Soul Revue's debut self-titled album on February 9, 2024!
Check out the band’s eponymous single, “The Knockdown Dragout,” below. Hear the latest single "Dancing In The Kitchen" exclusively at Bandcamp now (and everywhere this Friday)!
"Swaggery and enjoyable... Bluesy glory characterizes this song from the start. Playing together in the woodsy studio helps bolster this song’s Stax-style intent." — Americana Highways
I have been excited for this video by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout to drop because now we can actually see the musicianship and joy that went into making this record.
Album arrives February 9, with a record release show that evening at The Kessler in Dallas. Click for your life!
Glide Magazine says it all!
"A hell of an introduction for those looking for their next favorite modern soul act... features a full ensemble horn section, feisty guitar, and thick, funky organ playing to complement Norwood’s smoothly flowing vocals."
"The Knockdown Dragout" by Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout is all killer, no AI generated filler! Out tomorrow! PRE-SAVE!
Thanks to BroadwayWorld for this post of the Chris J Norwood & The Knockdown Dragout cover of the Otis Redding classic "Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song).”
New album 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘶𝘵 drops (hee hee) on February 9.
Lonesome Highway points out the “poignancy… restraint… [and] personal insight” at play on Chris J. Norwood’s I Am Not Cool, out now on State Fair Records. According to their review, Norwood is in command of a “serious but often smile-inducing songcraft. If you let the album speak for itself, I think you will find it pretty cool; If not, being uncool has its own merits.”
This week's Texas Homegrown Music podcast (originally broadcast on 93.5 FM The Range) has host Maylee Thomas in conversation with Chris j. Norwood! So glad Chris has had so many opportunities to speak about the songs on his new album 𝘐 𝘈𝘮 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭.
There’s such an amazing confluence of humor and poignancy on this record, which is just out as of last Friday on State Fair Records. Get it here.
"'How do you stop a good guy with a gun?' This poignant question concludes the chorus of Chris J. Norwood’s brand new single." I'm loving the latest episode of the Journey Of A Song podcast with host Emmeline discussing "Good Guy With A Gun" from Chris' just-released new album 𝘐 𝘈𝘮 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭 on State Fair Records. The two “talk about telling one's story through music, how songs can give each of us better perspective and deeper empathy, and how music has the potential to start important social conversations."
The host of WFAA’s Good Morning Texas couldn't possibly be more enthused about Chris J. Norwood and Carrie Norwood's duet "I Need You (To Quit Breaking My Heart)," as performed acoustically and quickly on yesterday's episode. "Such a kick in the pants," indeed!
Check out their performance, and if you’re in Dallas come see 'em play a State Fair of Texas-sponsored record release show tonight in Dallas at the Kessler Theater with Chris's label mate, Billy Law, who’s also celebrating today's release of his own album. The new Chris J. Norwood album I Am Not Cool is available everywhere now via State Fair Records.
Chris J. Norwood recently spoke with Dallas Observer about his upcoming new album I Am Not Cool (coming next Friday, August 20 from State Fair Records), the conundrum of calling your album I Am Not Cool, and the album's powerful single "Good Guy With A Gun" about the untimely death of Norwood's father. Please give it a read, and come out to see Chris live with label mate Billy Law at The Kessler in Dallas when they co-headline dueling record release shows together.
Tix here.
Really appreciate you, Central Track. Thanks for giving love to the new Chris J. Norwood song "Good Guy With A Gun" today. Acknowledging the tune’s heavy theme, Chris says, "We’ve been given fruitless answers about how to stop a bad guy with a gun, but little in the way of how to stop a good guy with a gun… I don’t have any solutions to offer, but my hope is to encourage dialogue."
Find the link in the bio and to the bottom to read more and listen. Album out August 20 from State Fair Records.